Editorial Product Review:Description:One of the most famous short films ever made, The Red Balloon is a childhood fantasy with appeal for viewers of every age. It is the story of Pascal, a lonely French boy who befriends a wondrous red balloon which follows him everywhere--to school and church--and even hovers outside his window when he is in his room. Filmed entirely in the picturesque back streets and narrow alleys of Old Montmartre, the film has been acclaimed through the world as an immortal masterpiece of lyrical poetry. The Red Balloon is both a beguiling ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:Albert Lamorisse's whimsical follow-up to his Academy Award®-winning short film The Red Balloon takes viewers of all ages on a fantastic, aerial tour of 20th-century France. An adventurous grandfather and his stowaway grandson (the director's
Editorial Product Review: :As in Albert Lamorisse's classic fable The Red Balloon, a boy forms a unique attachment in the less fanciful, if equally lyrical White Mane. While the 1956 color film takes place in modern Paris, the filmmaker's 1953 effort plays like an old black and white western. In the opening sequence, White Mane ('Crin Blanc') enjoys a life of freedom in the dusty Camargue region of Southern France. Local cowboys, portrayed by the herdsmen of Les Saints-Maries-de-la-Mer, attempt to capture him, but the wild horse keeps evading their clutches. Young fisherman Folco (Alain ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:The Red Balloon One of the most famous short films ever made, The Red Balloon is a childhood fantasy with appeal for viewers of every age. It is the story of Pascal, a lonely French boy who befriends a wondrous red balloon which follows him :The 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 ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:The Red Balloon One of the most famous short films ever made, The Red Balloon is a childhood fantasy with appeal for viewers of every age. It is the story of Pascal, a lonely French boy who befriends a wondrous red balloon which follows him :The 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 ...
Editorial Product Review: :'COLOR. Directed and scripted by ALBERT LAMORISSE. Starring PASCAL LAMORISSE, and 'ALL THE BALLOONS OF PARIS.' This Academy Award-winning short is easily one of the most charming and delightful films you could ever hope to see. Its scenario is sweet and simple: while on his way to school one day, a young French boy (Pascal Lamorisse, the son of the director) befriends a bright red balloon, which joins him as he wanders all over Paris. Essentially, the story is set within the boys fantasy world; the balloon, in its way, becomes ...
Editorial Product Review: :'COLOR. Directed and scripted by ALBERT LAMORISSE. Starring PASCAL LAMORISSE, and 'ALL THE BALLOONS OF PARIS.' This Academy Award-winning short is easily one of the most charming and delightful films you could ever hope to see. Its scenario is sweet and simple: while on his way to school one day, a young French boy (Pascal Lamorisse, the son of the director) befriends a bright red balloon, which joins him as he wanders all over Paris. Essentially, the story is set within the boys fantasy world; the balloon, in its way, becomes ...
Editorial Product Review: :The 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 ...
Editorial Product Review: :The 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 ...
Editor Annalee Newitz reveals the inspiration for the futurism-focused site's name, shares her obsession with the scientifically taboo and tells why sci-fi is going mainstream.
Editor Annalee Newitz reveals the inspiration for the futurism-focused site's name, shares her obsession with the scientifically taboo and tells why sci-fi is going mainstream.
It's June 29th and Apple is finally ready to let the public play with the iPhone. The past six months have shaped up to be the highest profile mobile phone launch ever, Apple has conjured up an...
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