ixi, 10 months ago

"Daft Punk intended to make a video for the song "Human After All", but the footage they shot for it was expanded to create the film Daft Punk's Electroma instead.

The only official statement given by Daft Punk at the time was: "We believe that Human After All speaks for itself".

De Homem-Christo later said that choosing to be silent was the biggest mistake they had ever made."

Video credit to Thermometer10

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"The two lead characters appear as the robotic forms of Daft Punk. One wears a silver helmet and the other wears a golden one. An opening scene shows the duo driving in a 1987 Ferrari 412 with its license plate displaying "HUMAN". After passing through a Southwestern United States landscape, the duo arrives by car at a town in Inyo County, California. The town's residents are also shown to be robots physically identical to the two main characters, but at different ages, with different clothing and alternating gender. The pair drive to a high-tech facility where liquid latex is poured over their heads. The latex is shaped into human-like faces with the aid of prosthetic appliances and wigs. The resulting look caricaturizes the members of Daft Punk, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. When the two leave the facility, the locals of the town are shocked by their human appearance. The townsfolk gradually begin to chase the duo, whose faces eventually melt in the sun. The two take cover in a public restroom where the gold robot discards his ruined mask, then encourages the reluctant silver robot to do the same. Exiting the restroom they appear as robots again."