Floating Clouds
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ID: 772851955

浮雲

Floating Clouds (1955)

“So short is the life of a flower, yet so much hardships it suffered.”

7.7/ 10
Global Ratings
2°
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123 min
Official Runtime
109
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Synopsis & Story Arc

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A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.

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Cinematography & Large-Format Specifications

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Aspect Ratios2.39:1
Camera SystemsArri Alexa LF / Panavision Millennium DXL2
Negative Format35mm / 65mm / Digital Master
Printed Film Format70mm / DCP Master
Sound Mix FormatsDolby AtmosDTS:X5.1 Surround
Laboratory / VFXTechnicolor / Double Negative (DNEG)
Color ProcessingColor (Rec.709 / DCI-P3 Mastering)
Official Runtime123 min

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7.7

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96.2% Positive Consensus · Universal Acclaim
Rating Distribution Histogram
5 Stars (9-10)
74%
4 Stars (7-8)
21%
3 Stars (5-6)
4%
2 Stars (3-4)
0.8%
1 Star (1-2)
0.2%

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Rate Floating Clouds:
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10 / 10

The pipe organ composition from Hans Zimmer at the edge of Gargantua is monumental. Nolan masterfully balances the vast coldness of relativistic astrophysics with the intimate, multidimensional bond of family. A transcendent achievement of cinema.

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10 / 10

"Do not go gentle into that good night, Rage, rage against the dying of the light." Michael Caine reciting Dylan Thomas resonates throughout the entire odyssey. Pure cinematic grandeur.