Electroma

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Daft Punk’s film ‘Electroma’ is convoluted artistically, a stream of consciousness film. to the point perhaps that the title of the name is just a name, for the sake of having a name. That is not to say however that the film is just art, for arts sake, it is not that. The film as I see it is not a ‘dream film,’ or a film from a dream, it’s not that simple.

The film is how I have described it in the first paragraph, ‘convoluted,’ however it is didactic, and concise when you look at it that way. The film has a certain; timeless children’s story quality to it that compounds many of humanities deepest desires, wants and needs. It operates on the simple symposium of the human heart that we all have a soul, a dream, a rendition of how we would like to see the world, and how it sees us, a childlike, and honest rendition.

Okay, I must put in an apology here (against my better judgment perhaps?), that I do not, and will not, back up my romantic mussing with scene description of the film, I won’t do that. I won’t do that because of the forum in which I am displaying my thoughts. Meaning, I don’t know if the reader (thank you), has seen this movie or not. So I will only discuss the impression of the art form has left upon me. There.

Snap, back. The film has that childlike uncompromising understanding that, only it’s own ideas and feeling should, and have to, exist in the creative realm, which this film accomplishes. The film it’s self is not childlike, but rather, speaks to us in that place in which we would like to again remember, those, fairytales.

Subject matter then, when considering this, is somewhat pragmatic, the plot it jarring, and profound, however, if one does look closely at children stories you with find harsher realities. Cannibalism (Hansel and Gretel), Rapunzel (buying a child in the black market). The Brothers Grimm (entrenched with murderous adventures), have so much in common with ‘electroma’ it’s fascinating.

Both Guyman and Thomas admit that Vincent Gallo’s ‘the brown bunny’ and Gus Van Sant’s ‘gerry’ are direct influences. However more importantly, ‘easy rider’ and ‘vanishing point,’ have more influence on ‘elecroma’ then the duo has let us on to believe. Thus, the film is full of secrets, and challenges, motives, such as in life. And that is the mystery the film revolves around, the why.

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