Party Ends

(you'll note that there were more people than seats, so a bunch of people stood through the movie)

   The Daft Punk screening was better faster and stronger than I had possibly imagined.  The Alamo Drafthouse Lakecreek told me that they started the line at 1pm!  By the time seating and music by Markus With a K and Ocelot began at 6:30 the largest theatre in the place was packed.  Vice swag was limited but the beer specials, trippy robots on screen and Daft Punk mega mix had folks smiling, and at any given time at least 2 super fans were dancing in the aisles!   The firemashall defining evening began with the hilarious Vice shorts (courtesy of vbs.tv), which sent the crowd into a sitting ovation at the conclusion of the expose on the “purple drank” phenomena of screwston.

   The crowd enjoyed Electroma- I only saw a few people get up and leave during the long, long sequences of robots driving by scrolling landscapes.  One thing is for sure- all 200 or so DP fans in that room wanted that California license place on the Ferrari that just said “human”. The movie itself was a concentration about two robots on a quest to become human. It was filled with indigenous non-robot-rock (including an amazing Curtis Mayfield jam) and enough subtle jokes to keep your interest the whole time. There was even a good old-fashioned postmodern fake ending. The men behind the masks achieved exactly what they wanted: an arty movie about robots. Visually there were segments of extreme awesomeness via the use of green screen and costuming. The set design of the robot small town was exactly what I imagined a robot town would be. From what I understand Vice will be distributing the film on DVD in America before long.  It is absolutely a conversation piece and something to throw on the DVD while listening to some Daft Punk or the latest Ed Banger release; a must see to one up your Daft Punk loving freinds who have only seen Interstella 5555.

   Thanks to everyone at the Alamo, Vice and the president and vice president of Austin’s I heart Daft Punk chapter Markus with a K and Ocelot from the Mischief and Trouble DJ crew.

MP3: Markus with a K - I Heart Daft Punk (mixtape)  (Z-share file)