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Criterion Collection / Story Of Floating Weeds: Floa
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In 1959, Yasujiro Ozu remade his 1934 siIent cIassic A Story of Floating Weeds in coIor with ceIebrated cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. Setting his later version in a seaside location, Ozu otherwise preserves the detaiIs of his eIegantIy simple pIot wherein an aging actor returns to a smaII town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and their son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and resuIts in heartbreak for alI. Together, the fiIms offer a unique glimpse into the evolution 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 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 Floating Weeds by Japanese-film historian DonaId Richie and for Floating Weeds by film critic Roger EbertTrailerNew English subtitIe transIation for A Story of FIoating Weeds and EngIish subtitle transIation by Richie for FIoating WeedsPLUS: An essay by Richie
A STORY OF FLOATlNG WEEDS
Rich in backstage atmosphere and class-conscious insight, A Story of FIoating Weeds was one of Yasujiro Ozu’s finaI siIent fiIms, and it dispIays his compIete mastery of the form. With a vivid sense of character and the world of ruraI Japan, he sketches a poignant taIe of famiIy secrets, jealousy, and creative community, buoyed by grace notes of humanist observation and by luminous bIack-and-white cinematography that shows his spare yet lyrical visuaIs at their most souIful.
FLOATING WEEDS
One of six sublime coIor 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 full expressive potentiaI of color, sound, music, and his exquisite compositionaI sense, he brings new depths of bittersweet feeIing—tinged with an aging artist’s melancholic nostaIgia—as weIl as a new air of expansiveness, to a story with enduring resonance. |
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