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 ...

Jim Brewer has always loved the short fantasy film "The Red Balloon," a silent 1956 production in which a boy follows a red balloon into adventures. Jim said he never expected to re-enact an aspect of ...

Solitary boys who find unlikely companions are the focus of The Red Balloon (1956) and White Mane (1953), two hauntingly beautiful fables from French filmmaker and photographer Albert Lamorisse ...

Youthful innocence has been explored in motion pictures almost from the start. From Charlie Chaplin to Satyajit Ray to Wes Anderson, various filmmakers have successfully captured this elusive ...

Flight of the Red Balloon is a French movie by a Chinese filmmaker. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Nena’s “99 Red Balloons.” Rather, it’s a remake of the more simply titled Red Balloon, a 1956 ...

In Hou Hsiao-hsien’s “The Flight of the Red Balloon,” the enigmatic title character wafts around Paris, boards a Metro and catches the attention of a little boy, Simon (Simon Iteanu). Though the ...

The sight of a perfect red balloon wafting down the streets and across the roofs of Paris was a touchstone image for a couple of generations of schoolkids. At one point or another, it seems most of us ...