With zero dialogue and none of Daft Punk's own propulsive beats, "Electroma" has been met with some ire by critics and fans expecting one of the group's high-energy music videos, such as the Michel Gondry-directed "Around the World" or Spike Jonze's "Da Funk." Most of the audience walked out during the movie's screening at last year's Directors' Fortnight, a sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival.
De Homem-Christo isn't bothered by the reaction. "We wanted to make a different kind of movie, one that would leave more question marks than answers," he said. "With American blockbuster cinema, everything is very fast, there's a lot of action and narration…. Here, there are all these gaps the audience can fill."
Color me curious... I'll definitely be looking for this come September, or sooner if they do a screening.
