1. Dual protagonists: "The Little Prince" and "Red Balloon"
Just as the little prince tamed the wild fox, the little boy finally tamed the red balloon.
At the image level, the red balloon forms a kind of self-impression, self-reflection and even self-deprecation. It is another protagonist, the spiritual projection of the little boy or another "I" in the mirror, the boy's innocence, dream, free will and loneliness. Close is the extension of the meaning of the red balloon. Just like the red balloon will always only become the desire psychology of adults and companions, it will never be understood or named, nor can it open up channels of communication. Family members cannot help you, teachers cannot help you, friends cannot help you, or even help you. The spiritual mate (blue balloon) you meet on the side of the road can't help you either, you can only help yourself, in your own little house, in the discipline of the red balloon, in the sky flying to free hues.
The red balloon is also a floating dream, it will never be smashed because there is more than one dream. It will take you to finally break through all the mottled and dull cool castles (incomprehensible in the cool and cool colors of Parisian streets) and finally fly into the warm sky of free will soaring. This kind of dream carried by the red balloon is a lonely soul, lonely to silent, lonely to autistic, but never lonely and deserted, it always maintains independent thinking while walking alone.
The little prince can tame the little fox, the little prince can also fall in love with the rose with thorns, why can't the little boy fly to heaven with a broken balloon?
2. The Reflexive Balloon: A Profound Metaphor for French Authorism
If the Italian-style streets of "Amelie" are full of fantasy, and the sky of "Flying House" is filled with returning to the original, then "Red Balloon" is a fantasy of innocence and wanton wandering.
The painted French streets, the little boy and the red balloon who will never be communicated and understood, to a certain extent fit the director's tone and art. The red balloon has become a "water fountain pen", which outlines the director's endless intentions, even if this intention is not understood by anyone (even the "siege" of fellow directors---the companion's "pursuit" of the red balloon), The director's unique personal feelings and artistic taste have encountered endless difficulties, just like a little boy who can only be surrounded by his peers in a cramped space, and constantly encounter "discrimination" and incomprehensible "curiosity" in the world of adults. At this time, the little boy, the red balloon and the director themselves constitute a three-way dialogue, which is about the insistence of French authorism and the persistence and defense of art.
The red balloon may burst, but countless dreams and art never shatter.
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