The narrative is deceptively airy and pared down: Pascal, a young Parisian boy, retrieves a balloon tied to a lamppost, only to discover that it seems to have a mind and personality of its own. INFO: (310) 281-8223, landmarktheatres.The simplicity and emotional clarity of Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 The Red Balloon have made it one of the most beloved films of all time. WHERE: Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica He could understand more than most people. You should have asked me, and I would have given it to you.’ I realized I couldn’t lie to him. I have good reason to believe that you did it. “One day he goes, ‘Pascal, did you use the scissors and cut anything out of the book?’ I said, ‘Of course not.’ He said, ‘Well, well, well. “I got my scissors and I cut it out and put the photo in my room someplace.
“There was a book about Tibet, and for some reason I was in love with a photo from the book,” he recalls. His father had rules, though - no cheating or lying.īut Lamorisse did lie once to his father when he was about 4.
Actually, he could relate to the world of the younger generation in the sense that he lived in a very poetical world himself.” Lamorisse says he had “a wonderful youth.” His father, who was only 48 when he died, was “extremely creative and very sweet. It was very easy to play whatever he asked me to do.” “I knew what I had to do, but I could do it my way. So how did the balloon follow the little boy like a family pet around the City of Light?īecause his father wrote his films as the shooting progressed, Lamorisse says that every day was an adventure. It’s glossy and reflects the kid’s face and the city. In fact, it is not a red ballon that you can buy, it was especially made for the film. The bright red balloon, says Lamorisse, “was really that color when we shot the movie.
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