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Summary: Good buy for the die-hard daft fan
Review: Interstella 5555 is a fantastic tale of a musical group from another planet who get kidnapped by an evil human manager, blah blah blah world domination, blah blah blah. The point is, this is a DVD that contains videos for ALL of the songs from Daft Punk's Discovery album. If you like Discovery, I recommend Interstella 5555. With the trippy lights and musically-charged emotions, this is a DVD worth multiple viewings. Check it out.
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Summary: The Ultimate Anime Techno-Opera
Review: Interstella 5555 is an amazing production. The combination of the Discovery album and superb animation create a story which needs no dialogue to enhance. The series of videos aired for the Discovery record in addition to those created for the accompanying songs create a movie chroicling the events around an abducted musical group, their captor, and the hero who frees them from their captivity.
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Summary: "The Wall" for a new generation
Review: Leiji Matsumoto has masterfully crafted an indictment of pop stardom and what fame really means. Using the DAFT PUNK album "Discovery" as a brilliant musical backdrop, Leiji takes you on a sci-fi trip of stardom, fall from grace, loss, and the eventual recapturing of the soul.The ending of this movie will leave you in tears of joy and redemption. This is a masterwork, and a masterpiece.
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Summary: whole greater than the sum of the parts
Review: My partner and I are big Daft Punk fans...we're not very familiar with anime in general, but bought the DVD based on the soundtrack. We were very impressed! The integration of music and visuals was fantastic. Multiple viewings revealed multiple facets of the storyline. A great piece of work.
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Summary: Absolutely amazing.
Review: Now, I may be a bit biased because I've always been a big Daft Punk fan and just recently, an anime fan. I bought Discovery the day it came out, and thought it was overall a solid album. I only recently saw Interstella 5555, but I must say, if you own Discovery you should watch Interstella 5555. It really pulls the whole album together, and the visuals are stunningly synchronized with the music (like every other Daft Punk video). Despite the lack of dialogue, the plot awakens a wide range of emotions and what better way to accomplish that than through music! Granted, in the end the plot doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but it's still an awesome buy. Seeing an animated Daft Punk at an awards ceremony is priceless.
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Summary: I think I'm being objective when I say...
Review: OK, first a bit of background about me as a Daft Punk fan: although I first saw/heard Daft Punk with their Digital Love video while on vacation in France in the summer of 2001, I was very little intrguied by the anime aspect of the band's 4 hits off of Discovery; I can genuinely say that I liked Daft Punk for their electronic qualities, not the fact that their videos were anime (as some Daft Punk "fans" do). I own Discovery, Homework, Alive 1997, and D.A.F.T. (in the order purchased), as well as a total of 5 singles. Now, on to Interstella 5555... The movie, in any respect, is excellent. Matsumoto has somehow been able to create a journey that not only fits as best it can with the accompanying Discovery soundtrack (as others have noted the music isn't perfect in matching the mood of the film at all times, but this is a near impossible task), but one that is wholeheartedly entertaining. The animation is simply beautiful, and the synchronization of the beat with specific events is stunning. Granted, I'm not an anime fan at all, so I really can't judge the anime, but the fact that I enjoyed the anime must mean something. The DVD, although it comes with original artwork of each character and karaoke, has only one other notable attraction besides the movie, and this is the Digital Love video which blends a 50/50 mix of original sketches with the actual video. Wonderful. The only reason why I gave this DVD 4 stars, and not 5, is because it is really, really, really geared towards Daft Punk fans... and ONLY Daft Punk fans. No, scratch that, DISCOVERY fans. I know that with the release of Discovery over 30 months ago, Daft Punk fans were split into 2 groups, those who could tolerate only the tech-house of Homework, and those who could appreciate Daft Punk for moving on to disco-house/funk (as well a new group was added, those who just loved the anime videos, but this is irrelevant). This DVD is solely for the Discovery crowd, I should make that loud and clear. As well, if you're looking to get into Daft Punk, this is NOT the piece of entertainment to do it with; do yourself a favor, buy Homework, and start yourself off chronologically. However, before my disclaimers scare everyone away, any fan of Discovery will be able to appreciate the more suitable ending to the story of the "Crescendolls," and I strongly suggest that these fans do purchase this wonderfully produced DVD. To sum it up in a few words: NOW I know what Daft Punk has been busy with for 2 years! If this is a sign for things to come, I can't wait for the remix compilation coming out in a month's time (1/27/04), "Daft Club."
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Summary: Amazed
Review: phenominal work - I never saw "Discovery" like I do now. I can't stop watching - it's addictive!
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Summary: A work of art
Review: The idea of making a film out of Daft Punk's 'Discovery' album was a strange and difficult thing to do; although the album had a good variety of moods in its tracks as well as speed and themes, the album was not meant to be a soundtrack to anything. Not only was the seemingly impossible task of making an animated musical from 'Discovery' present for Leiji Matsumoto and Daft Punk, but to do one without any dialogue or subtitles. It struck me as more of an insane effort than a daring one. Yet, not only did they pull it off, but they made an EXCELLENT motion picture! The 65 minute story-line is astoundingly dense given the absence of dialogue, yet, never confusing for the viewer.
The animation is beautiful, fluid and tells the whole story with ease. All the songs from Discovery are present, played back-to- back and fit with all the scenes moderatly well, especially 'Something about Us'.
If you don't like Daft Punk's Discovery album, then this is one work or art you're unlikely to appreciate, if you do, then I doubt you'll be disappointed with Interstella 5555.
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Summary: Secretly Incredible
Review: This DVD is incredible, it matches the great synth of Daft Punk with beautiful japanese animation. If you love the Discovery Album by Daft Punk you will be knocked off your feet when you watch this dvd because it places the music so in sync with the movie which makes it flow very nicely.
Reccomended for anyone who loves Daft Punk or Japanimation in general.
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Summary: Interstella 5555 - A Must Have!
Review: This excellent DVD combines two of my favorite things, anime and Daft Punk. It's basically a silent anime movie, with the soundtrack (which is the main draw of the movie) being done by French electronica band Daft Punk. The story is basic, an evil man from Earth comes to a distant planet, and kidnaps the blue-skinned musical group so that he can conquer the universe. Odd plot, but it moves quickly and fluidly. The art is beautiful, and the songs are great. The story is very good, as well.
The special features? A little mini-booklet that comes with the DVD. It has some art, and little extras like that. The movie itself has some making off segments and such, and scene selection, but they aren't labelled at all, making things somewhat confusing.
This movie is quite excellent, and if you like anime, electronica music, or Daft Punk, I'd highly recommend looking into it.
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