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)
“如果你到了BL星 记得叫我”，女主角是天使嘛，真诚、坚定而富有同理心。礼堂里的演讲本来会显得青春期伤痛，但山田杏奈发挥得很好，对人坚定的期待，要帮助男生突出重围。也庆幸没有话题上的避重就轻，同志高中生塑造得有这个世代的代表性，试探、想要拥有更多，到不害怕告别去成长，神尾枫珠形象也加分
这段台词棒呆了
超级想看了！！看完后来补感想：好不容易搞定u-next，付好了钱，终于能看完全片了！电影果真拍得比剧更直白，主要体现在床戏上，jun和大叔的床戏拍得十分直接。jun肯定有喜欢竹马，要不然不会在得知竹马喜欢三浦妹子的时候就答应和妹子交往，也是jun的小心思作祟。影片的主线剧情被分散了，不够集中，不如剧，有一些部分是可以砍掉的比如最后去看网友，这条线实在有点鸡肋。本来想说妹子演技不行，最后的演讲戏却有爆发，要赞一下。神尾弟弟演这个角色稍微欠了一点层次感，内心的挣扎没有表现好，283的大叔一角太工具人了，也没太大发挥。
3.5
我很喜欢的一个场景是，全校在班级里讨论了同性恋。可能也会有像剧中说的，置身事外去讨论，但是在每个人心里起了一些涟漪。以后面对自己对自己、对朋友的发现，不至于恶语伤人。
很想不代入过多的道德观去评价这部片子。前半段好像泡在一片深蓝的海里，压抑、纠结、隐瞒与情欲，带着青春期独有的酸涩。其实我们要学习的不是如何应付他人的眼光，而是怎样去接受真实的自己。跳楼之前的一切都恰到好处，但爆发这段戏处理得实在太软绵绵，连挣扎和转变都空白无力，以至于后半段又不可避免地落入俗套，归入了一个超现实的童话结局。这样的结尾是发生在男同性恋群体身上、发生在男权社会中，不禁觉得有些讽刺。女孩子果然是世界的宝物。
那个拍摄手法我没看懂，我还以为在摩天轮上已经出柜了。他妈一直觉得眼熟，原来是ud里面的马场，还有那个同好的男友一直以为是花束里的男主，结果是链子阅里女主的男友
他跳楼时我失去行动能力 像极了站在教室里的人 拉开窗户纵身一跃的动作真的只有一瞬 好恐怖。我想去了解你 真的很喜欢能在某天看到大陆pride month parade
希望帅哥以后注意卫生勤换nk😭脸真的帅😭拍的也挺好看的😭！剧情就不评价了😅😅一些骗😅虽然男主最后和女主说清楚了😅😅😅但同7⃣️薅惨！男同要结婚生子然后依然和男人tla
男主的现实处境，纵身一跃，却跳进了彩虹童话镇。但他的网友却没有这么幸运。只能永远停留在背影里
感觉女主长胖了（没有别的意思 只是有点惊讶 虽然我是腐女（如果以喜欢BL来定义的话确实是 不过这个世界上本来就不存在完全可以理解他人的感情吧 曾经的我一度也很惶恐 一度挣扎在“我这样是不是不太政治正确？”的迷茫中 后面我觉得尊重就好了 日本在探讨这种话题上还是比我们有了先行的一步 随着社会发展 不同的性取向要怎样相处也会成为一个必然的问题 就像电影里说的那样 抱着无谓错与对 只是平等的感情来对待的话 可能就不会觉得异样了 很喜欢三浦在礼堂的演讲 不必隐藏自己就是最好的结果
什麼是對與錯 在這個星球上 只能用不斷說服自己來存活。
披着调教皮的纯爱
我想拥有美好的未来，我没办法停止想象自己会在将来在某间公寓孤独地离世。
富川国际奇幻电影节#01 真的会有这样像天使般的女主吗 真的太好了吧 家庭意象的几次出现也挺有意思
最后一句话我挺喜欢
女主妹子演技太好了 演讲戏看得我哇哇大哭
披着韩剧外皮的sm科普片，在亚洲范围内这种尝试已经挺值得鼓励了，觉得如果中国来拍杨洋倒是挺合适的，硬邦邦的假正经形象。但是吧，俊男美女已经让人很知足了
不管是同性异性，交往中也不能还跟前男友睡吧。达咩达哟！因为这个感觉一切都没有说服力了。
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