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)
渣男语录：我喜欢的东西很多，喜欢上了以后，便不喜欢了
一汪池水困住了世间种种 到头来 谁又不是那只在池中碰壁的龟呢
人总在寻找失去的东西。短暂的初恋，的确会使很多人终身难忘。对情人东西的无限留恋，促使了作者把这份近乎痴迷的爱写了出来。。迷失的灵魂在创造这种永恒的瞬间也是对自己的一种解脱或者拯救吧。（看了电影突然想读读兰波的诗了，诗意的爆发是诗人对自身情感的敏锐察觉。希望朱一样的我能有一天沉静能读懂兰波吧。）
特别古典的希区柯克式的悬疑电影，包括前半部的运镜都挺有希式电影的风格。背景的各方政治角力，每一方都不过是利益集团的代表，寓意了当前的西方世界，。只有男主抱着那点仅存的正义感与赎罪心，踉踉跄跄地独自走在暴徒和警察对峙的骚乱中，很有意思。
女主好勇 赞 女主未婚夫不能等攀岩到山顶了再求婚吗
全程希区柯克式悬念？网飞这次有仿A24配乐的嫌疑，请来坂本龙一操刀配乐，古典惊悚感直抓头皮，很棒。
never make plans with lover！
5.1 被你的名字限制住了，你名的最大特点在于甜茶的表演和暗恋的描绘，一种感情的捉迷藏，最大的特色在于女性和性少数面对爱情，自我发展，生存环境三种困扰的纠缠，可惜没有更深一步，草草地以润画上句号
太好看了吧，大概近半年没有看到让我激动的电影了！
剧情简单，看着还是替女主紧张，女主话不多但表现不错
男主疲劳驾驶出车祸，女友死了，在车祸地点看见一金发妹和小男孩（被绑架的），男主在车祸地准备吃安眠药自杀，被金发女开枪，大胡子警察，美国大使馆特工也是帮凶，最后男主成功反杀，救了男孩
专业攀岩选手怎么会把水不小心扔掉？知道没有水，敌人为什么不瓮中捉鳖？用得着抓她吗，相机📷要到有个屁用！心肠最好的，死得最惨。为啥不趁他在边上不注意，偷偷推他一下。
男主的诗歌"以情人的嗓音呼唤自己的名字，以情人的眼睛注视自己的样子"让人直接梦回《CMBYN》，都是关于少年爱上男租客后的青春悸动与忧伤。不同之处在于本片采用双线叙述，加入了姐姐与男租客私奔的感情线，既要呈现同志群体的社会现状，又要讲述女性成长的自我觉醒，奈何细节铺垫不足，导致故事到后面泄了气，难以令人动容。但不得不说，电影的构图很美，色调搭配和音乐运用非常熨帖。
法鲨女友打了个酱油，里面有《魅影缝匠》的女主，整体不错的。
有待提高，镜头拍出来颜值不够，而且为什么晚上拍得像鬼片似的，墙壁还有画像，吓死个人……
打开app 发现海报挺好看 点开发现竟然是印度拍的男男电影 感觉就很妙
蠢，剧本太蠢。拍的太差太蠢了，散着一股人类刚学会拍电影的单纯气息，配乐可惜了且浪费了这么好的卡司，制片厉害就是不一样啊。撞入房子那一刹就猜到了绑架和逃命.......我自己都没想到竟然猜对了。太蠢了，真的是越看越蠢，男主真的是蠢到一个让人不知道如何用语言形容的境界。另GoldenDawn是很严重的一个问题，但也不是这么拍的......
镜头运用很好哎，有几个镜头能一下冲击到我，关于性的表达也是蛮有张力的。
爱情是一种习惯，习惯结束了，生命就结束了。
想学🧗🏻♀️，“用你的头脑，而不是你的肌肉”
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