The Red Balloon and Other Stories: Five Films by Albert Lamorisse (#1200) w/SLIPCASE Touchstone Taral Hicks

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Throw in some mobsters led by a tough guy called The Bat and his enemy a masked superhero wrestler called The Angel

Directed with characteristic punch by Raoul Walsh—who makes the most of the vertiginous mountain location—this gripping thriller sends Roy and Lupino’s Marie

And with the local authorities dismissing him as a crackpot

who is best known for making spaghetti westerns

The Red Balloon and Other Stories: Five Films by Albert Lamorisse (#1200) w/SLIPCASE Touchstone Taral HicksEveryday life becomes an adventure in the wide eyed fables and fantasies of Albert Lamorisse. Balancing imaginative whimsy with documentary like authenticity, his beloved short films Bim, the Little Donkey; White Mane; and the Academy Awardwinning The Red Balloon find unforgettable emotional, spiritual, and moral resonance in the realms of children and animals, while his captivating but now rarely seen features Stowaway in the Sky and Circus Angel