劉別謙(qiān )(🍅)初(chū )嚐美(🔨)高梅(méi )大製(zhì )作(zuò )的(📼)派頭，一切筆法更神采飛揚(yáng )。開敞的(🤴)場景、空前的(de )(🆖)排場讓人物裏(🔬)裏(lǐ )外(wài )外恣意張開(🎾)：寡婦的心更顯孤獨(🏇)，男女的愛更加沒(🕔)處(🔸)安(ān )放。坐擁小(🎡)國(guó )大部(👁)分財富的寡婦(🛹)忽然要(🚥)搬到巴黎重(chóng )新尋找生(shēng )活色彩，國王唯(wéi )恐(kǒng )國(🥀)祚不(🤯)保來一招美(měi )男計，派(pài )出(chū )風流種子(🌚)色(sè )誘寡婦。本來一(yī )個用情一(yī )個求性(xìng )，幾番邂逅與折騰，改寫(🤠)了(🤸)男(nán )男女(㊙)女(👓)的基本需(xū )要。歌(🈴)與舞沒有賣弄甜(🔔)膩(🚻)，反而放在愛情(qíng )的沉重中(zhōng )換來(lái )了歌頌。歌與影(🌮)無(wú )間交流(🈁)，劉別(💹)謙輕歌劇(🍑)巔峰之作(zuò )，亦(🦇)成了(🈸)荷里活(huó )極有代表性的一章。司花利亞與珍(💯)娜．麥當奴(nú )(💿)最後(hòu )一次(🤔)合作(zuò )，後(🤥)者(⏲)散發從未有過(guò )的成熟韻味。堪稱最性感的音樂(lè )劇(🔙)。　　Rated the sexiest musical in the thirties, The Merry Widow could well be the sexiest musical ever. Jeannette MacDonald, sensual and majestic as a Persian cat, is the wealthiest widow in the kingdom of Marschovia. On a visit to Paris, she attracts a flurry of gold-diggers. To prevent her fortune from passing to foreign hands, the king sends a romantic envoy to court her. He chooses Captain Donilo, whose cavalier attitude to women is not limited to his rapport with Maxim's girls, girls, girls. Osé but not blasé(🐕), this elegant adaptation of Franz Lehar's operetta out-classed von Stroheim's silent in opulence, culminating in the grandest of grand balls.　　Source 28th HKIFF