Review of Floating Weeds (1959) by Danny D — 09 May 2009
A rare remake of a film directed by the same auter of the original, ozu retells his silent 1934 classic with the use of sound, dialogue, and color cinematography. suprisingly the only reason this film is even slightly better than the original is ozu's ability to flesh out the story more with 30 extra minutes and talking actors, but the original silent is so amazing that both films should be seen as top notch films.
this version is more light hearted than the original but still dark in its own ways, and the telling of this father/son story is beautiful and effective. a truly wonderful film.
This review of Floating Weeds (1959) was written by Danny D on 09 May 2009.
Floating Weeds has generally received very positive reviews.
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