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)
可是完整的人生
。。就因为绿皮书纸牌屋来看看…… 他就能演有钱的black dude没有疑问。
。。。一点五倍速观看极度舒适，大型苹果宣传片，所有你以为会有阴谋的地方都没有阴谋，片中有最遵守协议的公司和最具设计感的科技生活，片子试图讨论一些沉重的东西，但过重的形式感和别扭的商业气息让它总也差口气
看了SF的special提前映 男主来做了Q&A 如果电影最后落在做决定本身上也许会更深刻 临终前赋予“另一个个体”延续你生命的机会 你是否会给予 但故事还是放大了家庭和亲情上 最后的告别也有一些刻意 其实故事的立足点很好 一个没有希望的人 有掌控的权力 和一个充满希望的人 但希望却不在自己的掌控之中 这个矛盾点如果可以再深入发掘一下 就更好了
怎么说呢，克隆一个健康的自己替自己活下去并陪伴亲人，脑洞实在是可以。不过都能删除增加记忆了，这世界之大，可供操作的地方之多，估计也就富人能够真正享受到对应福利，而穷人们指不定哪天就被改了记忆，不再像曾经的自己。而且本意也许是好的，但是却也改变了正常的生存伦理，后患无穷
第3485-电影以外，对于克隆人这种事还是不支持，因为人的欲望是消除不了的，克隆技术绝对会让人用来谋私利，很有可能会引起混乱和战争。
喜欢Mahershala Ali但这片子节奏有点问题。
当克隆人获取了人类本体的身份，人类本体又算什么？一个类似于忒修斯悖论的哲学命题，一个难以说清的身份关系，以及无法割舍却又必须告别的人生。纵使科技几乎可以改变一切，但构成人类本质的特质，诸如灵魂、伦理、和情感的命题仍是我们无法逾越的关隘。山水空灵，景色宜人，智能科技，无所不在，可我们仍将为自己身为人类的身份而付出一切。
很好奇
坠入爱河 生儿育女 家庭和睦 也有过嫌隙 在得知自己将死 选择以克隆体代替自己 完美的克隆体 记忆 性格 完美复制 从理论上来说 确实是个好的方案 但真正的自己却要接受命运的流放 终死于孤寂之地 本片气质、气氛都不错 也展示了未来的一种可能性 家庭细节也很好 但就是太得体了 太沉稳了 好像假的一样
忒休斯之船。继承了我的情感、记忆与意志的那个人，是否拥有了我的灵魂，是否就是我？
克隆人这个也太牛了，但是评论说得对，科技已然这么先进却还是无法治愈肿瘤…
天鹅挽歌，比想象中🉑️，导演细腻得有两下子，精准展现了各种情绪和气氛及种种过度。画面很干净很舒服，和苹果手机一个感觉哈哈。科技可以是爱的延续。我的Mahershala又回来了[色]看不够哇。
我该安心 还是嫉妒呢
对影片中的科幻元素还是蛮…无奈的。太多《黑镜》的风格化的设定，导致最后的成片会让我感觉有些索然无味。也只有Ali的表演才能唤醒我的兴趣
剧情往往都跟自己想的不一样，剧本很高级，拍好了，闻名于世，拍不好，臭名远扬，中规中矩，就无人知晓
主要是不能接受这种生命的观点“人活在世上有么里味？饿也饿得死，胀也胀得死，淹也淹得死，烧也烧得死，病也病得死，跌也跌得死。人有么里味？只怪世上人脑壳不清醒，要争名夺利、争长论短，想不到要修来生，脱离这个五浊恶世。造孽啊造孽！”
抛开伦理道德，爱绵长永存。与其说是伦理道德的博弈，不如说是人性与爱的较量。男主的每一个决定，反应，包括克隆人jack的每一个反馈和思想，都是人类内心深处关于自私的人性与爱的衡量。理解卡梅隆即将孤独死去无助愤怒的情绪，也理解jack惶恐，害怕，对未来不确定性表现出的惊恐乞求可怜的眼神。如果未来真的能做到indistinguishable，那么唯爱永生。
剧情往往都跟自己想的不一样，剧本很高级，拍好了，闻名于世，拍不好，臭名远扬，中规中矩，就无人知晓
故事很简单，适合一个雨天慢慢看。我不太喜欢这个类型的。被偏高的分数骗了。文艺青年可以看。
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