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The Fifth Element (1997): An Aria for Humanity (www.brightwalldarkroom.com)
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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. ✌️

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 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.