Daft Punk's Electroma | Vivid LIVE Film

When Daft Punk announced they would be directing their feature film debut in 2006, few knew what to expect. Certainly, no one banked on a 72-minute avant-garde science fiction film about the quest for two robots to become human (after all). Nor for its soundtrack to swerve away from the duo’s back catalogue and dive instead into deep cuts from Brian Eno, Curtis Mayfield, Todd Rundgren and Sebastien Tellier.

Both experimental and experiential, the film confounded critics on its release, but was embraced by fans and film-lovers on the midnight movie circuit. Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo noted “We wanted to make a question mark so people could project what they wanted onto Electroma - some people see it as sad, some as happy. Everyone is different."

Twenty years after its release, Daft Punk’s Electroma is ripe for reevaluation both from die-hards and a new generation of fans, ready to fall in love with the famed French duo one more time.

Classification G | U.S. / France | 2006 | English | Sci-fi / Drama