剧情介绍

  Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson
  If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.
  [Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.
  To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.
  More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.
  (Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)
  In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.
  (Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)
  I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.
  (Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)
  See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)

评论:

  • 辰喆 4小时前 :

    how can ppl believe in this new system……………

  • 雨桃 7小时前 :

    两个颜值很高的姑娘,看起来只能说赏心悦目,至于情节,只能说还好。

  • 梓哲 9小时前 :

    即使沒有在一起,有的人依舊是生命中的唯一。

  • 璩淑华 2小时前 :

    back hug真的好苏啊 以及J好漂亮又帅又美

  • 籍灵阳 5小时前 :

    少有的高质量之一,暧昧拉扯的镜头我太行了!

  • 葛依风 7小时前 :

    绝了绝了绝了,好久没有看过化学反应这么猛的电影了!Marike问Jaime那里和我们想象的一样吗?

  • 骆高达 6小时前 :

    《违命》前传啊

  • 燕瑞灵 2小时前 :

    劇情比較平淡,算是比較寫實吧。談起宗教,果然人是觀念的動物。

  • 祈亦巧 8小时前 :

    同名电影的改编,无疑为《五个扑水的少年》提供了一个具有先天优势的范本,但也抹杀了一个关于青春故事在创作上更多的可能。从整体来看,这部电影近乎所有的优点都是基于原作的构思,而所存的问题则很大程度上源于并不够成功的嫁接,在失去了原作中夸张却不乏真挚的喜剧氛围后,电影并没有能讲好一个属于我们中国自己的青春故事。

  • 辛馨兰 5小时前 :

    我不反感宗教,我反感的是存天理灭人欲😃我真的是接受无能……困惑、愤怒到了最后还是心酸无奈,觉得很可悲。为J感到心痛!小孩出现的那一瞬间我真的昏厥了

  • 范姜云岚 5小时前 :

    爱情是一份神圣的情感表达,对一切真诚的感情都是值得的!

  • 锦洁 6小时前 :

    设置是非常普通,拍得也很普通()能支撑两个人的信仰却爱不到当下的爱人

  • 柔觅夏 5小时前 :

    除此之外,吻得很美好,很荷尔蒙。以及

  • 问从蓉 0小时前 :

    bgm也棒!

  • 梦瑶 5小时前 :

    OMG本人这个世纪估计不想再看“被宗教禁锢的爱情”了。如此一看,儒教有这么厉害的威力且不由得你不信,违背道德比违背神更可怕,孔子以肉身之躯完胜被钉的耶和华。(没有冒犯的意思)

  • 通天薇 4小时前 :

    宗教题材第三部,还不错吧,就是前头进展有些快,怎么就看对眼了,每次约会我都胆战心惊很害怕!厕所那里居然还能忍住!我不信……女主颜值还是在线的,就是特么多年后2人严重掉线……另一个消失的妈妈

  • 良涛 0小时前 :

    两个颜值很高的姑娘,看起来只能说赏心悦目,至于情节,只能说还好。

  • 贝鸿轩 0小时前 :

    青春就该有青春的样子,跟阳刚or阴柔的刻板印象有关系吗?我们每个人都该经历一个傻逼和流汗的夏天,这样很多年后才能不留遗憾。给三星是因为对日版“五个扑水的少年”印象太深了,犹记得妻夫木聪的迷你小泳裤,性感到王炸!

  • 沈朵儿 1小时前 :

    讨厌 爱是忍耐 的说教🙄️/ 我是真的无法理解为什么能坚定地相信新世界必将来临。anyway拍得很细腻,喜欢浴缸受洗那一幕,也喜欢Jamie对抗“真理”的勇敢

  • 王紫安 5小时前 :

    俩新人演员也是尽了力了。

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