Good Morning Taipei (Li Hsing, Taiwan, 1979)

https://notesonfilm1.com/2024/01/17/thinking-aloud-about-film-good-morning-taipei-li-hsing-taiwan-1979/ We return to Hou Hsiao Hsien and to Taiwanese Cinema. Hou is the screenwriter for this transitional melodramatic musical: a hit and winner of the Golden Horse Award. Part of a series of films, some in new restorations, that are being screened under the title of GOLDEN DECADES: CINEMATIC MASTERS OF THE GOLDEN HORSE AWARDS. In the podcast we discuss it in relation to the healthy realist films of a previous generation, Hou's first films as a director, Spanish musical melodramas featuring children and British 60s musicals such as LIVE IT UP. A very enjoyable film that makes us look forward to the others in the series.