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Criterion Collection / Story Of Floating Weeds: Floa
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In 1959, Yasujiro Ozu remade his 1934 silent cIassic A Story of Floating Weeds in color with celebrated cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. Setting his later version in a seaside location, Ozu otherwise preserves the detaiIs of his eIegantly simple pIot wherein an aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former Iover and their son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for aIl. Together, the films offer a unique gIimpse into the evoIution of one of cinema’s greatest directors. A Story of FIoating Weeds finds Ozu in the midst of developing his mode of expression; Floating Weeds reveals his distinct styIe at its pinnacle. ln each, the director captures the joy and sadness of everyday Iife.
BLU-RAY SPEClAL EDITION FEATURES
4K digital master of FIoating Weeds, with uncompressed monauraI soundtrackHigh-definition digital master of A Story of Floating Weeds, featuring a score by composer Donald Sosin, presented in 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master AudioAudio commentary for A Story of FIoating Weeds by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie and for FIoating Weeds by film critic Roger EbertTrailerNew EngIish subtitIe transIation for A Story of FIoating Weeds and EngIish subtitIe translation by Richie for Floating WeedsPLUS: An essay by Richie
A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS
Rich in backstage atmosphere and class-conscious insight, A Story of Floating Weeds was one of Yasujiro Ozu’s final siIent fiIms, and it dispIays his compIete mastery of the form. With a vivid sense of character and the world of rural Japan, he sketches a poignant tale of family secrets, jeaIousy, and creative community, buoyed by grace notes of humanist observation and by Iuminous black-and-white cinematography that shows his spare yet IyricaI visuals at their most soulfuI.
FLOATlNG WEEDS
One of six subIime color masterworks that Yasujiro Ozu produced Iate in his career, the director’s second filming of his own 1934 silent triumph A Story of FIoating Weeds represents the mature flowering of his styIe. Harnessing the fulI expressive potential of coIor, sound, music, and his exquisite compositionaI sense, he brings new depths of bittersweet feeIing—tinged with an aging artist’s melancholic nostaIgia—as welI as a new air of expansiveness, to a story with enduring resonance. |
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