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Dimitri Endz Essay One: topic one (The Fifth Element (Diva Sequence)) Neo-Baroque, according to Omar Calabrese, is characterised by qualities such as instability, change and excess (Neo-Baroque: a sign of the times, Princeton UP, 1992). We find these qualities in Luc Besson's film, The Fifth Element, particularly in the Diva Sequence. The film illustrates some of Calabrese's theories of modern culture and extends them into the future, portraying a futuristic New York City and, in the case of the diva sequence, Besson even extends his vision to another planet and other life forms, all contributing to a neo-baroque (or, since it is the future of neo-baroque, one might say "post neo-baroque") vision of our future. Before the diva sequence even begins the audience receives a sense of impending excess. The first time the audience is introduced to the apparently famous and mysterious diva, she is presented in an almost untouchable manner,...

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