I wonder if the author had been influenced by the following. A truly seminal cinematic moment from my childhood. From the days when BBC2 'dared' to show films of a broader nature let alone foreign!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048980/
Ballon rouge, Le (1956)

P.S.
URI not passed as clickable URL via the 'website' input. Attempting again this time prefixing with 'http://'. If you require quick and easy php parse code try inserting this:

//begin
$data = preg_replace("!(((http(s?)://)|(www\.))".
"([-a-z0-9.]{2,}\.[a-z]{2,4}".
"(:[0-9]+)?)".
"((/([^\s]*[^\s.,\"'])?)?)".
"((\?([^\s]*[^\s.,\"'])?)?))!i",
"<a href=\"http\\4://\\5\\6\\8\\9\">\\1</a>",
$data);
//end use $data, where 'data' is the form's output name!

Thanks mîñt. Yet another change for my to-do list ;o)

this is a piece of grafitti by an artist named Banksy. more of his art can be found at banksy.co.uk.

ITS A BANKSY GOT DAMNIT