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)
不跟18年的剧集做对比，依然很好看，我超想知道有生之年会等到真人版剧集和剧场版吗？
神秘，寓言，自然主义，视觉和听觉的完美结合。柏拉图理论。
前面看的忘记了，这个剧场版看的没有感觉，跳着看完了、
走在三里屯恍惚了一下毕竟昨天早上还在云南小镇里，结果发现看这个好合适哦，意大利南部小村和德钦山川异域风月同天
剧情一般，没有给我很大惊喜。和我期待这么久的预期不太符合。
这故事是非常想快进的，坚持只因为高人还是那么好抱
日剧日影里，最重要的就是相互欣赏，相互依靠，相互成长，所以爱的表达也是那么的相当，我好想去西班牙啊
看前面四分看到结尾五分，高人的出现治愈了准太，同时准太也治愈了高人，什么绝美爱情
#BJIFF# 深影巨幕厅的效果是真不错，切身体会到什么是breathtaking view，杜比全景声也很沉浸。前段还看得晕晕乎乎，开始在洞穴中探索后就很专注了。
我希望的那种感觉它好像没出来
故事比想象中一般，跳舞的片段让人看着摸不着头脑，只能靠台词感受水平参差，虽然有几段小福利，但我还是更喜欢原来动漫里的氛围更让人心动。亮点应该在于有爷爷这样有魅力的美人新角色。
哈哈还行，继续小甜饼，还有好多伏笔没扯清啊喂 1:54...感觉熬夜看并不是很香
BJIFF2021 两种“终点”，同样是对世间万物的敬畏，一种充满了未知和期待，两块石头一把火苗，照出一个孤独的宇宙;一种是平静的接纳，老人的皱纹仿佛是洞穴中的地貌，最后的喘息仿佛是洞穴中的回响；虽然看似没有关联却是一种奇妙的融合，万物相通的感动
是如此悲傷 卻如此美麗』
能爱着你的这个世界，既痛苦又幸福，是如此的美丽
呜呜终于能看了可算让我等到了，前年也不去年看的动画，偶然刷到说是有剧场版。虽然画风还是有些粗糙但也比之前好多了，我主要是为了蠢太和高人的爱情看的！好甜呐真的，心满意足，肉也很香嘿嘿;-)另外有点想了解制作人和作曲家的故事呢，感觉也很好磕哎，强强虐恋的感觉，不知道之后会不会说他俩的故事呢。
想象拍摄的过程是观看本片的一大乐事，虽然没有什么情节，但拍这么一部片不本身就是一件很酷的事吗
真的很喜欢，没有什么纠结的剧情，只是两个人谈谈恋爱，克服一些困难。
地上120米，地下683米。老人停止呼吸，洞穴走到尽头。最后云海泼天而下，很难不震撼而思绪万千。声音做的极好。
去了舞台见面会，被广树笑到。电影还是不错的
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