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Cast and crew of "Being Maria" arrive on the red carpet for the screening of the film at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. IMAGES
Celebrity director Martin Scorsese shares his emotion after the screening of his latest film, "Killers of the Flower Moon," screened out-of-competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Alongside Lily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, Scorsese reminded journalists that this film was the result of "many years of work." SOUNDBITE
"A thoroughly absorbing affair" -- Total Film "Ozu's familiar combination of melancholy regret and buoyant comic gaiety is beguilingly in evidence." -- Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian "A poignant tale of everyday folk; their lives, loves and losses, rendered with exquisite care, compassion and no small measure of humanity by one of the masters of Japanese cinema." -- Film 4 "Floating Weeds'' (1959) is like a familiar piece of music that I can turn to for reassurance and consolation. It is so atmospheric--so evocative of a quiet fishing village during a hot and muggy summer--that it envelops me." - Roger Ebert Towards the end of his career, Japanese master Yasujirō Ozu (Tokyo Story; Late Spring; Early Summer; An Autumn Afternoon; Good Morning) returned to a story he had made some 25 years earlier as a silent, Ukigusa monogatari [A Story of Floating Weeds], for a magnificent colour reworking, photographed by legendary cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa (Rashomon, Ugetsu monogatari). When a travelling theatre troupe brings their show to a seaside port, Komajurō (Ganjirō Nakamura), an ageing actor, is reunited with his former lover, sake bar owner Oyoshi (Haruko Sugimura), and his illegitimate son Kiyoshi (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), to the distress of his current mistress Sumiko (Machiko Kyō). From this simple scenario, Ozu builds, one exquisite image at a time, a saga of profound humanity and rich understanding. Encompassing a novelistic range of emotions and tones with the utmost delicacy, Floating Weeds stands tall even amidst a body of work as extraordinary as Ozu's. Making its worldwide Blu-ray debut, The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Floating Weeds in a beautiful new high-definition restoration, released as a Dual Format (DVD & Blu-ray) edition and a DVD edition on 3 December 2012. Available to pre-order from: Amazon (Dual Format) http://amzn.to/RkMdhe (DVD) http://amzn.to/RkMhO5 HMV (Dual Format) http://bit.ly/WaBZEm (DVD) http://bit.ly/RBH6tu Play (Dual Format) http://bit.ly/RgjPfV (DVD) http://tidd.ly/dc14ae9e The Hut (Dual Format) http://tidd.ly/2052e3c8 (DVD) http://tidd.ly/c392e6e9 Movie Mail (Dual Format) http://bit.ly/Q4PqQV (DVD) http://bit.ly/R3BSYi
Japanese director and actor Takeshi Kitano walks the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival before the projection of his latest feature film "Broken rage". IMAGES
Fans of French actor Alain Delon gather outside his estate and sing "Paroles, paroles," a duet he performed with Dalida, as his funeral is being held behind closed doors, with around 40 guests. IMAGES