"Flight of the Red Balloon" is in most ways a random, somewhat dramatic adventure in contemporary Paris. Many of its scenes come off as improvised exercises featuring actors who know the general story ...
Like a lot of kids in the ’60s and ’70s, I first saw Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 French short, “The Red Balloon,” in elementary school — back when 16-millimeter prints of that magical, mysterious film ...
Albert Lamorisse's 1956 short film "The Red Balloon" is a justly celebrated treasure that would be criminal to label as merely a children's film. The half-hour, nearly wordless fable about a large red ...