INTRODUCTION;

The idea of Paradise propagated in pop culture with ideas of the Garden of Eden, or Royal fair grounds, it generally makes reference to a lush and landscaped garden, a place of amenity and escape, for contact with fresh air, sunshine, and exotic growth. Each person holds within them a slightly unique ideal of paradise. But human history is about taking legend, reinterpreting it, and transplanting it into another place and time.
In Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element, we are confronted with an idea of paradise which seems a clash when compared with our own. The sensual ideas instilled by the word of paradise are a stark contrast with the sterile indoor environment that is Floston Paradise. In NYC of 2263 there is no greater luxury than to visit the planet Floston. And so to understand the progression of a state of affairs from the world of today to the unknown or portrayed world of tomorrow it would seem appropriate to examine the role of nature in the urban environment.