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)
喜欢女主的台词设计，真棒。是没有预想到的结局——“学会游泳”。
Fabian就像身边已经为数不多的颓丧的文艺中年，郁郁不得志，又放不下自尊，本质是善良的，但爱情还是败给了金钱。放到当今的时代里，这一切的始作俑者当然也可能不是他本人，而是历史。
枯燥的内容却如此吸引人
◎由于大树褪皮般的摩擦力，分了几次来看。
《法比安》，五星。很久没有看过这样的片子了。绝望到窒息。纳粹上台前两年的德国，文学博士、电影演员、画家、皮条客、酒吧表演者……，众生像。一个对毁灭和被毁灭最敏感的群体。失业，失去爱人，最好的朋友自杀，最后还在奔向希望的路上死于一场自找的意外。人生如果这样残酷，活着的意义是什么呢？是奔向毁灭吗？如果可以避免，我们可以做些什么呢？其实，什么都做不了，因为这就是最易被毁灭的类型，这是文人的硬伤，更是导演的悲伤。如果没有了文人，这世界会好吗？导演实在是太绝望了，透过屏幕都可以感受到他的枪口对着你，也对着他自己。
埃里希·凯斯特纳深沉悲凉的自传体小说《法比安》
#Berlinale2021 破碎混乱的时代，战争前夕的柏林，绝望自裁的枪声， 沉入河底的消亡。
一天晚上我梦到我失去了她，我的恐惧让我感到羞愧。
回到布雷斯顿后等待女主给他回电话时给电话线的长镜头
就像是克拉考尔社会学著作的电影版本，混乱的熵增导向疯狂的张力，事件变为即将到来之物。通过介于历史先锋主义以及Dogma95的主观视角祛除了有失真实的史诗光环，还原为一种正在经历的激进“此在”。《法》不是政治史，而是精神史，在高度分裂的影像碎片之中，影片的开场却以一个历史时间的长镜头宣告了巴赞摄影现实主义的终结，又在动线上与结尾的“下降”相对——作为对幻觉机制的进入和退出
“纳粹”说纳粹是“纳粹”
我要加一星表扬自己现在还能看下去这样的片子哈哈哈
女士们 我们需要男妓 同意请举手
德国人从多方面考虑处理犹太人问题的会议。会议的讨论十分细致，从国内外的政治环境、财产问题、交通运输、法律、外交、辖区管理等角度，分别探讨运送前、运送中、运送后可能带来的问题与对策，甚至对英美苏瑞等国存在的犹太人处理有了未来的预案，不过片中也多次反映一些处理的可行性不高。除此之外，更多地呈现了由此引发的官僚之间职权争夺、互相甩锅的现象。话说那个Stuckart博士多次和别人硬刚，坚持落实法律规定，在血统认定上强硬，我还以为他是个地下辛德勒，直到他后期来了个Zwangssterilisaionen，赶紧查了一下他的生平和他所谓的法律，也是绝了。另外，最后通过高度的分工与流程来保障德国军队的心理健康还真是严谨。这电影算是长见识了。
太绝了这电影 那种感觉把控的太好了！男主演技很🉑️好会演
听你妈妈的话 她大多数时候都是对的
全片的节奏太棒了 有一种德意志严肃版天使爱美丽的感觉 就是太长了
三个小时的电影，竟然看完了…开头high到飞起的剪辑和表现手法以为又是一部导演意识流作品，结果后面故事反倒渐入佳境…虽然依然不懂导演要表达的东西，但同样入围金熊，我觉得这片子可比获奖那部好看多了…3.5
电影的背景定在1931年的柏林，所在“生活在彭拜，社会在发酵，在腐蚀”，以德国研究博士法比安为线索，叙述了那个醉生梦死的一群人，在德国一步一步转向法西斯统治时期的社会的普遍情绪。实际上，这正是今日世界，尤其是今日朝鲜民主主义人命共和国的最真实的写照。当然，我相信这不是导演故意影射、隐喻的，是一种巧合，或者说是一种无心插柳。电影的格调贯穿于一种所谓“轻快的冷酷”的格调中。即：无助、无聊、末日将要降临的气息扑面而来。这是一种什么气息呢？也就是：国家没方向，精英醉生梦死，人民没预期。……于是精英无底线地纸醉金迷，腐烂，腐朽；人民在无奈中“躺平”，国家摇摇欲坠像个失重的老人……
在一个泥沙俱下的世界里依然善良的法比安，在罪恶蔓延前焚于烈火的薄薄的一生
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