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Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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Re: Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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The article is missing one of the best futurescape shots in the whole movie!

http://i.imgur.com/6W5InkH.jpg

That image is only on screen for like 2 seconds, but it tells a whole story and really pulled me into the film. The first half you're deep in the city, and then finally when you get to see it from afar, it seems like a whole real city instead of the few locales they shot. Also makes it feel like a continuity of our future instead of some random alien drama.

Re: Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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I love this movie so much it's _unreal_. What an experience, every single time. And each time I see an article like this, I simply marvel at the immense love for art and life it has. What an incredibly talented crew, what product of mastery and care.

He continued with Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The Fifth Element has similar cinematic feeling as the first Blade Runner. And now it is clear. There is the same person behind it :)

Valerian was fun, but I really don't think it held together. Great set piece scenes though.

Re: Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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The article is missing one of the best futurescape shots in the whole movie! http://i.imgur.com/6W5InkH.jpg That image is only on screen for like 2 seconds, but it tells a whole story and really pulled me into the film. The first half you're deep in the city, and then finally when you get to see it from afar, it seems like a whole real city instead of the few locales they shot. Also makes it feel like a continuity of…

Imgur is blocked in the UK, and last I checked blocked connections from VPNs too.

Which scene are you referring to?

Re: Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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The article is missing one of the best futurescape shots in the whole movie! http://i.imgur.com/6W5InkH.jpg That image is only on screen for like 2 seconds, but it tells a whole story and really pulled me into the film. The first half you're deep in the city, and then finally when you get to see it from afar, it seems like a whole real city instead of the few locales they shot. Also makes it feel like a continuity of…

Imgur is blocked in the UK, and last I checked blocked connections from VPNs too. Which scene are you referring to?

Try this one?

http://www.vfxhq.com/1997/stills/fifth/welcome.jpg

It's the wide shot of NYC after they leave the spaceport.

Re: Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

#18

The article is missing one of the best futurescape shots in the whole movie! http://i.imgur.com/6W5InkH.jpg That image is only on screen for like 2 seconds, but it tells a whole story and really pulled me into the film. The first half you're deep in the city, and then finally when you get to see it from afar, it seems like a whole real city instead of the few locales they shot. Also makes it feel like a continuity of…

Imgur is blocked in the UK, and last I checked blocked connections from VPNs too. Which scene are you referring to?

Works in Opera with its built-in VPN.

Re: Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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Off topic but Milla Jovovich just released an AI memory called mempalace: https://github.com/milla-jovovich/mempalace

There is zero history of her programming. This is a scam, using her name.

The Wikipedia article about her https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milla_Jovovich links to https://www.millaj.com/ which links to her Instagram http://instagram.com/millajovovich/ where the bio reads:

> Mother/Actress/Architect of MemPalace free and open source on GitHub

And the linktree from the Instagram profile links to https://github.com/milla-jovovich/mempalace

Re: Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)

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I have very vivid memories of watching it for the first time in the cinema (original run). I'm pretty sure I still have the ticket. I was spending winter break in the mountains, with some friends, completely snowed in. I bought the soundtrack too (on a cassette tape). Possibly the last decent movie of his.
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