2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:
*** May contain spoilers ***
Will look better next to Baraka or Caché, rather than next to Interstella5555 or D.A.F.T.
rcrdofjrdo from ,
9th July, 2008
It is almost for sure that you get to this movie because you are a Daft Punk fan (as I did). If that is your only motivation, you´ll get disappointed with this movie. Expect no Daft Punk music nor a funky subject, for this movie is more a concept than a film. It is very much in the pace of Kubrick´s 2001 space odyssey, with long wide screenshots á la Michael Haneke. The plot is very (very) simple, and some may say it is a story that could be told in 15 minutes at the most: a couple of robots try to look like humans in a peaceful robot town. The human disguise won´t work and they are thrown into exile. That´s it. Nevertheless, Electroma is a captivating mix of carefully selected imagery with wonderful music (from Chopin to Brian Eno). It is a collection of landscapes in which the angst of the lost desire matches perfectly with some classical sci-fi questions regarding robots and their ability to express feelings. It does not try to be Blade Runner, but certainly it is a good emulation of this great film. The images are so beautiful and at the same time so simple that you actually feel very connected with the situation of Robot 1 and Robot 2, without having heard a single word from them or the other accidental characters, since there are no dialogues in this film. The colours, the movements and even the scenarios selected are very minimalistic and they all contribute to the plot as they unravel slowly throughout the silence of most of the film. In short, Electroma is to be enjoyed peacefully at the end of a terrible day, trying to have in mind the possible questions that were around Daft Punk´s heads when they decided to record Human After All, but forgetting the infectious beats of their recordings. It is important to say, finally, that just as Human After All is not particularly glossy or happy (vs. Discovery or Homework) you should not expect a sequel of the beauty and happiness of Interstella5555 on this film.
Read all highest rated reviews