{"id":252029,"date":"2022-06-16T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meeplemountain.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=252029"},"modified":"2022-11-14T11:04:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T17:04:09","slug":"the-three-years-of-albert-lamorisse-singing-nuns-helium-balloons-and-risk","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.meeplemountain.com\/articles\/the-three-years-of-albert-lamorisse-singing-nuns-helium-balloons-and-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three Years of Albert Lamorisse: Singing Nuns, Helium Balloons and Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What connects Julie Andrews, a sentient balloon and one of the most successful board games of all time?<\/p>\n<p>The answer lies with one Frenchman and three astonishingly productive years in the middle of the twentieth century. It\u2019s entirely possible you\u2019ve never heard of him.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_252030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252030\" style=\"width: 483px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252030 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meeplemountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Albert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"600\" data-wp-pid=\"252030\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Albert-242x300.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 242w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Albert.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 483w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 483px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 483\/600;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252030\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meeplemountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Albert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"600\" data-wp-pid=\"252030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Albert-242x300.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 242w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Albert.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 483w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-252030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Albert Lamorisse. Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0483738\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMDb<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Born in Paris on the 13th January 1922, Albert Lamorisse began his career as a photographer before turning to filmmaking, releasing his first film in 1950. A producer, writer and director there\u2019s a clear arc to his filmography, from the shorts of the 1950s to the whimsical feature-lengths in the early 1960s, and finally to the documentaries of the late 1960s. In the mid-50\u2019s in particular he doesn\u2019t seem to have been able to put a foot wrong. You may not know his name but you\u2019ll recognise his achievements.<\/p>\n<h2>1955<\/h2>\n<p><i>The landscape of the Alps sweeps below, a collage of mountains and valleys, lakes, forests and fields. An orchestra warms up melodically before building to a crescendo as the camera closes in on a meadow and a novice nun enchanted with the world around her. She starts to sing.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s one of the most recognisable openings in cinematic history. Arguably, the aerial preamble is as integral to the beginning of 1965&#8217;s <i>The Sound of Music<\/i> as the choral nun.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_252027\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252027\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252027 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meeplemountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-wp-pid=\"252027\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-130x73.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 130w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-187x105.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 187w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-215x120.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 215w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-300x168.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-414x232.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 414w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-470x264.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 470w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic.jpg?size=528x297&amp;lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 528w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-600x338.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 600w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-640x360.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 640w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-768x432.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-990x557.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 990w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252027\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meeplemountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-wp-pid=\"252027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-130x73.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 130w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-187x105.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 187w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-215x120.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 215w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-300x168.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-414x232.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 414w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-470x264.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 470w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic.jpg?size=528x297&amp;lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 528w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-600x338.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 600w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-640x360.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 640w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-768x432.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic-990x557.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 990w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/soundofmusic.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-252027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A still from the opening scene of <em>The Sound of Music<\/em>. Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movieworldmap.com\/filming-locations\/opening-scene-the-hills-are-alive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MovieWorldMap<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The opening shots set the tone of the first half of <i>The Sound of Music<\/i>, a statement of natural innocence before the arrival of the Nazis. Yet it was only possible thanks to Lamorisse a decade earlier and his invention <i>Helivision<\/i>, an ingenious Steadicam anti-vibration helicopter mount that kept the camera stable and free from the effects of gravity and centrifugal force. As one critic put it, <i>Helivision<\/i> made it seem as if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1970\/06\/04\/archives\/albert-lamorisse-dies-in-air-crash-produced-and-wrote-red-balloon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>\u201cthe camera were mounted on a perfectly solid track in the sky\u201d<\/i><\/a>. <i>The Sound of Music<\/i> is its best-known use, but <i>Helivision<\/i> was used in countless films before being superseded by further technological advancements.<\/p>\n<h2>1956<\/h2>\n<p><i>A boy with blonde bob walks to school through the streets of Paris. He stops, stares up and then proceeds to climb a lamppost to untangle a bright red balloon. Over the following 30 minutes they become friends, have adventures and meet a girl with a blue balloon. They&#8217;re finally parted by the cruelty of older children.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This is <i>Le Ballon Rouge<\/i>, Lamorisse\u2019s most famous film and the boy is Pascal, his son. It\u2019s a fanciful version of <i>Kes<\/i>, if the kestrel was a sentient helium balloon and the boy was happy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_252028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252028\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252028 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meeplemountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-wp-pid=\"252028\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon-130x73.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 130w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon-187x105.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 187w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon-215x120.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 215w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon-300x168.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon-414x232.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 414w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon-470x264.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 470w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon.jpg?size=528x297&amp;lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 528w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon-600x338.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 600w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/360;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252028\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meeplemountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-wp-pid=\"252028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon-130x73.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 130w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon-187x105.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 187w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon-215x120.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 215w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon-300x168.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon-414x232.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 414w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon-470x264.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 470w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon.jpg?size=528x297&amp;lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 528w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon-600x338.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 600w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theredballoon.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-252028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A still from <em>The Red Balloon<\/em>. Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\/movie-reviews\/the-red-balloon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CommonSenseMedia<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><i>The Red Balloon<\/i> won an Academy Award in 1956 for Best Original Screenplay and to this day Lamorisse is the only person to receive even a nomination for a short film screenplay. Steven Spielberg echoed Lamorisse\u2019s contrasting red and greys decades later in <i>Schindler\u2019s List<\/i>, to similarly symbolise childhood innocence and its loss.<\/p>\n<h2>1957<\/h2>\n<p><i>The world lies before you on the table, a simplified map of forty-two territories spread across six coloured continents. There are armies in rowdy piles dotted across the board, the forces of the players who groan and cheer as the fickle dice propel someone to global domination.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>A year after his Oscar success, Lamorisse released <i>La Conqu\u00eate du Monde \u2013 The Conquest of the World<\/i>. Bought by Parker Brothers it was released as <i>Risk: The Continental Game<\/i> (subsequently <i>Risk: The Game of Global Domination<\/i>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_252025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252025\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252025 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meeplemountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/risk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"467\" data-wp-pid=\"252025\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/risk-300x255.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/risk.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 550w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/467;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meeplemountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/risk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"467\" data-wp-pid=\"252025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/risk-300x255.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b1803394.smushcdn.com\/1803394\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/risk.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-252025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La Conqu\u00eate du Monde. Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstversions.com\/2017\/01\/risk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FirstVersions<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Created as the Cold War escalated, <i>Risk<\/i> harked back to a simpler style of conflict and is a symptom of its time, a decade\u2019s abstraction from the Second World War\u2019s global struggle allowing war to become family entertainment. Today <i>Risk<\/i> is undeniably one of the most successful and influential board games of all time, inspiring countless imitations and evolutions. Indeed, in 2011 <i>Risk <\/i>kickstarted a whole new tabletop genre \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meeplemountain.com\/mechanisms\/legacy-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Legacy Game<\/a> \u2013 with the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meeplemountain.com\/articles\/the-100-most-important-board-games-of-the-2010s\/#:~:text=%2364%3A%20Risk%20Legacy%20(2011)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Risk Legacy<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Legacy<\/h2>\n<p>Tragically, Albert Lamorisse died on the 2nd June 1970 in a helicopter accident above the Amir Kabir Dam, Iran, whilst filming his documentary <i>The Lover\u2019s Wind<\/i>. Completed by his widow and son, <i>The Lover\u2019s Wind<\/i> was released eight years later and received a posthumous Oscar nomination in 1979.<\/p>\n<p>Lamorisse left behind his wife, three children, three feature films, three short films, four documentaries, a ground-breaking helicopter camera rig and one of the most successful and enduring board games of all time.<\/p>\n<p>There are worse legacies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albert Lamorisse changed tabletop gaming forever when he designed Risk, but the game was merely one part of a fascinating and varied career. 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