CATHAY TREASURES AT TORONTO

Taiwanese auteur, Tsai Ming-liang, will be presenting a screening of the 1960 Cathay musical WILD, WILD ROSE at the Toronto Film Festival. Starring Grace Chang, this gorgeous movie is a Hong Kong adaptation of CARMEN and it's stunning. Everyone talks Shaw Brothers when they talk about old Hong Kong film, but Cathay turned out an avalanche of musicals, spiffy little action flicks, and romances that drip glamour. Someone needs to give them a big retrospective, and they're currently working on restoring a lot of their older prints and reissuing their movies on DVD so that they're ready when the time comes.

I couldn't find a good picture from WILD, WILD ROSE but here's one from the equally fabulous AIR HOSTESS. A musical about, well, air hostesses.