都说勇者无惧。轻歌剧原是当年已然式微的物事，刘别谦逆流而上一再带到水银灯下，竟成为开创荷里活歌舞片的大功臣。第二部司花利亚与珍娜．麦当奴的钻石组合，重拍已成经典的《迴转姻缘》。刘别谦原意只充当监制，导演筒假手佐治寇克。开拍不到一周，节奏乱套的毛片没法通过我们超高班监制的关口，一声令下剧本重写影片自己接手重拍，演员与编剧不但没怨言甚至还皆大欢喜。故事与原作大同小异，形式却南辕北辙，司花利亚的演绎更传神抵死，一曲＜美芝＞妙得神魂绝倒。大小配角心思中见丰富血肉，刘别谦与编剧拍档拉弗逊的化学作用开始显现。Thisoscar-nominatedmusicalremakeofTheMarriageCirclewasoriginallyGeorgeCukor'sbaby,butLubitschtookoverthehelm,resultinginafamouslawsuit.However,Cukorlaterconceded:"IcouldnevermakeaLubitschfilm."ThesceneistransposedfromViennatoParis,andfocusshiftedfromtheunhappilymarried"philanderess"'schemestostealherbestfriend'shusband,torevelinthesheerverveandsexualdesirabilityofChevalierandMacDonald-bothtoothersandtoeachother.Overlappinglines,recitativesonginterludesandChevalier'sdirectaddresstothecamerainviteaudiencecomplicityinthecharacters'transgressionsandsetthefilmapartfrom"all-singing"Hollywoodmusicals.Source:28thHKIFF