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)
关于成长和勇气的故事，一群大叔带着腼腆小学生开敞篷出去玩耍的场景太美好……总是努力假装成loser的耶鲁才子终于“战胜”了前女友和父亲，背负责任去纽约打拼，回头一看，睿智的查理舅舅仍然与世无争地每天在酒吧擦着杯子、和老友们相聚甚欢，百感交集之间回忆录就这样写成了…
佐藤泰志函馆系列。北海道的海太致郁了。东出渣男演的可真不错。
P.S. 你们怎么突然亲起来了…
生活中有太多的压力，所以我们都在有病和没病之间徘徊。
我承认是个不知所云的烂片，可有些桥段难免让我共鸣。毕业、人生失去目标、对一个人的执着迷恋和依赖……默默等待这些消失在人生大背景里
编剧得特别绞尽脑汁才可以梳理明白这里面的逻辑的～
情绪流。不知道该做什么的时候，总之先跑步吧、总之先滑板吧、总之先放烟花吧、总之先试着活下去吧。空地上的圆木等待被越过，马路边的赤狐等待被偶遇，而“我”在等待什么呢?也许有投射本人的亲身经历与感情，东出太适合这种颓丧无依的角色。作为妻役的奈绪，从“忍耐”到“放弃”的过程，尤其那一句“我们为什么会变成这样?”足够令人心疼，最后开车阳光洒在她脸上的那刻，却又觉得她内心深处还是坚信着“hikari（光）”与“nozomi(
就想杀人有时也没有理由一样
对于国产电影来说，做的太好了。小成本电影，拍摄的不错，氛围营造的也可以，演员演技在线，真的挺好。瑕疵就是剧本结束的太草率了，其实整片留下的疑点还是有点的，但是最后结束的有点意外，看似给了女主一个完美的结局，其实并不好，没有这个必要。如果剧情能再到位一点，再有更多的细节呼应，可以向神作靠齐了，可惜还是差点火候，值得鼓励！8.3分。
很有意思的一部电影，脑洞挺大，特别是中间拉绳去一个个空间探索的片段挺有意思，人物也饱满，期待郑雷老师以后能拍更多电影。
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“上学、交朋友、谈个恋爱，再找份工作，组建家庭，普普通通地生活。”
才发现这些作品的编剧佐藤泰志就像银幕上的角色，自我预测的应验——结束了自己的生命。
虽然借鉴痕迹很重，但故事完成度还是比较高的，可惜男主表演不太到位，整部戏都木口木面在念台词，氛围也没有慧星来的那一夜好。
又是那种致郁系故事，从大城市逃离的东出代表了一大批被都市生活压得喘不过气的群体，他们集体患上了表象或隐性的病症，变得不再关心周围人，伤害其实是不断扩散的，你被环境所伤，回过头又会伤害至亲，所以奈绪那个角色更让人心疼。高中生那条线略显刻意了，喜欢三个人跑步的段落，一言不发的默契，就像知道彼此都是边缘人，只有奋力跑一个目标，不做他想。
片子还行，节奏不够紧凑，稍有点拖沓，不是很能抓人眼球，有些地方的逻辑也不是很说得通，很多地方可以展开说没有展开，不该太花时间的地方又花费太多片长。但在国产片里来说，算得上是佳作了，景色拍得很美，演员不是帅哥美女但是耐看，有些地方颇有点耐人寻味，值得二刷发现更多细节，小成本拍出了一套好戏。希望国产片还会有更多类似的好作品，不再是满目垃圾脑残片的天下。打四分，零点五分是鼓励分。
不难看，东出昌大演得不错，喜欢跟少年一块跑步那段：我最近都没有练篮球；我最近也没有工作。跑步好像还蛮治愈的？
片尾ost...欲言又止的郁静之安宁
看完好想跑步是真的。上一部看完产生这种感觉的是MIU404。
你在饭桌上问我幸福吗，我笑着摇了摇头。好像在这座北部的小城，只有不停地奔跑，才是活着的全部价值。清冷疏离的函馆，还藏着多少孤独的灵魂，亦或者受伤的心，才会让它拥有属于这座城市的表情。他们散落在各处，像没有明天那样的活着，劲吹不止的寒风也没能阻挡他纵身跃下深海的决意，腾空绽开的花火也没停下他跑入暗夜的脚步。
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