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  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)

评论:

  • 广书竹 2小时前 :

    总会有人中途上车 中途下车

  • 完飞翼 8小时前 :

    最简单的道理,从孩子口中说出来反而显得珍贵。

  • 强诚 0小时前 :

    马拉松之前桥段都比较好看。小新的戏份有点少。SMC。

  • 昔弘化 4小时前 :

    天春学园是浓缩版小社会。蜡笔小新被创造出来,就是奔着挫败精英教育去的。开头有点小惊艳,可惜高开后不停低走。

  • 康秀逸 5小时前 :

    学院水上乐园大滑梯看起来好爽啊,爸妈小白这集几乎没戏份有点不习惯

  • 历平春 8小时前 :

    世界上没有什么没有意义的事情,存在即有意义

  • 历锦文 2小时前 :

    春日部防卫队!你永远可以相信春日部防卫队~

  • 召依云 8小时前 :

    這一部實在太有趣了,連蠟筆小新都玩起推理元素了,結局真是感動到奔淚呀……

  • 宫家馨 9小时前 :

    讲文明,树新风。

  • 恒然 1小时前 :

    最主要的是青春这一主题,青春是什么?

  • 彦玥 5小时前 :

    with大禹 青春无敌!朋友能治愈一切!!!

  • 壬景行 1小时前 :

    青春啊!马拉松那段真的眼眶湿润,连小时候看的动画都开始赚眼泪了。“嘲笑努力的人会被秃鹰揪光头发”小新看起来不靠谱,但是他的心是精英~

  • 妍玉 8小时前 :

    来源:https://movie.douban.com/review/14278572/

  • 建平心 3小时前 :

    可能展现了表层的二元对立和对于标准化的迎合,但是有关局限与定义的苦衷,面对更宽视野和更多角度,它仍旧重要吗……

  • 崇寄春 8小时前 :

    新风才是王道!!!

  • 典映冬 0小时前 :

    像电影里面一样,机器人也重复问了几遍,不一样的回答都有不一样的道理,总结起来就是啥?谜团。

  • 剧夜雪 1小时前 :

    风间真的太适合这种小反面角色了!

  • 塔雅柏 3小时前 :

    立意可真高!数值化的计分系统,AI与人类,精英式教育,不圆满的才正是人生啊!就算知道到分开,也依然要努力奔跑

  • 弓筠溪 7小时前 :

    可能已经近20年没有看过蜡笔小新了,这次看得还是国语版本,真的好治愈!在日式风格里,永永远远能够看到青春热血的理想样子,可能是语境不同或者是距离拉远糊了现实的焦点,内地电影不管怎么拍,如果把青春拍成热血的样子,都觉得假,觉得好远。

  • 受香薇 9小时前 :

    ps.小新和风间原来这么好磕

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