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)
双视角还蛮有意思的，仿佛解迷。奈绪好美啊，高桥在这里面演得让人失望。
我们何尝不会老去，在那个时候，我们可能就会成为珍珠对玛克辛说的那样：你终将会成为我这样。
有略微感受到那种悲伤的爱情，是日本特有拧巴的感情，那没用的"徒劳"感有传递到，但可能跟大段的独白关系很大，而且最后脑中电影去揭秘的部分却有种氛围上的破功。节奏比较慢，支撑我看下去的是奈绪的美丽和高桥一生的阴郁气质。
难得看到90分钟的日影~ 川端康成的故事原来这么哀伤 如果不是高桥一生和奈绪的话应该不会看这样的电影~ 高桥一生的角色是一个线索人物 着重讲述的其实是奈绪扮演的艺伎的故事 贫苦人家的女儿经历了卖身赎身 又尝尽了初恋的坎坷和背叛 实在是悲哀得很~ 不得不说奈绪的气质非常契合角色 含泪的眼睛给全片注入了灵魂 高桥一生外冷内热的特质也将角色诠释得很好~ 可惜影片不是自己喜欢的风格哈~
湖边黑影究竟是人是鬼？
一共700多頁的原著濃縮成兩個多小時的電影，導演把觀眾想看的都留下來了：土方近藤總司三人的牽絆、土方和お雪的牽絆、松平容保的無可奈何和幕末的動盪刻。但對於歷史愛好者而言可能還是不夠深刻，受限於時長的關係，有點流水帳了。值得一提的是電影開頭的石板路是有意義的，要看到最後才知道。五星給三人組、松平容保和山崎烝。
雪国，一个“山沟沟”的地方，“我”在此邂逅了一段“徒劳”的爱情，也被套娃式地卷入了她的那段难以启齿的爱情中。可是，雪终将消融——世间好物不坚牢，彩云易散琉璃脆——正如这段萍水相逢的露水.夫.妻.式的恋情。
没看过原著，男主表情有点出戏，从多个角度（男主、女主、女主日记）叙述故事的方式很有意思
7080年代、德州、原教旨主义，这些关键词已足够拍个很好看的古早味（或改良的）惊悚片。这片开头不错，但中间开始整个跑偏，给人一种送分题都能答错之感。
我同意老年人床戏才是本片最恐怖的地方，不过这个主题其实还挺现实的呀。
驹子不得不为了生计和医治没有婚约的爱人去做艺伎，再忙也要去岛村那儿逛一圈，然而恩客、爱人、老师都相继离去，而岛村终究不是会长久留在雪国的旅客。敏感的叶子最终也死在火场，一切都会有好结果么？都只是虚妄的徒劳么？ | 黑白灰的雪国景色很美。| 根据川端康成的同名小说改编
受不了😓 物化女性?
反恐怖片。一种新情态洗刷下的秽暗时代意象重构，通过倒(正)置性欲与屠杀在“电影”中的比重和定位完成对意大利电影侵略后老去的清教情结的怜悯和回望。铅黄色黎明之后，里根时代也到来了。
爱人甚多，得失且过。
A24三件宝：诡异的动物，爆掉的脑袋和衰老的肉体。
高桥怎么气质越发猥琐了。
没看懂的电影，我的水平好低Σ(ŎдŎ|||)ﾉﾉ
看着橘色灯下飞蛾视死如归的劲头，觉着深深的徒劳，那我们平日的执着又何尝不是另一种莫名的徒劳呢？人呐，正因如此才在这黑白世间绽放出艳丽的色彩啊…
高桥这个造型就总是全程想起太宰治，故事虽说是讲清楚了，但总觉得是差点什么
驹子喜欢岛村，啊原来有喜欢行男，啊原来有喜欢叶子
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