Reviews

I was at the premier of this wonderful short film at Cinema Du Parc in Montreal in 2011. I was invited being told that this is a throw back at old Italian exploitation movies. I was not disappointed.

The movie is set at one of the swinger's house where a few couples are having drinks and trying to set the mood for a "fun" evening. When the party seems a little dull, the ring leader, Alucard (played by Matthew Saliba) suggests that they play a game to spice up the evening. They put names in a hat and whoever is picked, will be the slave of everyone for the rest of the night. That person is Amy (played by Kayden Rose, which I saw in Tanatomorphose two years after). From there, we see that people can become totally desensitized as they make Amy do degrading things. They make her crawl naked and lick shoes and even "black face" her. By the time they are done with her, she seems hurt and only a shell of the women she was and you find out in the end that even after the evening is over, Alucard "stays in character" and keeps Amy caged, in his attic.

A few elements are done carefully in this movie to make the Italian exploitation aspect a success. First of, the grainy filter, which give it an old look. A bit of the dialogue cuts to Italian, something that happens often when watching translated Italian horror movies and spaghetti westerns. Also, it's short and effective in the sense that, you jump straight into the exploitive part. I have to make a mention to the choice of music. I especially loved the choice of Un Amico from Ennio Morricone. A very dramatic piece that works well with the picture.

I'm happy I took the time to take a look at this movie and hope to see more of the like from Saliba. Keep up the good work!

I have been a fan of Discovery and Daft Punk for years now. I finally took the time to take a look at this awesome little piece of animation and was extremely pleased with it.The animation is great and you can still make out each character's personality even without dialogue. Speaking of which, I'd like to address the folks that say that the plot and story are paper thin. It's not Why? Simply because this is an hour long movie with no dialogue and a lot happens in this hour...a lot. In a hour you see the world that they come from, the capture, the hero chasing them, the transformation, the new life as brainwashed musicians, the rescue partially foiled by the bad guy, the bad guy showing off the women and winning the award, the 2nd rescues, the chase, the love scene,the road trip, the burial, the discovery of the mansion,the back story of the bad guy and his ultimate goal, his final solution in progress, the foiling of his plans, the infiltration to get the data back, the realization of what the band really is,the world becoming aware of the bad guys plan, the help they get to get launched back into space, the final scare from the bad guy, the search for home, home finding them and finally..the conclusion.

All of this, without dialogue within an hour. One could agree that they had to simplify at some points but i feel it's never rushed and everything is clear. many movie have less content and story even with dialogue and exposition This movie is pretty much a long music video so the music itself does a lot of "talking", setting the right mood in general. The colours, the characters; the story, the music and the fact that its set in a sci-fi world make this experience very rich and entertaining. I even admit to having teary eye at the "Something Between Us" part. When a picture can make me emote in such way, it did something (many things in fact) right. If your open enough and you let it, it has the potential to make you laugh and cry. Also, as many reviewers mentions on this site, the throw back to the 70's 80's, Captain Harlock style of esthetic is a great choice and fits well with Daft Punk's multi-generation sounds. Worth the watch, highly recommended for any fans of Daft Punk and Japanese-animation.