Interstella5555: The 5tory of The 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

As someone who's grown to regard visual albums as some of the greatest pieces of media film has to offer, I'd place Daft Punk's Interstella 5555 at the top of any I've ever seen, and by far in the threshold as one of my favourite movies of all time.

What is there to say about Daft Punk's 2001 masterpiece of an album 'Discovery' that hasn't been said before, an album which will go down in history as one of if not the best electro dance albums of all time. Music has never serrinated with me more than the works of Bangalter and Homen-Christo, Discovery is a ... Journey of The Soul to find love and meaning in an endless world of mayhem, that has to many incredible reasons to listen to over and over again. An album which jumps between moods, tones and atmospheres to create one of the most flawless musical experiences or all time.

And with the addition of Interstella 5555 to visualise the already beautiful tale of Discovery, it simply just makes this album even more masterful. Bringing deeper meaning to lyrics and sounds previously unexplored, giving life and character to the words and story heard within the album. Brining a Sci fi twist on the album which explores the harsh reality of the inhumane treatment of artists, being used like pawns in higher-ups games and the constant greedy pursuit of fame and fortune. Meanwhile our protagonists venture on this journey to reclaim what is most precious to them and us and an audience, the beauty of sound and the emotion that comes from it.

With stunning animation across the board, and a simple yet effective story, there are so many reasons why I regard Interstella 5555 as one of my favourite animes and movies of all time. We do not explore our characters through dialogue, usually a key player in development as a whole, no; instead we explore the minds and characteristics of our antagonists and protagonists through the many different moods of the music at hand as well as body language through the visuals. This is usually a rather difficult thing to do in film however I believe Interstella 5555 does it flawlessly.

I find Interstella 5555 to be one of the most unique projects within anime and film ever conceived, a project which has faced the test of time and come out triumphantly. Its one of the reasons Daft Punk have been segmented as one of Music's greatest icons, this is one of the most unique visual experiences you could possibly experience and its a must watch for all those who are looking for something truly mesmerising in film.

Short review, there isn't really much to talk about tbh

STORY - 3:
I literally had 0 investment in the story, granted it's hard to when daft punk is playing so my focus is on them

ART - 5:
Not really an artstyle I love but I don't have any problems with it either tbh, more or less just indifferent to it.

CHARACTER - 2:
Genuinely don't remember anything about any characters except for the fact they were blue, one guy died and there was an evil manager, all character felt quite blank to me, the characters only existed for the sake of giving is something to look at, not to ... make is feel invested in their personalities.

ENJOYMENT - 8:
Enjoyment is a lot higher than other aspects for one reason I'll get into in a minute. Not much to say here as I'll explain why I enjoyed it so much in the next category.

SOUND - 10:
Daft Punk's discovery is my favourite album of all time, I wouldn't outright say I dislike a single song on the album, I only watched this movie because I wanted to listen to the album so I thought I may as well watch this then.

Conclusion - Your only going to like this film if you like Daft Punk's discovery (which you probably do) but even then I can't say its worth a watch, only the music left impact on me and the music wasn't made for this film.

Overall Score - 58/100

Discovery is a masterpiece, but I feel like this kind of misunderstands the appeal of Daft Punk and their music which was that the world was futuristic and cool but you were still just a normal guy doing boring things, so it would have been cool if space fanboy got more focus.


I also feel like the movie comes more from a love for the individual songs and an overriding commitment to perfectly emulating whatever aesthetic the album was going for, which makes for a really unfocused and weird film. It’s not bad, though! HBFS and Something About Us were highlights, though they tried to ... make Veridis Quo into Castlevania for some reason. I think the gothic stuff was where they lost me.