Billy's Balloon (1998)

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A balloon wraps itself around a young child's hand, bringing him higher and higher, much to the child's delight but...

Release date: 1 October 1998

Tags: Animation (7), Short (5), Comedy (3), Surreal (2), Independent Film (2), Black Comedy (2), Minimalism (2), Character Name In Title (2), Balloon (2), Absurdism (2), Talkies (1), Stick Figure (1), Colour (1), Cult Favorite (1), 1990s (1), 1998 (1), Animated (1)

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"DIR: Don Hertzfeld SUMMARY: A small child's balloon suddenly and inexplicably turns against him, sparking similar instances of balloon attacks across the country. WHY IT'S HERE: Don Hertzfeldt's final student film 'Billy's Balloon' is a key work in terms of defining the director's sense of humour and particularly his exquisite comic timing. The combination of the amusing and mildly horrifying that would surface again in Hertzfeldt's subsequent work is to the fore here, as a young boy is put "