Kritzerland Takes Flight With “The Red Balloon” World Premiere Release

For its latest release, the Kritzerland label has turned to a classic film in which music is very nearly a central character.  Though it won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, writer-director Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 The Red Balloon (Le Ballon Rouge) has very little dialogue.  Many scenes of its whimsical story play only with music, and others just with natural sound.  Now, the movie’s bewitching score by Maurice Le Roux is coming to disc for the very first time in a two-for-one release, paired with Jean Prodromides’ score to Lamorisse’s next picture,…

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