Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto’s anime film Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem is coming to the cinemas. On Thursday, December 12th, this 65 – minute movie, originally released in May 2003, will be screened in over 800 cinemas across 40 countries for one night only.
Interstella 5555 tells the story of the abduction of an alien music band by an evil human character who has dark plans. The hour-long film was cut into music videos to accompany Daft Punk’s album Discovery, and is rare to see in its original form in cinemas.
The film will be immediately followed by a curated selection of iconic Daft Punk videos from directors including Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Seb Janiak, Roman Coppola, and Warren Fu.
It was written by Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, and Cédric Hervet, directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi and supervised by the legendary Leiji Matsumoto.
Tickets for the screening come out November 13, find them here.
