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)
我无法用正常看电影的心态评价《唐顿庄园》，它就是我的唐顿童话，虚构出一个绵延了十来年的真善美故事。而我还是愿意选择相信它，像陪伴这整个庄园多年的一个老朋友，跟着哭跟着笑跟着对那些熟悉关系的揶揄心领神会。编剧太宠爱他们了，对每个人都温柔。
电影版会有第三集吗？我觉得够呛，应该到此为止了。
当人类可以无性繁殖或者复制的时候，也就丢掉了人类最后的尊严。
《鬼灭之刃 灶门炭治郎 立志篇》Ep11-14，我妻善逸、嘴平伊之助（山猪面具男）悉数登场，鼓屋的设计相当精巧有趣，唯一不足就是善逸这个角色太过中二
夹杂各种对初识的别扭感，和之后的人物形象多少有些出入
2022年拍1920年的故事，却还是纯粹的1920年的思路和价值观。这就是遗憾之一吧。
一个很值得深思的话题，如果注定要离开，你愿意让另一个人完全取代你吗？很难选择，男主的表演很好很细腻
22_087。不错，尽管我剧没看完也依然人基本都认得，外加还是那熟悉的音乐。有人死去，有人诞生，生命本就是一轮回，
这一集就还蛮……崩的。
没有猎奇式的阴谋和反转，就是讲述科技如何以人为本的温暖故事。
其实拥有记忆了，就是“you are you”了，可惜人类都可以转移记忆了，却还不能治愈癌症。很期待苹果那辆无人驾驶的车上市
看完之后我和我的另一半认真地讨论了下这个决定。如果真的有这一天的到来，一切都不能再那时商量，只能在它还只发生于电影中的此刻商讨。我们都做不了这个决定，所以答案依然是不知道，不管是一个人纠结，还是两个人分析，永远是不知道。这也就说明了那句台词：“你只能替她做决定”到底有多么精准。
22_087。不错，尽管我剧没看完也依然人基本都认得，外加还是那熟悉的音乐。有人死去，有人诞生，生命本就是一轮回，
在短片体量的故事里把情感翻来覆去的探讨，阿里的表演还是这么稳，继续下去很难有一天不拿到男主。
虽然很多硬核技术显得很空洞，但是影片巧妙的弱化了技术的细节，聚焦到了人性和情感的复杂，爱与本我的取舍。原以为的黑色科幻转折也没有，但却不觉得遗憾，因为他带给我一些爱与家庭的思考，我觉得我会找个时间，跟老婆在看一次。虽然，也许，她可能看不下去这种电影🐶
新贵与旧贵族
其实拥有记忆了，就是“you are you”了，可惜人类都可以转移记忆了，却还不能治愈癌症。很期待苹果那辆无人驾驶的车上市
黑镜有一集是一个女生的男朋友车祸去世了，她跟一家生物科技公司定制了一个他的克隆男友，这个男友非常好，但是她心底清楚这不是他本来的男朋友。《天鹅挽歌》简直就是那一集故事的镜像作品。
男主真勇士，同作为雄性生物自愧不如。如果是我，我特么好容易把你搞到手，有了事业有了娃，一起经历了酸甜苦辣，现在却要让一个和我一模一样的臭老头来坐享其成？想都别想，我要死也要死在女人的怀里，葬礼上都给我使劲哭！
演员教科书式的表演很精彩，但是站在剧情的角度扣一星，在我看来这不是最好的解决方案。
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