The Fifth Element is a space opera deserving of the name, a deeply humanist work, and a cinematic poem to human paradox delivered through the power of music.

This is a beautifully written and incisive article that I chanced upon this evening. I don’t know how we happened on the subject of the film, but my wife wondered aloud if there was a chance that the diva’s performance was authentic, meaning voiced by a single person in real time. To my knowledge, there’s no way for a human to be polyphonic to the extreme degree of the diva, but I tried to dig up some info on the subject anyway, eventually coming across this lovely piece. I hope you’ll find it, as I did, an brief respite from the terrible reality in which we find ourselves. ✌️

  • drop_and_run@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Is anything else of Luc Besson’s worth watching? We haven’t heard much of him since Fifth Element here in America, but Americans are ignorant about cinema generally.

    • Sergio@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      1 day ago

      “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” was OK… but the two leads were miscast and the script got a little bland. Still, the movie definitely has its moments.

    • SolacefromSilence@fedia.io
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      1 day ago

      Leon aka The Professional is pretty good, but haven’t seen his other films. Gary Oldman has a good role in this. I have to rewatch though to see how it’s aged.