Flight of the Red Balloon short comments

Branson 2022-02-07 14:55:35

6/10. Hou Hsiao-hsien presents the relationship between characters through spatial juxtaposition. Song Fang has been paying attention to Mark during the phone call to borrow the kitchen. After that, Susannah went home and complained about the mess in the kitchen. Song Fang was still a silent observer (back to the camera/blurred), using the stairs The framing (tutor going downstairs/worker moving the piano upstairs) also deepens the sense of spatial perspective. The red balloon is like an eye that travels to Paris and looks at the Western world, running away from the sweet talk of a little boy and meeting in an art gallery.
Tavares 2022-03-15 09:01:11

The essence is a journey of discovery and capture. The overlapping of multiple spaces allows us to have more room for observation and feel the looming emotional ups and downs. People in Paris are deeply immersed in the city street shadows, and in the process of evaporating the seawater, the beauty of life is focused by the camera or our eyes. Hou Hsiao-hsien presents us with a floating way of viewing, ambiguous and real. (Probably thanks to the photographer for the most part)

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Dante 2022-04-22 07:01:54

This is the first time I have seen a film made by the director, who is separated from the traditional Chinese classical background, and made in Western France. For a Chinese student studying in France, it truly shows the life of an international student. A western single mother with a son's family, an international student working as a nanny. The story is in the same style as the director has always been. The story seems bland, there is no sharp dialogue, no gorgeous scene arrangement, and the soft music gives people the most real conflict.
Been thinking about the meaning of the red balloon.
As far as I am concerned, Director Hou did not specifically refer to it. It is not only like Song Fang wandering outside, but also implies Simon's innocence, and at the same time, it is also the hardship of a single mother with her children alone.

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