May 21, 2008
Photo of the Day: May 21, 2008
When I first came across this photo by cstein96 in the DCist pool yesterday, the quaint scene and the cinematic quality to it gave me a strange sense of joy. When I found it again today, I realized why: The Red Balloon! The image of this bright red hat blowing away in the wind over the cityscape is a cute little homage to the film so many of us remember watching in our childhood. EXIF.
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The poignant part is that there can never be a contemporary remake of The Red Balloon because kids would just empty their Glocks into it instead of huck rocks. So sad.
Where are the other 98 luftballoons?
so that's how the red balloon ended?
i'm envisioning monkey just out of frame astride his Dahon folder tossing his kicky red fez.
ballon! ballon!
+++SPOILER ALERT++++
The Red Balloon ends when professional assassin Leon (Jean Reno) teaches his young protegé Mathilde (Natalie Portman) the true meaning of Arbor Day by blowing up Gary Oldman with a grenade.
hey, speaking of balloons, what was up with the double-balloon thingy floating over Rosslyn during afternoon rush hour a couple weeks ago, I couldn't make out what was hanging from it, and it seemed a bit odd with National's traffic zooming kinda close to it.....guy in a lawn chair?
to comment on the interview below....can we retire the beard thing? please!!!???!