Not really an issue though due to the 70s beaver style.īeforehand, there were minor cuts due to a bad Blu-ray master. All in all, those jump-cuts are the reason for a length difference of a few seconds. Several minor jump-cuts during the 19th minute. The guy encourages her to zip it and puts his hand on her mouth. The guy longer, then Cindy screaming out. On Blu-ray, the subsequent shot starts a few frames earlier (no screenshots). Kevin and Cindy at the mall a bit earlier.Ī frontal shot of the car starts a little earlier.Īfter Pauline picks up the phone handset, the US DVD contains an additional shot. The old US DVD contains a litte nature shot instead and with the sideway shot of the car, the versions are back in sync. They bill and coo and a picture of them in front of a cardboard standup is being taken - before they then get actually married. Subsequently, there is another scene with them in public. This scene contains some HC close-up and one can see Kevin ejaculate on her belly as well. Then Kevin and Cindy kissing in the meadow. There is a reference regarding the restauration as well. The old US DVD stars with a title card with the blue balloon going up in the air in the background. Finally, Kevin gets to pull down her panties and after some groping in the genital area, they are having sex. She is playing with herself plus there are several close-ups of Cindys face. Cindy now lets him play with her breasts some more. But when he gets out a marriage proposal written on a note, she can't resist anymore and they continue kissing. Now Kevin and Cindy earlier in the meadow: He tries to get close to her but Cindy fights him off a little. During those intercuts, the music changes from harmonic to suspenseful. Also, there are intercuts that shows Pauline watching them with binoculars. She ums and errs a little, then they kiss again. Kevin asks what she had wished for when the balloon went up in the air. He explains he needed to go back to the army soon and he intended to make the best of the remaining time for that reason.Īpparently, they have good chemistry: Being outside, they go for a little stroll, drive around with a paddleboat and the eponymous blue balloon ( of which the DVD version lacks any kind of connection) goes up in the air. Subsequently, one of the girls (Cindy) and the guy (who is going to introduce himself as Kevin later on) get closer. Several girls are whispering about some guy nearby being interesting. Then a longer opening and the party gets started. The Blu-ray contains an introductory text box with summarized background information. During the ongoing film, there are minor cuts in both versions. Thanks to the intro, the dramaturgy of the Blu-ray is better. There are a few hardcore scenes in the intro but basically, the footage is rather harmless. Basically, the footage is not worth mentioning but it is quite astonishing: While the US DVD contains all the footage containing sex/rape, the introduction of Cindy and her lover Kevin is missing. not available at all: The entire first 15 minutes are completely missing and shortly afterwards, there are 4 more missing minutes which also explains most of the length difference. On the contrary, there are a few scenes that contain additional shots on DVD.Įspecially the beginning was really bad on DVD resp. But let me just say: The version on the Blu-ray is not 100& uncut either. Interestingly enough, the version on said Blu-ray is 18.5 minutes longer than the old US DVD. For that release, a new 16mm print was found, scanned and added as bonus feature on the Blu-ray of The Sinful Dwarf. Now, it is also available as bonus feature of the very recommendable Blu-ray premier of The Sinful Dwarf. Years ago, the film was released on DVD in the US - as part of a "Grindhouse Hostage" collection. It is similar to the Swedish flick Thriller but without the revenge part and with more hardcore footage. Either way, The Blue Balloon is about a girl in love who gets drugged by an elderly woman and gang-raped. Nowadays, it is probably of interest because the producers of the mean exploitation classic The Sinful Dwarf were allegedly involved in The Blue Balloon and one of the actors is also in both movies. In the earl 70s, The Blue Balloon was shot in Denmark. In order to keep it simple, those will not be mentioned in the following comparison. There are minor jump-cuts with a length of less than 1 sec. Compared are the US DVD by After Hours Cinema and the US Blu-ray by Severin Films ("The Sinful Dwarf" bonus feature)
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