The Fifth Element 1997

A cult SciFi with Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich. The movie "The Fifth element" borrows from an ancient theme in "sacred geometry" and "Hellenistic constructs" drawing from the fact that there are 5 Platonic solids but 4 classical elements water, air, earth and fire (first proposed by the Greek philospher Emedocles as "roots"). Aristotle added a fifth element, "Aether". He had argued that the stars can not be made of the four elements and therefore be made of a fifth element. In the movie, the fifth element is a girl played by Milla Jovovich. The movie has become a cult movie because of its many iconic scenes. An example is the opera scene with Diva Plavalaguna, played by Maiween Le Besco and voice by the professional opera singer Inva Mula. In the last part of the Diva Plavalaguna song, there are frequencies which were not sung before. Here is a performance from 2015 by Tolkyn Zabirova, of course inspired by the movie.

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Oliver Knill, Posted May 9, 2024,