Floating weeds is widely acclaimed by film critics. The two most common types of floating weeds are duckweed and watermeal. Ozu made 54 films, starting with silents in 1927 and continuing until an autumn afternoon the. Ganjiro nakamura, machiko kyo, haruko sugimura, ayako wakao, hiroshi kawaguchi, hitomi nozoe, chishu ryu, koji mitsui, haruo tanaka, yosuke irie, hikaru hoshi, mantaro ushio, hideo shigehara, kazuo miyagawa, yasujiro ozu, hideo shigehara, masaichi nagata, kogo noda, tadao. Floating weeds one thing to keep an eye out for when scanning lakes shoreline is the presence of floating weeds. Jan 10, 2017 quiet cinematography floating weeds 1959 duration. Stories of floating weeds a story of floating weeds floating weeds the criterion collection. It is a remake of ozus own blackandwhite silent film a story of floating weeds 1934. The film, then, often feels like a cross between a ted talk and a memorial service, but one gets the sense that diamond and horovitz are finally getting years worth of. Less than a dozen of his films are available in the west on video and only floating weeds is also on laserdisc.
Oct 08, 2015 a story of floating weeds opens with a traveling kabuki troupe, led by kihachi ichikawa takeshi sakamoto, arriving in a town that they havent visited in four years. Reading the weeds to bassin success guide outdoors. Find an area with lots of rooted vegetation and blownin weeds, and you may have stumbled across a veritable bass. A new doublefeature dvd set showcases one such instance, by pairing the 1934 silent a story of floating weeds with its 1959 remake, floating weeds. Google has this listed as one of the ten greatest films, so i bought it. Floating weeds is a 1959 film directed by yasujiro ozu.
Floating weeds boasts the visual beauty and deep tenderness of director yasujiro ozus most memorable films and its one of the few the master shot. For some reason it always reminds me of the music in mr. The above rating is for a story of floating weeds1934, not for the remake, floating weeds. A thirdrate kabuki acting troupe arrives via ferry at a seaside town in japan. Shortly thereafter, kihachi goes to visit a local restaurant owner named otsune choko iida, with whom he has a son, shinkichi koji mitsui, credited as hideo mitsui. This 1959 ozu production centers on the likable but fallible leader of an itinerant acting troupe. And the acting of some actor i think its a bit weird, i dont know what the acting measurements of the past were like. A troupe of traveling kabuki performers arrives in a small rural town in japan. A kabuki actors mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lovers son. As they go about drumming up an audience, one of them, komajuro ganjiro nakamura goes off on his own. Stories of floating weeds a story of floating weeds.
From the study area 11 floating aquatic weed species belonging to 9 genera and 9 families were collected and identified. With ganjiro nakamura, machiko kyo, haruko sugimura, ayako wakao. A story of floating weeds reveals ozu in the midst of developing his mode of expression. They never put down roots, like weeds in the rivers. Ozu and his regular scriptwriter kogo noda had set this new script in the winter, but by the. Floating weeds 1959 to take advantage of modern filmmaking technology such as sound and color cinematography, yasujiro ozu remade his 1934 silent film a story of floating weeds in 1959. Criterion has released a twodisc set containing a pair of ozus movies. Floating weeds was released on region 1 dvd by the criterion collection on april 20, 2004, as a twodisc set with a story of floating weeds. Setting his later version in a seaside location, ozu otherwise preserves the details of his elegantly simple plot wherein an aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a. A remake of ozus 1934 silent film a story of floating weeds, a film about the head of a traveling theater group who in a small. It seems ironic, but millions of dollars are spent each year both purchasing and killing these plants. On november 5, 2007, showtime ordered new episodes for a fourth season of weeds.
I didnt think it went off the rails after season 3 or 4 or 5 or. One of yasujiro ozus early masterworks, it concerns an actor, kihachi takeshi sakomoto leading a struggling theater troupe who returns to. Dont miss weeds, an addictive comedy, the highest grade tv has to offer. Richard brody on yasujiro ozus floating weeds 1959. A story of floating weeds is a character study about itinerant performers, people who live on the fringe of japanese society. Telling the same story from opposite ends of ozus career, the two movies illustrate how he refined his style through the years. What makes me disappointed is the love story between kayo and kiyoshi just too short, the ending of this two lovebirds for me like hanging, whereas i really enjoyed their love story.
It started on monday, june 16, 2008 and concluded on monday, september 15, 2008. The reunion between the actor and his former lover and their illegitimate teenaged son who believes his father to be an uncle raises the ire of the. In the course of a scene from an autumn afternoon, various angles. An alternate audio track contains a commentary by japanese film historian donald richie. Many years before, he had fathered a son with a woman who now runs a restaurant in the small town. In 1959, yasujiro ozu remade his 1934 silent classic a story of floating weeds in color with the celebrated cinematographer kazuo miyagawa rashomon, ugetsu. Criterions dvd of a story of floating weeds and floating weeds doesnt have docus or supporting video material beyond trailers, but it does have two beautifully restored feature presentations. Stream gratuit after the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family. Weeds streaming vf gratuit, complet vf streaming en francais. Floating aquatic weeds are loved by some and hated by others. The area was extensively surveyed in order to collect floating aquatic weeds. A new music score by donald sosin fits very nicely.
Nancy marylouise parker found a dreamy new boyfriend, but he turned out to be a dea agent martin donovan. It also shares the directors amazingly serene yet appealing visual style, created through the use of the simplest means possible. Duckweed lemna minor duckweed is a true floating aquatic weed with leaves on the surface and roots extending downward, absorbing nutrients directly from the water. With takeshi sakamoto, choko iida, koji mitsui, emiko yagumo. The other dvd is floating weeds color, sound, a literal remake of the movie, which i watched second. Together, the films offer a unique glimpse into the evolution of one of cinemas greatest directors. Yasujiro ozu a story of floating weeds khachaturian. Yasujiro ozus 1959 film floating weeds, which i discuss in this clip, is a drama. Biodiversity and importance of floating weeds of dara. A story of floating weeds 1934 the criterion collection. A story of floating weeds was released on region 1 dvd on the criterion collection on april 20, 2004 as a twodisc set with floating weeds. Like the majority of director yasujiro ozus work, floating weeds is concerned with family relationships and interactions between different generations.
Setting this later version in a seaside location, ozu otherwise. W hen weeds premiered in 2005, it was a modest comedy about an ordinary housewife who became a pot dealer to provide for her family after her husbands untimely death. There arent necessarily wrong answers, but when we talk about good cinematography. A story of floating weeds opens with a traveling kabuki troupe, led by kihachi ichikawa takeshi sakamoto, arriving in a town that they havent visited in four years. The movies music, by kojun saito, is lilting and nostalgic. Both of these types of plants can be effectively controlled with the use of fluridone.
Stories of floating weeds a story of floating weeds 1934. The head of a japanese theatre troupe returns to a small coastal town where he left a son who thinks he is his uncle, and tries to make up for the lost time, but his current mistress grows jealous. A story of floating weeds ozu, 1934 a traveling kabuki troupe on the verge of packing it in passes through a town where the troupes leader had a love affair many years before. Roger ebert gave the film four stars out of four, and included it on his ten greatest. A story of floating weeds ukikusa monogatari 1934 rotten. Ozu remade story of floating weeds in 1959 for toho, and both versions. If the floating weeds you are trying to get rid of have roots attached to the bottom such as water lilies or watershield, then they are actually emergent weeds.
Floating weeds is the story of a troupe of traveling kabuki players who straggle into a coastal village. The script was a remake of one of his silent features, the story of floating weeds ukigusa monogatari, 1934. At any rate, the film ends with a shot almost as perfect as the four that open it. Most notably, the 1934 film is silent, as ozu hadnt switched over to sound yet. At first he wanted to title the remake the ham actor daikon yakusha, literally radish actor but he ended up staying with floating weeds.
It is an interesting drama, one of whose themes is forgiveness. However, ozus most direct remake of his own work is 1959s floating weeds, based on 1934s a story of floating weeds. Weeds season 8 episode 10 threshhold silas ponders a major professional move on this episode of weeds, while andy goes through a slight hitch in his relationship status. Ozu transforms his own black andwhite silent, 1934s a story of floating weeds, into an. Film scholar donald richie provides new subtitles for both films, liner notes, and a careful. Featurette around this hazy roundtable, creator jenji kohan and producers roberto benabib, matthew salsberg discuss a series of show topics ranging from the direction the botwins take in the 8th season, the trials and tribulations of the season, producing the series finale, the evolution and significance of. This remake of story of floating weeds, a movie ozu made in the 30s, is unusual for being one of the masters few films in colour, and in having a relatively dramatic plot that even allows for. Although his 1953 film, tokyo story, is generally considered his greatest film and one of the great films of all time, floating weeds is another of ozus brilliant, rhapsodic, and emotionally powerful statements of fallible people trying to understand the choices they make in this world and how those choices ripple across the waters of family and. A story of floating weeds 1934 was the second yasujiro ozus film ive.
But films such as tokyo story, late spring, early spring, early autumn and an autumn afternoon are available, and to look at any ozu film is to glimpse the whole. This season includes one of ozus key but rarely screened works of the silent era, where now. Luckily, she manages to find some pretty creative ways to deal with it. Watch weeds episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Kyo machiko 19242019 a reminder of japans golden age. The best creator jenji kohans could hope for with that premise was a decent twoyear run, but the brilliant casting of the doanything marylouise parker as the lead, nancy botwin, not only solidified the central comic. The present paper is based on the results of taxonomic research work conducted in dera ismail khan district of kpk, pakistan, during 2005 2007. A story of floating weeds floating weeds criterion. Watch the front row floating weeds the new yorker video. Overview of a story of floating weeds, 1934, directed by yasujiro ozu, with koji mitsui, choko iida, takeshi sakamoto, at turner classic movies. Aug 10, 2010 beastie boys story returns to stories of yauchs creative influence and unpredictability, and its final act turns into an outright tribute to the late rapper and musician.
These weeds are chewed up by outboard motors and proceed to be blown, or washed up against, cattails or bulrush. Quiet cinematography floating weeds 1959 from the royal ocean film society plus. The above rating is for a story of floating weeds 1934, not for the remake, floating weeds. Ozu occasionally repeated himself in the stricter sense, as well. An alternate audio track contains a commentary by roger ebert.
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