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)
给了个好结局😌
第一次知道这世上有同性恋的存在是小学的时候，当时在网上看到自己很喜欢的一个二次元主播被扒说是同性恋，下面还有很多骂他恶心和意淫的评论。我又震惊又难过，因为看来无论如何他都不会和身为女生的我在一起了，但冷静下来后逐渐意识到，恶心的不是他，而是那些恶意攻击他的人。初中看完《蓝宇》我又痛苦难过了好久，原来真实的同性恋和bl是不一样的，现实总是复杂又艰难，当时感觉自己的心都要碎了。
女主好好看啊，和服那个场景好好看。看到一半不由自主的开始骂男人，女孩子道歉的时候我也不明白
我觉得拍的比剧版要好很多。神尾弟弟的演技也一直在线。能够在学校这样的地方去公开讨论同性这一件事，就真的是比我们超前太多。勇于说出来，才可以找到一个存活的平衡点吧。
故事还不错，多少还有些共鸣，山田杏奈和前田旺志郎演得不错，神尾枫珠颜之外完全不行，眼里没戏。三浦的speech中二又真挚。
被形容为开头很恐怖，中间很搞笑，结尾很悲伤，故事是这样的：从前有一个鬼，他放了个屁，然后就死了...这部电影也可以这样三段论：开头很搞笑，中间很悲伤，结尾很温馨
站在女性视角来看这部电影，感觉有点糟糕……山田妹妹演得挺可爱的
神尾枫珠 山田杏奈都好可爱 小清新 理想化 很日式
挣扎的情绪很真实。也想和别人一样过普通的生活，也因为自己的不同而自我厌弃，幸好，经过数年时间在朋友的帮助下终于自我接纳。
她喜欢的是BL以及山藤，他喜欢的是男人以及三浦 ，我喜欢的是所有这些可爱的人 。女主实在太可爱且勇敢，男二的西瓜树永远都会在，爱哭鬼看得眼泪落下来T^T
前面还行，但是我真的不懂，明明是个讲bdsm的片子，为啥最后都要谈恋爱啊？
喜欢就是喜欢
他的初恋和她的初恋一同在夕阳下落幕。——这是一部少量如铅块般沉重的残酷现实、与大量如丝绵般的温情相互平衡的青春物语。在围绕少年男同试图自我抹杀的故事中，少见地出现了完整、细腻而动人的女性视角。所有的主要人物都因为脱离俗套却不游离于现实之外而格外有趣。孤独终老或伤害欺瞒他人，这样摆出对立情景的同时也努力把东亚年轻人对与homo一味粉饰太平的态度放上台面，把这些东西混在一起讲述本身就已经是很珍贵的尝试。我好喜欢这个故事！！！！
节奏慢了，数次要睡着，不过还是有一些vo很风趣。男主角跳楼的时候那种云淡风轻的处理着实把人吓了一大跳，或许就是这样才能突出在看客眼中的观感吧。他的痛苦也蛮真实的，可惜情感可以做得再好一点。
在青春BL故事里罕见地安插了腐女视角——“希望全世界所有男人都是同志，除了自己的男朋友”，只是后者并未幸免。这个误解，差点坏了他们的关系，还好他们都是很温柔的人。不仅温柔，还很勇敢，抢下老师的话筒，向全校讲述自己的幸福和脆弱，完事后挠挠头哭诉着“我要写20页反省文”，然后一起推着单车回家。好酷啊，不禁羡慕起这样的青春。
老师说感情没有对错，但我只会评判谁是利益既得者，谁被压榨更多，如果不计较得失，该怎么理解人物关系
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彼が望んでいるのはセクシュアリティ的な悩みから抜け出して、普通の幸せな人生。彼女が好きなものはBLみたいな非現実的なファンタジー。
又是熟人浓度很高的一部剧，枫珠弟弟演受真的好带感，kiss戏bed戏都结结实实拍了，大满足❤️毕竟以他现在的资源不太可能去拍深夜BL了。
《腐女的自省》原来同性恋会因为没可能组建家庭而痛苦到这种程度，于是做出一些更伤害自己和他人的「正常化」尝试。从喜欢BL文化到支持尊重理解同性恋还有很长的路吧。
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