Movies for the Day, Friday, October 5, 2018

Today's movies mark a balloon day, World Teachers Day, and a zombie day.  Which of today's selections would you watch?

The Red Balloon (1956) is about
a red sentient mute balloon that
befriends a boy in Paris.  This half-
hour film won an Oscar for Best
Original Screenplay.  Today is
Balloons Around the World Day.
Aka Le Balloon Rouge.





The Red Balloon









 Butley (1974) is a well-regarded movie
about an English professor dealing with
various issues, mostly personal.  Today
is World Teachers Day.







Butley









Love at First Bite (1979) is a spoof of
the Dracula vampire genre of movies.
This comedy is set in New York City.
Yesterday was the birthday of Anne Rice,
whose novels reinvigorated the vampire
genre.  Rice was born October 4, 1941.
Also, October is Halloween month.




Love at First Bite