Imagining Energy Futures: The Fifth Element (1997)

School of Electrical, Mechanical & Infrastructure (EMI) Engineering, The University of Melbourne

Get ready to dive into the futuristic world of flying cars inspired by Luc Besson's The Fifth Element - it's going to be out of this world!

Arts West - North Wing (Building 148a), L3 Cinema Space 353

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Luc Besson's wildly entertaining sci-fi The Fifth Element follows a cab driver (Bruce Willis) in 23rd-century New York who is thrust into a cosmic battle to save humanity after a mysterious woman crashes—literally—into his flying car, setting off a high-speed, high-stakes adventure through a futuristic world. The young Willis brings his dry wit and reluctant-hero charm to the role, while Milla Jovovich combines physical brilliance with comic innocence. And in "Ruby Rhod, played with eye-bulging, thrusting sexuality by the young Chris Tucker, the frenetic sci-fi romp presented us with a hero of rare queer vitality, more than two decades before fans begged Marvel to give Captain America a boyfriend." (Guardian)The film's vision of gravity-defying vehicles and automated transport captures the imagination of a future once thought pure science fiction. With the rise of electric and autonomous vehicles, that imagined future is inching closer and challenges engineers to turn cinematic dreams into everyday mobility solutions.There will be a Q&amp;A with <a href="https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/818967-patricia-sauri-lavieri" title="https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/818967-patricia-sauri-lavieri" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Patricia Sauri Lavieri</a>, Senior Lecturer in Transport Engineering (Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Department of Infrastructure) and <a href="https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/1095235-sebastian-tebbe" title="https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/1095235-sebastian-tebbe" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sebastian Tebbe</a>, Senior Lecturer with interest in Environmental Economics (Faculty of Business and Economics) on their research on emerging transport options and related social and economic challenges.

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