New: Furore #30

Fifty yearsFurore, a magazine edited and published by Piet Schreuders, is fifty years old this year. We celebrate this event with the publication of our thirtieth issue. Thirty yearsOn April 27, 1995 ...

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Mexico issue reprinted!

FURORE #11 (oktober 1978) is an issue devoted to Mexico, the country "south of the border" that most Westerners know only from novels, movies and comics. The double-sized issue (80 pages) contained...

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Furore Drops the Ball

In an unconscious homage to Willem Frederik Hermans the first printing of Furore #27 contains a number of mistakes, enabling us to correct them in the second printing. Here’s what went wrong: p. 1: The...

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Furore 27

Vanwege het ‘Hermansjaar’ (2021–2022) is er in dit nummer nogal wat aandacht voor Willem Frederik Hermans. In this issue we celebrate the 100th birthday of renowned Dutch author Willem Frederik Hermans...

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Furore #6 reprinted!

After forty years, this rare and highly rated issue has been re-issued at last. Although we aimed for an exact replica of the original texts, images and page layout, this is not a facsimile edition. The...

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Malambars and Carambars

Ketty Belhassen, a former resident of 16 rue Vilin, recalls going up the stairs at the end of the street and frequenting the Boulangerie-Pâtisserie -- the same one as visited by Pascal in Le Ballon rouge...

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The Red Balloon in London

David Rayner writes -- "Here in the UK, The Red Balloon was given the honour of being chosen, along with The Battle of the River Plate, to be shown at The Royal Film Performance premiere in December, ...

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The Red Balloon in London

David Rayner writes -- "Here in the UK, The Red Balloon was given the honour of being chosen, along with The Battle of the River Plate, to be shown at The Royal Film Performance premiere in December,...

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Pascal’s mother

Albert Lamorisse’s film productions were always more or less family affairs. His wife, Jeanne Claude Duparc, was also his script girl and assistant director. The films were conceived at the kitchen...

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Pascal’s mother

Albert Lamorisse’s film productions were always more or less family affairs. His wife, Jeanne Claude Duparc, was also his script girl and assistant director. The films were conceived at the kitchen...

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Visually similar

Vitrier! Vitrier! Vitrier! Left: rue du Cascades, right: rue Piat   Left: Albert Lamorisse, The Red Balloon, 1955 Right: Robert Doisneau, "Passerelle à vapeur", 1957 Note: Lamorisse, Doisneau and...

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Visually similar

Vitrier! Vitrier! Vitrier! Left: rue du Cascades, right: rue Piat   Left: Albert Lamorisse, The Red Balloon, 1955 Right: Robert Doisneau, "Passerelle à vapeur", 1957 Note: Lamorisse, Doisneau and...

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How did the balloon move?

Jos Rampart writes: I enjoyed your recent issue of Furore about Le ballon rouge. It is a magnificent edition full of information about father and son Lamorisse, the Belleville locations and the camera...

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How did the balloon move?

Jos Rampart writes: I enjoyed your recent issue of Furore about Le ballon rouge. It is a magnificent edition full of information about father and son Lamorisse, the Belleville locations and the camera...

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Passerelle

The morning scene in The Red Balloon is illustrated by a baker opening up his shop, a glass salesman advertising his wares and a postman delivering letters. These scenes were all filmed in the rue Piat,...

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Passerelle

The morning scene in The Red Balloon is illustrated by a baker opening up his shop, a glass salesman advertising his wares and a postman delivering letters. These scenes were all filmed in the rue Piat,...

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Balloons in Ljubljana

Petra Slatinšek writes: "Hi! So great to read about your latest issue. Congratulations! If it will be available in English, please let me know. The film inspired our children's programme in cinema, it's...

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Balloons in Ljubljana

Petra Slatinšek writes: "Hi! So great to read about your latest issue. Congratulations! If it will be available in English, please let me know. The film inspired our children's programme in cinema, it's...

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Îlots insalubres (2)

In Furore #21 (p. 68-69) we describe a key location of the chase scene in The Red Balloon: the passage Ronce, which used to run between the rue Julien-Lacroix and the rue des Couronnes. 18 and 19 Passage...

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Îlots insalubres (1)

In Furore #21 (p. 65) we describe Albert Lamorisse’s creative use of the passage Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix in The Red Balloon’s climactic chase scene. At 27:26 the voyous follow Pascal into the passage, ...

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Bookstore ad

C.J. Aarts found this advertisement for the Red Balloon book by the "Foreign Department" of Librairie Hachette in "Nieuwsblad voor de Boekhandel", Vol. 124 (1957) nr 4 (January 24, 1957), p. 76....

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