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Product Title: The Splendor Of Youth 黛綠年華 黛绿年华 The Splendor Of Youth The Splendor Of Youth
Artist Name(s): Zi Law Lin | Ng Chor Fan | Cheung Ying | Mui Yee 紫羅蓮 | 吳楚帆 | 張瑛 | 梅綺 紫罗莲 | 吴楚帆 | 张瑛 | 梅绮 Zi Law Lin | Ng Chor Fan | Cheung Ying | Mui Yee Zi Law Lin | Ng Chor Fan | Cheung Ying | Mui Yee
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Release Date: 2003-07-11
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
Country of Origin: Hong Kong
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Publisher: Panorama (HK)
Package Weight: 150 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1002849936

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導演：左几
Director: Zuo Ji

　　星月爭輝；黛綠爭妍！
　　青春好年華；白璧本無瑕！
　　上流社會原來是下流會社！
　　楚楚衣冠原來是衣冠禽獸！

　　「國泰機構」最初在香港成立的是「國際影片發行公司」，主力拍粵語片，從1954至1964年，共拍了接近40部粵語片。粵片組的中堅份子，是當時已享有盛名、並以作風嚴謹見稱的導演左几。事實上，在「國際」的充裕資金的支持下，左几也拍出了一連串超卓的優秀作品，其中包括了這部改編自鄭慧原著的《黛綠年華》。

　　影片從開鏡到完成公映，歷時幾近一年，其精雕細琢之程度，可說是粵語片之罕見。故事說范太太〈黎灼灼）操控著三名女兒做交際花，周旋於上流社會的達官貴人之間，長女黛妮（梅綺）的同學湘塋（紫羅蓮）差點也跌入其陷阱。左几顯示他駕馭大場面的從容不逼和描寫人物內心掙扎的細膩與深厚功力，龐大的演員陣容中，則以梅綺和張瑛的花花公子的表現最佳。

　　Cathay Organisation first landed in Hong Kong in 1953 to set up International Films, both a distribution and a production company. They initially produced Cantonese films and hired renowned Cantonese filmmaker Zuo Ji (Tso Kea) to direct a series of Cantonese productions for them. Zuo, known for his meticulous style and serious attitude, made some of the best films of his career with the full support of International, of which The Splendor of Youth is undoubtedly one. Adapted from the popular novel by Zheng Hui (who also wrote Our Sister Hedy) and set against the world of the upper class socialites, the film tells how the life of a beautiful schoolgirl is almost ruined by a villainous playboy. The film featured an ensemble cast and the shoot lasted almost twelve months, something almost unprecedented in the Cantonese cinema of the time. A high-powered melodrama, The Splendor of Youth managed to rise above the average contemporary Cantonese films and make itself a near-classic of the genre.


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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 4 - 4 out of 10 (1)

Kevin Kennedy
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April 24, 2007
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 Over-the-top melodrama Customer Review Rated Bad 4 - 4 out of 10
It is hard to imagine that the story so ham-handedly told in this film comes from the pen of the novelist who wrote the ingeniously subtle "Our Sister Hedy". "The Splendor of Youth" is anything but subtle. It is an over-the-top, absurd near-parody of a melodrama.

For most of the film, "The Splendor of Youth" plods along at what seems like a snail's pace. The movie looks and feels very old-fashioned, like an American movie from the early 1930s, when people were still adjusting to the novelty of making "talkies". The acting, particularly of the lead actress, can seem almost robotic.

What might have been an interestingly lurid story line spins out of control in the movie's last 45 minutes. Here's the gist of the story: A woman with three daughters loses her husband at a relatively young age. He leaves the family nothing but an expensive villa and loads of debts. The woman wants to maintain her luxurious lifestyle. In order to do so, she throws parties each night at which she prostitutes her three young daughters to the community's big shots in exchange for cash. One of the daughters brings her college friend into the home to live. Unbeknownst to the friend, she too will be prostituted to the big shots.

In the closing minutes, in very short order, the innocent friend is raped while in a drunken stupor, is rescued from a second attempted rape, then tries and fails to commit suicide, one daughter contracts syphilis and goes blind, one daughter dies while trying to abort her illegitimate unborn child, one daughter flees with all the family's money, the mother goes insane, and the lead lothario falls down a staircase to his death. These tragedies come at the viewer so fast and furious at the end that, as ridiculous as it all is, you keep watching to see what inane horror will happen next.

A final note: This film has the most distracting musical soundtrack I've ever encountered. The filmmakers continually insert music (often snippets of familiar classical pieces) that is much too loud and often inappropriate for the action being depicted.

I have rated this movie as highly as this because it almost is so bad that it's good. Almost, but not quite. Your humble servant cannot recommend "The Splendor of Youth" to anyone.
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