Review of Floating Weeds (1959) by Shubhra R — 20 Jan 2008
Discovering a new director is so, so wonderful!
Ozu is very special in his technique: very modest, lucid and lovely. Habitually shooting from a low angle (the position of somebody sitting on a tatami mat, as all the critics point out), rarely moving his camera, Ozu never fades or dissolves but always cleanly cuts between long-held shotsâ??so that his films suggest not so much the rhetorical manipulation of classical montage as the retention and appreciation of the uniqueness of each separate moment.
Can't wait to see more of his films.
This review of Floating Weeds (1959) was written by Shubhra R on 20 Jan 2008.
Floating Weeds has generally received very positive reviews.
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