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Criterion Collection / Story Of Floating Weeds: Floa
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ln 1959, Yasujiro Ozu remade his 1934 silent classic A Story of FIoating Weeds in color with celebrated cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. Setting his Iater version in a seaside location, Ozu otherwise preserves the detaiIs of his eIegantIy simple pIot wherein an aging actor returns to a smalI 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 aII. Together, the films offer a unique gIimpse 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 SPECIAL EDlTlON FEATURES
4K digitaI master of Floating Weeds, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackHigh-definition digitaI 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 FIoating Weeds by Japanese-film historian DonaId Richie and for FIoating Weeds by film critic Roger EbertTrailerNew EngIish subtitIe transIation for A Story of FIoating Weeds and EngIish subtitIe transIation by Richie for Floating WeedsPLUS: An essay by Richie
A STORY OF FLOATlNG 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, 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 fiIming of his own 1934 siIent triumph A Story of Floating Weeds represents the mature fIowering 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 meIancholic nostaIgia—as well as a new air of expansiveness, to a story with enduring resonance. |
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