A Story of Floating Weeds

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John W 04/01/2024 Perfect film, beautiful, heartbreaking, suspenseful (!) and one of Ozu's best, which makes it one of the greatest ever. Don't miss even if you think he only became great with "Tokyo Story." See more 05/27/2015 The experience could descibir like entering a gallery and watch a series of perfectly painted tables with people so foreign to you, but where you see yourself. See more 01/01/2013 An engrossing silent film from a masterful director. See more 08/21/2012 While it just might make it into my top 5 silent films, I don't think it's gonna stick with me too much. But, I have MANY admirations of it. First of all, it's very unique, and VERY affective camerawork. The camera moves around a lot, whilst maintaining beautiful and compositional imagery, but because it moves around so much, it analyzes every aspect of the scene. It's story construction is unique as well. It takes a situation, and it branches off into another story, and it does that throughout. It shifts around to a few characters, lets them do their thing, and it leads to a completely different situation. It does this with precision, and it doesn't loose it's main focus, which is to understand these characters. And if you don't know what this film is about, it's a theater troupe visiting a town, where the leader' of the troupe has people he knows there. The whole film is from the second he arrives in that town, to the second he leaves. This was my first Ozu film, and I haven't seen "Floating Weeds" yet. But, I'm assuming it's even better, and I've heard many things about Ozu, saying he is a true master of cinema. By the time anyone reads this, I will probably have already seen a good deal of his films. See more 08/19/2012 Ozu makes the subtle shift to straight drama without missing a beat. Still with the most immediacy and depth of character that I have experienced in a silent film. Tomio Aoki finally firms his place as the greatest child actor ever. See more 07/10/2012 Y'all see that horse bit? That was some silent funny junk. See more Read all reviews

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