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)

相关影片

8.0

枪战

完结

夺命狂花

罗立群,韩乐瑶,王辉（男）,路一萍

6.7

剧情

1080P

问山

许磊,张浩,师清峰

0.0

超清

送葬人

那塔乌·桑亚布,察猜·钦西,Thanadon Buarabat,Nek Naruepol,Phuwanet Seechomphu,蒂提·斯里努亚尔,Siriamol Onkoon

0.0

动作

正片

敦煌之战

章宇,雷佳音,韩昊霖,李光洁,朱亚文,余皑磊,窦骁,董洁,冯嘉怡,张艺凡,王沛禄,刘佳,俞灏明,韩秋池,李思博,石兆琪,曲高位,周德华,Yongchen Qian,赵蕴卓,高至霆,芦芳生,吕晓霖,蔡鹭,曲栅栅,赵魏,吕凉,公磊,寒青,何超莲,杨溢

0.0

紫色

范塔茜娅·巴里诺,塔拉吉·P·汉森,丹妮尔·布鲁克斯,科尔曼·多明戈,科里·霍金斯,菲利西亚·珀尔·姆帕西,海莉·贝利,希亚拉,加布里埃拉·威尔森,大卫·艾兰·格里尔,德翁·科尔,乔纳森·巴蒂斯特,小路易斯·格赛特,塔梅拉·J·曼,安洁纽·艾莉丝-泰勒,伊丽莎白·玛维尔,斯蒂芬·希尔,阿德丁博·汤玛斯,蒂芙尼·艾丽·伯吉斯,泰伦斯·J·史密斯

0.0

恐怖

威尼斯谋杀案

Sophie Hopkins,Charlotte Rothwell,Darcy Grey

0.0

剧情

少男情怀VHS

Shun Mark Gomez,Bon Andrew Lentejas,Jay Gonzaga,Cedrick Juan,Serena Magiliw,Senanda,Adelyn Fabon,Glenn Mas

0.0

喜剧

更新至高清

隐形猛禽

西恩·奥斯汀,理查德·雷西尔,拉里·哈金,桑迪·马丁,凯特林·麦克休,Venessa Chester,Mike Capes,Chad Bullard

6.3

剧情

1080P

万物生灵(圣诞特别集)

卡勒姆·伍德豪斯

0.0

剧情

等待黑夜

马蒂亚斯·勒古特·哈蒙德,埃洛迪·布歇,让-查理·克里切特,西莱丝特·布伦奎尔,拉莉·梅西尔,路易斯·佩雷斯,Angèle Metzger,Bakary Diombera,安妮·波努瓦,Valérie Lemaitre,布鲁诺·若里斯,Géraldine Pochon,Mila Ruozo,Noah Lazhar,Suzon Renaud,Cédric Mazzec,Roland Gervet,Véronique Frumy,Max Carrasso,Gwenaël Fournier

0.0

剧情