Interstella 5555
Today I saw Daft Punk’s Interstella 5555 in a cinema for the first time. We were fortunate to have a good friend babysit our son while we went out.
When the movie was released in 2003, I was so excited to share my DVD copy with anyone and everyone.
I was 15 years old and just developing my own music taste. Daft Punk were the polar opposite of the kind of music I grew up with, and the movie combined it with another of my loves - science fiction and space.
More than 20 years later I am still listening to Daft Punk, and songs like ‘Something about us’ and ‘Too Long’ feel just as fresh now as they did then.
It was great to share it with my wife T, who was pleasantly surprised to find that she enjoyed the story, I was grateful she came even though the music is not her thing.
