风流寡妇

劉別謙初嚐美高梅大製作的派頭，一切筆法
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神采飛揚。開敞的場景、空前的排場讓人物裏裏外外恣意張開
：寡婦 的心更顯孤獨，男女的愛更 加沒處安放。坐擁小國大部分財富的寡婦忽然要搬到巴黎重新尋找生活  色彩，國王唯恐國祚不保來一招美男計，派出風流種子色誘寡 婦。 本來一個用情一個求性，幾番邂逅與折騰 ，改寫了男男女女的基本需要。歌與舞沒有賣弄甜膩 ，反而放在愛情的沉重中換來了歌頌。歌與影無間交流，劉別謙輕歌劇
巔峰之作，亦成了荷里活極  有 代表性的一章。司花利亞 與珍娜
．麥當奴最後一次合作，後者散 發從未有過的成熟韻味。堪稱最性感的音樂劇。　　Rated the sex  ies t
  musical in the thirties,
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t musical ev
er.  Jeannette MacDonald, se nsu al and maje stic as a Persi an cat, is the wealthiest widow in t  he kingdom of M  a rschovia
. On a visit to Paris, she attracts a fl urry of gold-diggers. To prevent her for t u

ne fro  m passin g to foreign ha  nds, the king sends a roman
tic envoy to court her. He  c hooses Captain Donil o, whose cavalier attit  ud e to women is not limi  ted to his rap
port wi th Maxim's girls, gi rls, girls 
. Osé but  not blas 
é, t his elegant adaptation  of Franz Lehar' s operetta out -class   e d von St roheim's  silent in opulence, culminat 
ing in th
e grandest of 
grand  balls.　　Sour ce 28t h HKIFF