剧情介绍

  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:

  • 逮高韵 9小时前 :

    @HBO 画面美 ost动听 我可以想到ues的amc应该被老爷爷占满了

  • 辰海 6小时前 :

    东木桑最新作品。德州牛仔版《菊次郎之夏》。一老一小外加一只名叫 Macho 的公鸡的公路片。

  • 桓林 9小时前 :

    老爷子的新电影看一部少一部,镜头下的墨西哥空旷且风光无限,人物简单故事一般,就是喜欢他的节奏和只属于他电影的美感。

  • 邬碧春 1小时前 :

    没想到东木老爷子这把年纪了还能再来一次“廊桥遗梦”LOL

  • 祁旭东 8小时前 :

    好像影射了些东西,但重要的是表达了对过去执着的松手,反而轻松的更沉重

  • 逸祥 4小时前 :

    67/100。相较于《骡子》《理查德·朱维尔的哀歌》这两部还带有一定指向性的前作来说,克林特·伊斯特伍德在本片中则完全褪掉了对社会现象的自我认知,而转成了一个耄耋之年的老人与生活达成的某种自我和解。很多可能在他年轻时的电影中变得“刺激”“惊险”的桥段被磨平了所有棱角,只剩下一种淡淡的温柔思索,让人窥见了暮年英雄心中最静谧的一面。当然这样的处理方法一方面让人舒心,另一方面还是让全片显得有些不伦不类,让那些矛盾点变得来也匆匆、去也匆匆,只能远观,不能细看。 @2021-10-05 23:43:00

  • 琪香 9小时前 :

    雄鸡和老爷子

  • 象玉泉 7小时前 :

    东木老爷子还真是不闲着,拍完骡子又搞这么一出没什么剧情的片子,一老一小一鸡走一路,还找了个墨西哥娘们在无名小镇安了家

  • 濮阳秀媛 2小时前 :

    一老一小的路子 最近不太灵光了 老爷子该歇歇了

  • 淑颖 0小时前 :

    高产之下,维持质量只是奢望。不过向91岁的老人的敬业精神致敬。

  • 柏正 6小时前 :

    只要看到伊斯特伍德我就会深沉起来,很多电影里,那个有故事的、衰老、孤独而又抗争的男人,总会义无反顾踏上未知的生活,我老了也会是这样吗,我也会去追寻自己故事吗。

  • 林宜人 2小时前 :

    东木还想变年轻吧,只是已经给剧情推着走了…

  • 歆彤 7小时前 :

    东木真的太老了,但真的希望他能这样一直拍下去😭。真想坐他旁边听他讲那些没用的大道理。「人生就是这样,当你想明白那些问题的时候,才会发现已经太晚了」

  • 项阳晖 2小时前 :

    孤立作为一部剧情片来看的话问题多多,平淡的剧情缓慢的节奏,以及正反派在大部分时间里都在无所事事,但放到冬木自导自演的作品体系里却能看到些许不同的东西,这一次的老头没有了以往外露的倔强,更多是一种对年龄和时代的妥协,每每露出的淡淡微笑也是在之前的作品里很难见到的,于是结尾看似突兀的反高潮的处理反而显得合情合理,此外有几幕夕阳与老人拍的确实很美,总之虽然远不是冬木最好作品那一序列的,但作为他这个年龄的作品,是不是也说明了老大爷内心的些许变化?

  • 琦柔雅 0小时前 :

    一部很温馨的现代西部公路片,东木晚年拍给自己的电影吧,挺好的,住老爷子长命百百岁吧

  • 绪凝然 9小时前 :

    90岁还能谈恋爱,太强了。

  • 欧奇胜 2小时前 :

    天 这么滑铁卢的作品真的想不到啊 太失水准了

  • 江森莉 1小时前 :

    该是老爷子的最后一部电影了吧,且看且珍惜。

  • 逸凡 8小时前 :

    90岁的高龄还能演驯马的老牛仔,老人家实在是牛啊!墨西哥返美途中,将一个只想混在大街上谁也不相信的“弃儿”调教成一个有了明确认知的小牛仔,可谓内功深厚,呵呵。大公鸡在关键时刻太给力,不仅救命,还bonus了transportation,亮点大大滴。最后,老人家返回墨西哥老板娘身边,小牛仔开始闯世界了,you know where we are,可谓完美...

  • 素涵亮 3小时前 :

    东木老大爷真是劳模啊!强扭的西部片没有灵魂。

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