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)
一晃眼差点把奈绪认成优酱。改编得有点迷糊，演员和剧情托不起这部著作啊。
生命的虚无、洁净、哀伤，在《雪国》里达到美的极致！
还可以，关键主演颜值加分了。剧情可以压缩一下，更加紧凑
没有反转没有新概念没有神神叨叨，但就像主角说的，我们更高级。女主角的远峰蓝眼影也太时髦了不去走秀versace上杂志封面我不同意！
故弄玄虚的无厘头血浆片～好像从医学上讲，由于激素水平的变化，性欲应该是随着年纪增长逐渐降低才对，而且一般情况下雌性天然没有雄性那么强烈的性需求，也正因需求关系的差异，性服务行业古往今来才是女人具有更高的价值。还有被撞死的牛、全程插播的电视讲宗教也不知道在讲什么
没有看过原著，看得有些疑惑，叶子这个人物在原著里份量很重吗？电影里是看不出来，她和岛村在墓前的对手戏就一直没搞懂，来得莫名其妙。高桥的旁白很好，驹子的眼里蓄满泪水的样子太惹人怜了，没想到高良健吾也在里面，对我算是个小惊喜吧。
看这部小说时阅读能力还不强，这部电影将其中细腻的情感体现出来了，我觉得挺好
5of10。本来还好，可以给个6到7的……但结尾加了一段，对原著大段空白内容的理解，搞得成了不伦不类的推理剧。等于是把原著的多种可能固定成了唯一解释，还是比较无聊的那种解释。奈绪的驹子只做到了原著中的洁净，灵动、果敢却一点没看出来；高桥的岛村嘛，私以为演的还行，就是造型别扭。
和江户川乱步短篇集的拍摄手法很像，光是川端原文的阅读就很有沉浸感了，画面也很考究。内容上感觉像是“原作➕剧情解析”的改编 ps高桥真的好适合这种角色哇
最后二十分钟…是真没想到川端康成的故事都被能改造成推理档，高桥一生披着斗篷离去的背影，怎么看都更像金田一耕助而非岛村orz…叙事全靠旁白叨叨，既无对雪国风土的细腻摹画，亦无对三人关系真正入心的演绎。看之前还纳闷怎么亿万同人会做这一部，原来是编剧把人物关系读出了这么一层莫须有的暧昧来。可是川端所谓生存的徒劳或美的徒劳，都不是这么个徒劳法。与原作偏差极大，没读原作的观众请绕行此版。
如果我是70多岁的老太太看这个影片应该会挺伤心的 老人的描写有点猎奇啊
文……文艺片？冲着男主女主去的，之前没有了解过影片梗概，看起来觉得有点晦涩。雪景很美啊！发型还是很重要的，泡面头显不出益生菌的帅了。看这部剧不禁让我想到《DR伦太郎》，奈绪好像苍井优啊，太像了
挺喜欢这部影片，舒缓的节奏情感的流动感觉很舒服，总能在女主身上看到苍井优的影子。但这海报太迷惑了，为何不是白茫茫的雪景而是通往雪国的隧道呢。
高桥这次的演技有些让我失望，更像21世纪涩谷街头的冷面杀手，还患有面部抽搐和冷冻症，和另外的主角站在一起还以为是穿越过去的旁观者，一些小说里的经典场景也没有拍出让我心荡神摇的感觉，总体不合预期。
前半段都是什么牛头人剧情，老太太想年轻时候想的魔怔了吧，通篇下来低级的想笑，不过一些惊吓点做的倒不错
爱情大多数时候都是徒劳【奈绪太好看了！！！
奈绪穿着和服在雪中回头的那一幕确实很美，但是这个故事讲的不怎么地
铺垫了老长，结果杀戮戏份草草了事…… 唯一亮点是血色车灯下的舞蹈吧。
高桥这次的演技有些让我失望，更像21世纪涩谷街头的冷面杀手，还患有面部抽搐和冷冻症，和另外的主角站在一起还以为是穿越过去的旁观者，一些小说里的经典场景也没有拍出让我心荡神摇的感觉，总体不合预期。
有点意思，很复古的调调，也有被吓到的地方，感觉这个导演的视听其实蛮有风格的，氛围感也很足，一开场就整一个《德州电锯杀人狂》的经典框架，再往后各种经典恐怖片的影子，《大白鲨》《惊魂记》《月光光心慌慌》，诸如此类，结果点进导演的页面一看，刚好发现这些全是人家的top 10 list，也是活学活用了。另外sex作为重要的叙事线索，在这个故事里也搭配得很妥帖，也算是另一种意义上的《老去》吧。整体还挺不错的。
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