Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDavid Blaine is hoping to turn the fantasy of the 1956 classic French short film “The Red Balloon” (“Le Ballon Rouge”) into reality.Blaine, a career magician, illusionist and endurance performer, is set to take flight over the desert in Page, Ariz., on Wednesday, Sept.
2 — piloting a cluster of 52 helium-filled balloons. The stunt will be exclusively livestreamed on YouTube, which is funding the project, and Blaine will narrate the entire experience for viewers high above the Earth.“I’m going to provide my point of view through the whole thing,” Blaine told Variety.The event, weather permitting, is set to begin livestreaming at 5:55 a.m.
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