And Then the Boy and the Balloon Soared Away to Seize Kamchatka
Albert Lamorisse (1922-1970) wrote and directed The Red Balloon (1956) and White Mane (1952), two beautifully photographed movies about young French boys, their unicolor companions, and how together they run away from this cruel world.
Both movies won prizes at Cannes, the Oscars, and elsewhere, and remain popular and admired. (I grew up with the picture-book adaptation of The Red Balloon, which was less scary because I could take it at my own pace.)
And here’s the Thing: Lamorisse was also the creator of the cut-throat strategy board game Risk. Its original name in 1957 was the, frankly, more accurate La Conquête du Monde.
1 comment:
I saw The Red Balloon repeatedly in grammar school because the teachers loved it. I liked it OK but got tired of it.
It's been years since I played RISK. The last attempt was a computer version. But solitaire RISK? Boring.
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