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5 user reviews
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  4.6/10
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7
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This movie is not for everyone. It's a poetic mediation on art & life for people who know how to read filmic language. The things that happen with the characters are incidental - they are just the "life" part. Various art mediums are shown: music, puppetry, filmmaking and we are allowed to see "behind the scenes" of the artistry: rehearsals of a puppet show & the puppeteers; practising, moving & tuning a piano, shooting & editing a film. There are also references to existing art works and how they inform the creation of new art production. The connections and separation between Art & Life is the subject of the movie and so images of bridges, windows, tunnels, reflections, etc. are reoccurring motifs. The red balloon kept coming back but it doesn't really represent just one particular thing such as childhood. It's more of a sign for the things in life that we mortals try to turn into art. The final scene has the balloon continuing its flight high over Paris accompanied by a Song, about drinking sparking wine as if the balloon is just one of the bubbles in a toast to life. The movie could have been about half an hour shorter but Ms Binoche's performance was amazing to watch.
7/10
2.8.2008 -
yetb@ - age: 36-49
Totally boring, hard not to fall asleep. No story, no interest.
1/10
30.7.2008 -
kidam@ - age: 50+
[ATTENTION: This review reveals content of the movie.]
Yes, it was disappointing. At first the gentle pace appeals: the innocuous flight of the insistent ballon is a metaphor of childhood delight as it follows the little boy, but the theme never really develops. The domestic quibbles and trivial travails of Juliette Binoche are pointless. The neo-realist cinematography is irritating: we endlessly view scenes through opaque windows. There is no dramatic tension. Better to have re-released the 1956 classic than this 'homage'.
3/10
7.6.2008 -
iispiral@ - age: 50+
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A very disappointing film. The red balloon is a red herring. Binoche is great as usual and the kid is also excellent, but they had very little to work with. There is no story and no character development. It's alright if you want to see shots of a Paris suburb and see people eating bread and drinking wine. There's not much more to it.
4/10
20.5.2008 -
romanelison@ - age: 26-35
Hou needs to continue making films outside of Taiwan. He has an interesting set of eyes as an outsider, discovering new cultures and landscapes. What Hou achieved with Cafe Lumier in Japan, I feel he achieved this time around in France. I never thought I would ever see a neorealist (well it is not really a neorealist piece) It shares all the common sensibilities of a new Taiwan cinema piece, in a French production. I was hesitant to watch this at first, but am very pleased that I followed through with my selection.
8/10
18.5.2008 -
brian_rocafort@ - age: 18-25
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