The Visual Effects and Artistic Influences Behind Luc Besson's 'The Fifth Element'
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Summary
The article discusses the visual effects and artistic influences behind Luc Besson's sci-fi film 'The Fifth Element,' highlighting how it draws from French absurdist sensibilities and graphic artists like Moebius and Jean-Claude Mezieres rather than traditional space opera influences like Star Wars. It focuses on the collaboration with Digital Domain's imagery experts to create the film's distinctive visual style.
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French director Luc Besson's audacious new film, The Fifth Element, owes less to George Lucas than to the absurdist sensibilities of Jean-Luc Godard.
The film's intense imagery was dreamed up in part by French artists Jean 'Moebius' Giraud (of the Gallic graphic magazine Metal Hurlant) and Jean-Claude Mezieres (Valérian: Spatio-Temporal Agent).
Digital Domain's imagery experts help to create eye-boggling visual effects for Luc Besson's sci-fi fantasy.
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