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:

  • 喜雨竹 6小时前 :

    老一辈电影人真是帅啊,永远记着那句:同志们,永别了。我想念你们。

  • 夕尔容 3小时前 :

    修复版能不能多排片啊,想看(⊙o⊙) 孙道临老师是真帅啊( ⊙ o ⊙ )啊!

  • 员幻珊 3小时前 :

    取材于真实故事,没有枪林弹雨照样是血雨腥风的战场,向那些隐姓埋名做地下工作的烈士们致敬。

  • 孔善芳 2小时前 :

    “同志们,永别了,我想念你们”

  • 厉阳飇 0小时前 :

    没看过原版,我还挺喜欢这个彩版的,本来就是私人偏好的事,不知怎么就成某些人嘴里的“悲剧”了。除了上色外,声画修复工作才是重点,都特别好!完美展现中国古典之美,就像一汪清水。

  • 单于启颜 7小时前 :

    取材于真实故事,没有枪林弹雨照样是血雨腥风的战场,向那些隐姓埋名做地下工作的烈士们致敬。

  • 延正志 3小时前 :

    2021补,上4K彩色修复版了!

  • 摩晓蕾 0小时前 :

    能在片中正义凌然地说出“因为我是中国人!”而不显得浮华,真的是很有魅力的时代影片。

  • 彦梦 7小时前 :

    不论镜头语言还是表演,不论是当时的电影环境还是现在都是经典!

  • 席婷然 4小时前 :

    将近三个小时全是战争场面,让人视觉疲劳,没有第一部火车上看长城那种美得动人心魄的神来之笔,本质上就是在看徐克的武侠片,最后结尾两兄弟的对话是最感动的地方,结果被突兀又难听的片尾曲吓了一跳,这歌太减分了。

  • 卫京光 1小时前 :

    孙道临的气质发挥得淋漓尽致,王心刚的客串也让人惊艳啊。

  • 叶昂然 1小时前 :

    虽然有当时那个年代浓厚的zz宣传意味,不过比起现在通过字幕强行升华主题精神打鸡血尬喊口号的主旋律真是好太多,人物形象足够鲜明,平直的叙事也同样烘托着先人们的默默付出,直到最后那句“同志们永别了”才有轻轻地一击直打内心,敬佩之心方才油然而生。但也不得不说,这也是只属于那个时代特别的艺术表现形式,若然放到现代,必是不被大部分人所接受并喜爱的。

  • 岳鸿煊 3小时前 :

    感受了一次爱国主义教育,那么糟糕的画质里我竟然看到了男女主之间浓浓的爱,女主第一次看男主发电报的时候那崇拜的目光特别打动人,还有女反派的配音听起来特别有感觉。

  • 奈丽泽 8小时前 :

    ——向尊重历史的上色师、修复师傅们,致敬!

  • 严秀梅 0小时前 :

    影院看了高清彩色修复版。回忆起小时候在电视上扫到过的黑白版本的片尾,基调很不同。

  • 师初雪 2小时前 :

    易烊千玺很出彩

  • 彦梦 3小时前 :

    被捕前孙道临发报的特写,成为地下党员的经典写照。

  • 依初南 2小时前 :

    在微博的历史bot上看到的故事,深受震撼,原来早已有电影。人物表演可以说相当脸谱化,但那个时期的电影都这个风格,好几个镜头转场时我都想到,如果是60年代的好莱坞电影估计也拍得差不多。英雄的牛逼全靠敌人衬托,姚伟说“点划清晰,间隔分明,好像一汪清水”,女特务说“共产党知道得好详细、好生动哇”,配合戏剧化的表演,隐隐好笑。结尾收得干脆利落又感人至深:“永别了,朋友们,我想念你们”。新中国的建立经历了太多流血,向牺牲奉献的英烈们致敬。

  • 奇文德 6小时前 :

    今天在电影院看完修复版,能浓厚地感受到导演对英雄、对共产主义崇高的敬意。影片中的平行蒙太奇运用得相当成熟,不同于“最后一分钟营救”,最后当面发电报那种视死如归的样子让人动容。

  • 多晨曦 2小时前 :

    #经典老电影# 李侠夫妇假扮夫妻潜入上海,利用商人身份把地下党得到的情报利用电台发出去,从抗日战争一直坚持到解放战争的前夕,最后暴露身份为国捐躯。“同志们,永别了,我想念你们。”#孙道临##袁霞##王心刚##袁丽珠#

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