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)
让自己愉悦是一件很酷的事情。
▫️影片后半段两人的冲突，乍看觉得莫名其妙接受不了，细想其实也再自然不过，无法把情欲和亲密感情剥离，是女主循规蹈矩人生的一部分，对于这次“一生中唯一的冒险”也自然而然的想在这条轨道上运行。而“相互救赎”非要让男主也来个转变就实属鸡汤了。
ps.怎么预约leo啊？请告知！
竟然被治愈了；头两幕感觉差一点就黑镜了，男主过于完美仿生人，没想到第三幕精准打击，牛逼；所有演员都应该看看什么叫演技
终于等到官摄上线，2020年那张无法成行的巡演，等了好久……
在世界的边缘呼唤爱
机长原型说她看了这部戏101次，它没有让人沉溺在悲伤里喘不过气。自始至终靠的是人性本身的脆弱、敏感、真实和温暖在打动观众。911过去了二十年，但人类还是有点希望的，不是吗？
You’ll be a Newfoundlander. Welcome to the Rock.
忘記mark線上版了。紀念911二十週年上線，停頓了很多次才斷斷續續看完（因為精神上無法承受一次性看完的沉重...）最喜歡的橋段永遠是prayer，大家有各自的語言各自的宗教，但那一刻信仰也可以相通。另外最喜歡後院拿BBQ架子的小段落，一點人性的閃光。舞台調度什麼的因為本來佈景就很簡單所以官攝也沒有太多問題，不過和OBC的卡司相比換了一些我更喜歡的演員😭
it's... not necessary. 🤷♂️
比bootleg的观感好了太多，我又从头哭到尾了。明明是在人最容易丧失尊严的时机，Newfoundland却保证了每个人的尊严。记得从超市拿除臭剂，记挂动物的安危，捐衣服，带人回家洗澡……这些远超过生存层面的援助，让人在灾难之中，依然还是个人。虽然是主旋律正能量的，但不提政府，少见组织，只是人对人的帮助。赞歌唱给的是人性，唱得真心于是我也哭得动情。与此同时，对种族/信仰歧视也提及得毫不避讳，没有妄想塑造出一个乌托邦。歌写得也是真好，意象新颖转折自然，机长的天空之歌和情侣的分别之歌，都是能听到我屏息的程度。中老年情侣也有权登上舞台也能甜得不得了啊！机长帅死了帅死了我的天她的片段我会经常温习的。【啊她果然是弯的！
温暖的故事。这部音乐剧演员好辛苦啊，全程扮演不同人物唱歌、还要搬道具、换衣服。
通过CFA看到了苦难面前人们不计一切的互帮互助，也在这两年看到了数以万计这样的例子，不管怎样，“永葆热爱，永怀善良，永远温柔”仍然是我们面对残酷最好的武器。
故事内容的立意大概拔高了影片的口碑分数。
女机长太帅了！！！尤其那段solo，高亢婉转，余音绕梁呀！！
或许他们更多的是心灵交流 肉体只是欲望的驱使吧
几度热泪盈眶 充满人性光辉 在那个魔幻的时刻 全人类终于团结起来试图对抗命运 每一个小小的善意都像珍珠一样美好 歌好听 一定要在远离日常的时刻 我们才能找回自己和生命的意义吗？I am an islander 我们都不是孤岛 无论身在何处都要珍惜善意和真诚。
这就20年，用音乐剧的方式去呈现，有一种悲中带喜的力量。
一部让人舒服、给人安全感的电影，即便有看似挑战的话题下，叙事策略依然在“治愈”的思路上不停探索衰老的欲望，和人生的意义。
直面自己，对自己坦诚，对他人坦诚，不要丢失审视自我的勇气。艾玛·汤普森奉献一场炉火纯青的表演，最后一幕的自我凝视，强大的女性力量喷薄而出，货真价实的女性主义表达得以完成。
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