Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto: Interstella 5555
Re-release of the iconic collaboration between French dance duo Daft Punk and Japanese animation studio Toei Animation.
Interstella 5555 is an adventure film without words, supported entirely by songs from Discovery, Daft Punk's legendary second studio album. On a distant planet, a group of blue humanoid musicians are kidnapped by terrestrial militants led by the sinister Earl de Darkwood. When arrived on Earth, the alien band – their memories erased and their skin altered to a human colour – is presented as the new pop band The Crescendolls.
With this film, a boyhood dream came true for Daft Punk: they were great admirers of anime and iconic studio Toei Animation. After monster hit One More Time already featured an animated video, they decided to adapt the entire album into a film. The result was dubbed the first ‘house musical’ by Daft Punk, with a typical seventies look and an unmatched sense of style. The film, some 20 years on, proves to be as timeless as the French duo's music.