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)
高丽国政治类型片的标准产品，一切都合乎标准，经典款。
导演好像把所有的能量都用在中场楼梯的“密室政治”戏中，那段的走位铺排，美术置景，寓意内涵，人物关系剑拔弩张，相当精彩，但十分可惜的是，后半段流于形式般的结束，又回到了国际市场那样年代片的套路，而且选举政治的展示是否过于“脸谱化”
看此类型的片已经看麻了…不过真的要感谢金大中，让我们能看到很多好看的电影。
比南山的部长们差太多了 韩国正在大选，这样的电影却不被禁 伪民主比不民主强多了
我们得到正义，可以实行各种政策
苦涩难懂，就那么几个人就那么点事，反反复复就那些内容，实在视觉疲劳了～
我很喜欢男主说出的一句台词——“光线越强，阴影就越暗，但我喜欢在灯光下看到你”，男主宁可自己活在阴影里，而愿意将竞选者推到光鲜亮丽的灯光之下，男主在这一过程中寻获到自己的人生价值，这是典型的幕后英雄，鞠躬尽瘁，和三国演义中的诸葛亮如出一辙。但可惜本片中的男主没能找到属于自己的伯乐。
想要光明磊落，以纯粹正义之路登上权力的顶峰，是不现实的。实际一点就是看谁够狠。
我相信朴正熙这种毒才者根本不需要在规则内耍花样，他是制定规则的人，应该让其余人围着他转才对，哪里能给对手赢的机会呢？一些上不了台面的竞选手段只是政治黑暗六棱的一个片面，真要这么操作会死的很惨吧。
“政治是活的生物”，继《南山的部长们》《王者》《局内人》后又一部好看的政治片，爱！
太过理想化的政治斗争，必然以失败告终。尽管历史上金大中屡败屡战最后还是赢了，李善均的角色则极有可能是严昌録，被称为影子军师和狐狸 。片子本身波澜不惊，这几年韩国政治片频出，此片的紧张激烈程度也远不如之前的 南山的部长们，但2大影帝坐镇，加上本片构图打光也算一绝了，闲着无聊也是可以看一下的
不过就如影子一样 越耀眼的地方影子就越渺小 但就像人不能没有影子一样 好总统不能没有自己的好军师
前半还是很好看的，拍摄和剪辑都很有意思。但是前后多少有些矛盾，前面主角们信誓旦旦地说为了正义可以不择手段，后面又开始可怜巴巴地为了良心不能这么做。对于南山部长和纸牌屋爱好者来说，这部主角们的善和恶都不够彻底，所以最后输掉竞选完全在意料之内。
东亚选举政治实务，可以和卢武铉纪录片搭配看。最精彩的是两次分派选员入基层拿票的段落，忍不住想象未来在我国土出现这些。三处出现的汉字书法是：一切唯心造、人无远虑难成大业、处正居中。
竟然还可以，叙事没有太复杂，看着复杂的事情，还是讲的比较清楚。
4.5星给感同身受。被倾其所有去爱和信任的人所鄙夷和不理解，是与他人连接中最大的痛苦。
很受启发，同为理想主义者的不同道路选择，慷慨悲歌，慨叹唏嘘，李善均才应该是男主，二位戏真是不错
有光明，当然就会有影子。看此片深层的感慨，并不是徐的手段或金的理想，而是关于那个偷鸡蛋的故事。邻居偷了你的鸡蛋，你会做何选择，他又会有怎样的抉择。使理想充盈的从不是个体的觉醒，而是古人所言的仁，是两个人，是所有人。
朴卡卡在室内开个会还戴墨镜，青瓦台是黑社会的老巢吗？
政治选举本就是肮脏的。关键还是看当选后，干了什么
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