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The Fifth Element (1997)

Film

DirectorLuc Besson

Meta takes4

Figures

Objects & symbols

Jean-Paul Gaultier's costume design

Form & technique

The film's overall narrative and generic hybridity → The Pastiche Playbook
The Diva Dance scene

Tropes

Leeloo's characterization and visual representation → The Gaze (Le Regard)
Ruby Rhod's on-air persona and gender presentation → The Performed Self
The regeneration of Leeloo's body → The Cyborg Body
The film's production model and cultural identity
The architecture and urban space of future New York

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