The Red Balloon (Released by Janus Films, in association with the Criterion Collection)
by Albert Lamorisse
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Actor: Red BalloonDirector: Albert Lamorisse
Brand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 34 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-29
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Janus Films
DVD Reviews of The Red Balloon (Released by Janus Films, in association with the Criterion Collection)
DVD Review: The Red Balloon
Summary: 5 Stars
This was one of my favorite movies from my childhood -- actually, I was in Junior High Language Arts when I saw it. Now that I am a teacher, I can't wait to share it with my students!! I still get that same wonderful feeling at the end!!DVD Review: The Red Ballon
Summary: 5 Stars
Wonderful, wonderful ageless story. All children will relate to the lonely boy, whose friend is the "red ballon."DVD Review: Exquisite
Summary: 5 Stars
Had to buy the DVD to replace my own VHS cassette. I just love this film. I've watched it again and again since I was a child and it is sweepingly poignant every time.DVD Review: A delightful classic for any age
Summary: 5 Stars
I've never tired of this charming short film. The cinematography is still amazing all these years later. DVD Review: A Sentimental and Whimsical Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Interestingly, this film preceded "Old Yeller" by one year. As well as being enduring childhood classics, those two tales have certain themes in common, but whereas "Old Yeller" deals with a living creature, this tale breathes life into a normally inanimate object.
My first encounter with "Le Ballon Rouge" was when it was shown to my kindergarten class in the mid-70s. I had no idea until years later that by that time, it was nearly 20 years old. Its appeal, nonetheless, is timeless.
Using sparse dialogue, and Parisian locales, Director Albert Lamorisse presents the tale of a small boy (his son,Pascal)who finds a magical red balloon tied to a lamp post, and takes it home with him. Largely gray Paris gives the redness of the balloon an interesting and sharp onscreen contrast.
Like a faithful dog, the the air-filled sphere with a string follows him everywhere, often on its own, and with an occasional exception, waits for him outside places where it is not allowed to enter. It obeys its master's commands, attracts attention in public, and has a brief flirtation with a blue balloon of a similar caliber, owned by a pretty little girl (the director's daughter, Sabine).
But alas, the adventures of boy and balloon are abreviated due to a rowdy group of boys.But it is as though the balloon knew its time was short somehow, as if it knew it was meant to give its owner delight only for a little while and did so to the fullest. There would be other delightful times and other magical balloons, but always one special one that would be remembered fondly.
The little boy's heartbreak is happily short-lived in this sweet tale of friendship, loss, and renewal, and viewers may be left moved and satisfied, perhaps with a few sentimental tears.
Description of The Red Balloon (Released by Janus Films, in association with the Criterion Collection)
Newly restored and available for the first time on DVD Albert Lamorisse's exquisite The Red Balloon remains one of the most beloved children's films of all time. In this deceptively simple nearly wordless tale a young boy discovers a stray balloon which seems to have a mind of its own on the streets of Paris. The two become inseparable yet the world's harsh realities finally interfere. With its glorious palette and allegorical purity the Academy Award-winning The Red Balloon has enchanted movie lovers young and old for generations.System Requirements:LENGTH: 34 minutes Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?CHILDREN/FAMILY UPC:?715515028820 Manufacturer No:?CC1746DDVDThe late French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse made this classic, 1956 short work about a lonely little Parisian boy (Pascal Lamorisse) befriended by a large red balloon, which seems to have a will of its own. As with his preceding short, 1952's White Mane, Lamorisse took home a grand prize from the Cannes Film Festival for The Red Balloon, and the latter film also won an Academy Award. There have been some stimulating pieces of film criticism (some pro, some con) written about the aesthetics of this little movie over the years, but there's no question it makes for a touching, allegorical piece always certain to prompt conversations among viewers of any age. --Tom Keogh
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