Despite all the humor in this film, what I saw was a tragedy, the loss of childhood.
What is the metaphor represented by the naughty and clever red balloon? I think this red balloon is actually the little protagonist himself. The red balloons sneak into the house, take off the teacher's hat, or sneak into the classroom, all of which are designed to show the characteristics of typical children. At first, I thought this red balloon was like the guardian and superhero of this child, a bit like the relationship between Doraemon and Nobita, but in the bakery, the red balloon was accidentally caught by a bad boy, but it actually showed that the red balloon would also be watching It is greedy when it is delicious, so it seems that it is more in line with the characteristics of a child.
Finally, the red balloon was trampled, deflated, and fell to the ground. There is too much cruelty in this world to make a child's childhood perfect like a fairy tale, and Albert Lamorisse designed the ending like in "White Mane" (the white horse took the child to another world) Many balloons carry The little protagonist flew to the horizon. This is the end of a fairy tale, but there is no fairy tale lighthearted metaphor. In my opinion, fairy tales and comedies in this real environment always paint a deeper color of tragedy.
Maybe each of us had similar feelings when we were young, and most of them were just little things that shattered everything we had longed for. When one day we found out that after Christmas Eve, we didn't get the toy that we missed for a long time, our beloved little turtle died, and we couldn't wear our favorite shoes, our childhood disappeared, and we grew up like this.
Perhaps riding a white horse to the sea or floating to the horizon on a balloon is the best continuation of childhood, but in reality, none of us can stay forever in that midsummer night staring at the moon and fantasizing about Chang'e and the Jade Rabbit.
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