As an addendum to my last blog entry, the Criterion Collection announced today it will release Ozu’s silent A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) and his sound remake, Floating Weeds (1959), together as a 2-disc DVD in April. Coming on the heels of Ikiru, The Rules of the Game, and Diary of a Country Priest, Criterion is definitely starting 2004 with a bang.
Details will include:
Disc One: A Story of Floating Weeds
ïNew high-definition digital transfer with restored image and sound
ïAudio commentary by Japanese film historian Donald Richie
ïNew score by noted silent-film composer Donald Sosin
ïNew and improved English subtitle translation by Donald Richie
ïOptimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
Disc Two: Floating Weeds
ïNew high-definition digital transfer with restored image and sound
ïAudio commentary by film critic Roger Ebert
ïOriginal theatrical trailer
ïNew and improved English subtitle translation by Donald Richie
ïOptimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition