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)
多线叙述的群戏调度太棒了，每个演员切换自如，现场一定很棒，好想去现场看剧啊
挺不错的，建议40以上的女生都看看，20岁就不要看了
话痨/ 谁不希望在疲惫之年获得这样一份慰藉呢 坦诚是所有的答案
所以只有下载的音乐文件
比bootleg的观感好了太多，我又从头哭到尾了。明明是在人最容易丧失尊严的时机，Newfoundland却保证了每个人的尊严。记得从超市拿除臭剂，记挂动物的安危，捐衣服，带人回家洗澡……这些远超过生存层面的援助，让人在灾难之中，依然还是个人。虽然是主旋律正能量的，但不提政府，少见组织，只是人对人的帮助。赞歌唱给的是人性，唱得真心于是我也哭得动情。与此同时，对种族/信仰歧视也提及得毫不避讳，没有妄想塑造出一个乌托邦。歌写得也是真好，意象新颖转折自然，机长的天空之歌和情侣的分别之歌，都是能听到我屏息的程度。中老年情侣也有权登上舞台也能甜得不得了啊！机长帅死了帅死了我的天她的片段我会经常温习的。【啊她果然是弯的！
be anxious for nothing.
四星给美丽童话，多一星是给共情。看到女主仿佛看到亲密关系中的自己：十分爱judge别人，一紧张反而变得更加硬邦邦，话痨又很强装理性……理性害我！这个角色还必须爱玛来演，她那种聪明劲儿加重了这种对于自己性魅力的自卑，缺一不可。最后一脱真的震撼，面对不再美丽的肉体而不judge自己，真的需要莫大勇气
欲求、矛盾、焦虑、满足，各种内心在艾玛汤普森的脸上得到十足的呈现，如果说里奥是一只好鸭，那么艾玛是一个好演员。
Oh god hope I will be rich...
性圣人真是可以，好的性爱的确能让人成长，但本片实在是过于套路了，彼此救赎来的分秒不差
节奏掌握得真好，喜剧和正剧之间的切换时机都恰到好处。对话也写得超棒，触到痛处的地方戳两下收一下，绕出去一圈再突然回来戳一下。短小精悍的100分钟，有笑有泪有思考，一切都刚刚好。
find you pleasure and enjoy it❤️
Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?
昨天又看了一遍，官摄太好了，依然热泪盈眶，so here we are, where the world has come together
好香好香好香，这什么男菩萨啊我天，男主只要肉体出镜我就根本移不开眼￣﹃￣
恐怖袭击后巨大的心理慌乱 都被这座温暖的小镇 所包容
a-okay啦.
纵然有名有利如艾玛姨，感觉也是本色出演，身为女子的烦恼和压抑让人一开场就感同身受不禁泪流。后段从单向疗愈变成双向疗愈引发矛盾就有点破坏这种宜人小品的恰如其分感，稍有点刻意。但总体是很值得看的，男主是真帅啊！
和曾经的学生坦白那里真是没想到。不过都这把年纪了，当然快乐最重要，想干什么干什么！
这种封闭空间全靠对话推进的少数人的舞台剧型电影，英国人玩的最溜。无论套用什么样的大环境和目的，还是需要靠人物关系推动剧情进展的。两代人观念的碰撞与和解，理解与自省才能达到有效交流。Emma Thompson真的是从年轻美到老，尤其第四段，我爱她布满皱纹的容颜和镜前的全裸
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