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)
这明明是个拿着政治惊悚动作剧本忽悠网飞钱的意大利艺术电影😳，如果不是坂本龙一的配乐认证，差点就错过了这部瓜导弟子的惊喜制作（师徒都爱希胖是吧）…而且JDW还真是适合这种无脑肌肉小白兔的角色啊…对，你不是主角，主角其实是所有的希腊演员（看看导演下刀的位置）。拿着这么个剧本能拍出这种气质，未来可期。
如何把一句话能讲清楚的故事水成一个半小时的惊悚片？
致敬或模仿《请以你的名字呼唤我》，问题是这一家子都是智障吗？姐弟同时被渣男上，互相没察觉也就算了，同一屋檐下，父母也一点都没看出来，太不合情理了。《请》片中，父亲早就看出端倪，而且还有过一次感人至深开诚布公的交谈。总之，这片子剧本有点弱，摄影剪辑倒还不错。
P.S：无意冒犯，但男主真的让人磕不起来…
渣男语录：我喜欢的东西很多，喜欢上了以后，便不喜欢了
预告片还是很精彩的，正片时，制作和剪辑的简陋马上露了马脚
如何把一句话能讲清楚的故事水成一个半小时的惊悚片？
在想中间出现的大象，和结尾出现的渣男，导演想表达的是。。？
景美人不美，意象浅薄，抄袭别人的元素过多，自身剧情狗血且矫情。
是个好问题：一段关系维持多久，才能让人感觉是美好的？
我觉得这部，比那些只知道复仇反杀，又拍得极其套路的电影还是要好上一些的。
女主攀岩躲避追求，利用4个男的互相猜疑反杀取胜。情节还算合理，反派乔许有点丧心病狂加蠢笨。
不像《以名》，倒是更像网飞大数据热门元素汇集的有针对性的电影，导演审美还是在的，男主几个镜头都难得的男性柔美，不是一味强调男子气质
场面调度人物走位和间歇式配乐都很古典啊，整个风格看去有上世纪欧美黑色电影的味道。但浩大的声势背后竟然是如此的小打小闹，把政治拍成儿戏。或许从车子撞入墙壁的那一刻开始，就是一个美国形象的侵入，这些欧洲国家的政治和运动不过是一场游戏罢了。
话说为什么逃不是走便于逃脱的路呢？
...
想学🧗🏻♀️，“用你的头脑，而不是你的肌肉”
以为是极限攀岩类型片，其实是惊悚犯罪片，只不过把地点搬到了峭壁上，这点子不错，看着挺新鲜。影片10分钟进入正题，毫不墨迹，中途节奏稍有些拖，但成本太低也拍不出什么出挑的桥段，总体还好吧，算是安稳顺下来了，说不上哪好，但也没太大毛病，可以看。
男主长得真可爱。
配乐和一些情节有点突兀 故作的文艺感 至少不是歌舞升平了
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
