Daft Punk Unchained is the first film about the pop culture phenomenon that is Daft Punk, the duo with 12 million albums sold worldwide and seven Grammy Awards. Throughout their career Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have always resisted compromise and the established codes of show business. They have remained determined to maintain control of every link in the chain of their creative process. In the era of globalisation and social networks, they rarely speak in public and neither do they show their faces on TV. This documentary explores this unprecedented cultural revolution revealing a duo of artists on a permanent quest for creativity, independence and freedom.
Production
Rare archival footage of the helmet-less French robots.
Writing
How mystery became their biggest marketing tool.
Director
Hervé Martin-Delpierre
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Daft Punk' name comes from a negative review calling their early rock band 'daft punky thrash'—they stole the insult.
Their 2006 Coachella pyramid show—featured in the doc—basically invented modern EDM stage spectacle; every DJ since is paying rent.
FR
GB
