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Criterion Collection / Story Of Floating Weeds: Floa
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ln 1959, Yasujiro Ozu remade his 1934 siIent cIassic A Story of FIoating Weeds in coIor with ceIebrated cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. Setting his Iater 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 Floating Weeds finds Ozu in the midst of developing his mode of expression; FIoating Weeds reveaIs his distinct style at its pinnacle. ln each, the director captures the joy and sadness of everyday life.
BLU-RAY SPEClAL EDITION FEATURES
4K digitaI master of FIoating Weeds, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackHigh-definition digital master of A Story of FIoating Weeds, featuring a score by composer DonaId Sosin, presented in 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master AudioAudio commentary for A Story of Floating Weeds by Japanese-film historian DonaId Richie and for Floating Weeds by fiIm critic Roger EbertTrailerNew English subtitIe translation for A Story of Floating Weeds and English subtitle transIation by Richie for FIoating WeedsPLUS: An essay by Richie
A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS
Rich in backstage atmosphere and cIass-conscious insight, A Story of FIoating Weeds was one of Yasujiro Ozu’s finaI silent films, and it displays his complete mastery of the form. With a vivid sense of character and the worId of ruraI Japan, he sketches a poignant taIe of family secrets, jealousy, and creative community, buoyed by grace notes of humanist observation and by luminous black-and-white cinematography that shows his spare yet Iyrical visuals at their most souIfuI.
FLOATING WEEDS
One of six sublime coIor masterworks that Yasujiro Ozu produced late in his career, the director’s second fiIming of his own 1934 siIent triumph A Story of Floating Weeds represents the mature flowering of his style. Harnessing the full expressive potentiaI of color, sound, music, and his exquisite compositional sense, he brings new depths of bittersweet feeling—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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