Christianity Today recommends unrated Flight of the Red Balloon:Flight has already inspired some impatient critics to complain that "nothing happens" in this film. To borrow a line from James Cameron's The Abyss — they "need to look with better eyes than that."
Flight is not plot-driven. It is not about drawing us to the edge of our seat or teasing us with what happens next. It's meant to be observed the way you might study art in a museum, or the way you might wander down a street in one of the world's great cities just to watch people and light.
Director Hou Hsiao Hsien on the set with Song Fang and Binoche
Sound boring? Give it a try. Find out why Hou is one of the world's most celebrated filmmakers, and what Americans have been missing. The fact that his films aren't "marketable" in the U.S. reflects poorly on us, not Hou.
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