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)
过于文艺的悬疑片，保证了感情共鸣，却欠缺了剧情铺展。
云盖雾照的讲述两起关联凶杀案故事，模拟画像师是挺差的噱头。电影是要在真实与虚幻之间，踩住逻辑这条线。陈默这个人物杀那么多人，显然更加精彩。而那双引起注意的舞鞋擦拭这个细节，真的挺鬼扯。电影持续的背景摄影，挺契合远山淡影的片名，这是亮点。有好故事的潜质，却没好的呈现。
从网络电影的角度，给一个豆瓣四星没问题。在众多盗墓、玄幻、黑帮题材里面，有认认真真讲故事想法和能力的团队太少了。整体影像氛围感很棒，虽说故事还有一些小bug，瑕不掩瑜，配乐也很出色！
当成文艺片看还行，当成悬疑片看，破绽太多。
镜头真不错，然而人物塑造是个大问题，加了不少剧情笔墨来塑造人物，然而撑不起这样的台词，反而整得人物有点不对味儿
气氛营造的不错，只不过节凑太慢，而且破案过程太简单。但是也是为数不多的真心想拍好的写实悬疑类电影，给个四星鼓励！
美术年代感营造得不好，细节各种穿帮。故事立不住，节奏也不好
取景，空镜，色调，视觉语言都让人舒服，导演&摄影有点东西，缺点在于剧情弱且细节少。知青，舞者，文工团...泛黄的岁月的灰尘，永远戳心的题材。我来了，时代却走了。
看到片名的瞬间想起了石黑一雄1982年的同名小说《远山淡影》。小说也是一个关于自我欺骗与救赎的故事。远处模糊氤氲的山景混合着回忆将本片的氛围调整的刚刚好，严华对林音的憧憬和向往，让她可以成为她生命的延续，就像队长和画家也是一种继承。最后的芭蕾舞演出把从头到尾的氤氲全部擦去，泛出闪闪的光。这是我近期看过最好的电影。
最后张欣要去甘肃，那时候影响最大的是白银案。
艺术片摄制捞钱片内容配乐究极难听，空镜的摄影神中神
三星电影，多一星是鼓励。取景很棒，演技在线，剧本悬疑性不错，但是觉得深度打磨的不好，台词一升华就不够生活化，角色背景交代也不太够，有点脸谱化。能看到《杀人回忆》《猎罪图鉴》《烟火》（月光蟑螂的steam游戏）的影子，但是绝对不至于是抄袭。
情节3星
整体的摄影、画风、构图，都很有岁月感，镜头都很唯美，转场也很流畅，故事叙述很清晰，两个女人之间的情感也很细腻。整个故事推理逻辑就不说了，可能重点在于揭开一个背后的故事吧，反转很可以，还是值得一看吧。
靠后期给3🌟吧
看在场景比较美的份上勉强给及格，故事和叙事真的是烂得一塌糊涂，网络大电影拍两小时，真的受不了，开屏倒是很吸引人，也就仅此而已
超出预期的一部。女孩子之间的相互救赎永远能打动我，有一条弹幕说“林音是严华自卑人生中的美梦一场”，于是她决定放弃自己的人生，延续她的生命。最后一场舞，她们两个一起跳完。
悬疑推理不够。背景年代感很足。摄影画面可以当桌面。新面孔演员颜值很高。
节奏有点不太适应，到后面才看懂，作为悬疑片不够刺激，作为文艺片又不够文艺，，
节奏有点不太适应，到后面才看懂，作为悬疑片不够刺激，作为文艺片又不够文艺，，
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