From 1960. This was a visually stunning treatment of an allegorical children's story. Brilliantly composed, edited and paced. Short at 68 minutes. Almost no dialogue in a way similar to The Red Balloon...and this worked as well.
Some of the symbolic imagery was a bit heavy-handed but didn't detract from the film. The only flaw to me was the use of some post-bebop in the middle which dated it badly. Insert some better music there and you'd have a true masterpiece.
Good stuff.
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