Posted on 16/05/08
First, he had Paris
Director Hou Hsiao-hsien didn't originally intent to make an homage to The Red Balloon. In fact, he had never seen the classic French short film.It was only after he had cast the actors, including Juliette Binoche, and had chosen Paris as the backdrop of his new film that he happened to come across a mention of The Red Balloon in American writer Adam Gopnik's book about Parisian life, Paris to the Moon.
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