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Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
2003 · Film · 68 min
Directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi
AnimationScience FictionMusicAdventure
Four talented alien musicians are kidnapped by a record producer who disguises them as humans. Shep, a space pilot in love with bass player Stella, follows them to Earth. Reprogrammed to forget their real identities and renamed The Crescendolls, the group quickly becomes a huge success playing soulless corporate pop. At a concert, Shep manages to free all the musicians except Stella, and the band sets out to rediscover who they really are — and to rescue Stella.
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Related, Interstella 5555 is actually Daft Punk's Discovery album as a one-hour animated movie.
Are you sure about that? The music video was the scenes from the movie.
The impression I got as a Daft Punk fan in the 90s was that the movie was commissioned alongside the production of the album and not an afterthought.
The album was released after a couple of singles (iirc) but that’s very typical for artists to do. So it would make sense for the movie to also be released after the singles, even though it was already (mostly) completed.
Edit: seems my memory is correct. The movie was always a planned part of the album.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstella_5555:_The_5tory_of_the_5ecret_5tar_5ystem
If you're not aware, check out Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem. [0]
This is an animated movie set to the album Discovery. No dialogue other than the music of the album. Done by Toei Animation, a notable Japanese animation studio.
You may have seen the music videos for One More Time and Harder Better Faster Stronger. They were just part of a full narrative arc.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qxe-QOp_-s
If you want to see another Daft Punk movie, I recommend checking out "Interstella 5555"