Floating Weeds A Japanese film from the master Yasujiro Ozu, Floating Weeds is a compelling drama about family dynamics gone haywire, when an artist comes home and must reconnect with his son, who thinks he’s his uncle. Share this:

Fellini piles excess on top of excess while re-creating ancient Rome, mostly on gigantic sets constructed at Cinecittà.

In 2010, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

The New York Times gave the film a rave review and chose it as her Critic’s pick of the week writing: “A great deal happens in “Pain and Glory,” just not ritualistically and not at top volume. Its agonies are tempered, its regrets hushed, its restraint powerful.”