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  • Stay balloon, stay! Good balloon.

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    The Red Balloon  (1956)

    How did I ever miss this film. So amazingly childlike in its wonderment. 34 minutes of silent film and just brimming with emotions. I loved it. Whimsical modern fairy tale. I was amazed at how they handled the balloon. I bet it was a frustrating shoot trying to control the balloon. The color schemes were amazing. Everything but the balloon was a muted grey/brown palette and then you have this gorgeous red balloon in contrast... brilliant. Fantastic film. the main actor was actually the writer/director's son and he did a great job. What little dialog they did use was in French and even though they weren't nay subtitles, you didn't need them. Awesome.

  • The South will rise again...

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    The General  (1927)

    This is the first Buster Keaton film I've ever seen and I loved it. It was hilarious and some of his physical gags were jaw dropping in their danger and scope. Amazing to know he did them all himself. I liked the silent film style of acting. Nothing was really lost in translation. really large scale film. Interesting that it was a comedy set during the Civil War and the protagonist was on the South's side. Could you make a comedy were the protagonist was a Nazi???

  • Hey, isn't that...

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    The Player  (1992)

    A Robert Altman film from the early 90's, although I had look at the release date to see if it was from the 80's as it had that feel to it. It's a look at Hollywood and not a favorable one at that, but mixed with a murder. It was entertaining, but I wasn't gaga for it. It's known for having so many (around 60) celebrity cameos and while cool it was almost a little distracting. At times it was like watching a Where's Waldo movie. It did have a cool opening shot that was uninterrupted for over 7 minutes while talking about MTV style jump cuts. That was cool...

 

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