死神假期

8.4

主演:弗雷德里克·马奇,伊夫琳·维纳布尔,盖伊·斯坦丁,凯瑟琳·亚历山大,吉尔·帕特里克,凯瑟琳·霍华德,肯特·泰勒,亨利·崔佛斯,G·P·亨特利,莫洛尼·奥尔森,赫克托·萨尔诺,菲利普斯·斯莫利,Helen Westley,Anna De Linsky,Otto Hoffman,Frank Yaconelli

导演:詹妮库珀,WayneFoskett,哈维·费斯特恩

剧情介绍

《死神假期》影片介绍: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)... 详情

猜你喜欢

影片评论

  • 杨凡原航:刚刚
    2012年在高圆圆、姚晨、赵又廷、王珞丹主演的剧情片中担任导演和编剧,并凭借该片获得第4届中国影协杯“特别表彰优秀剧本”奖 。
  • 秒年一天:7分钟前
    ② 有一部电影讲的是朝鲜攻打美国本土(我个人是绝对不信的)是美国人拍的,叫什么战争。求电影名字。
  • 学渣废人:6分钟前
    其实他们都卡壳非常的严格,特别是有一些演员的话,他从来都不找替身演员。
  • 春秋集:1分钟前
    『肆』 长沙中影今典国际影城(也就是雨花亭沃尔玛里面的那个电影院),饥饿游戏3在那里的电影票要多少钱
  • 亘古第一魔:6分钟前
    “暇有钙人甚褒至写买来求爱痹信,慧还扳有涣寻嘎亲言信杜说绳:哄”芒我丢只了抡一个侥妹妹,没想到这个妹琉妹伎就是你谈。
  • 平心儿:1小时前
    1999年温丝蕾接了一些带有异国情调的角色:在中饰演一个1960年代的年轻单亲妈妈,与女儿旅行横越摩洛哥;以及中的澳洲女子在印度旅行的经验。
  • 猪怜碧荷:8小时前
    正是在合作期间,林正英与陈会毅能很好地完成李小龙要求的动作,配合默契,陈擅长上靶(功夫片里打人的一方)、林擅长下靶(功夫片里被打的一方),成为了李小龙的左膀右臂。
  • 火到星空深处:2小时前
    显然我的表现一塌糊涂,此后顾老师就不敢再让我做与节奏相关的任何工作。
  • 寄语:2小时前
    另外,关于设置罗斯福这个角色,莱诺恩说:“我们要美国前总统罗斯福作片中的另一个主要角色,是因为你站在纽约自然历史博物馆,会感觉到这个人的精神在那里。
  • 维呓语:1天前
    导演希望通过该片透视20世纪80年代罗马尼亚的社会生活,并呈现在堕胎法令的重压之下,人们在生活中处处妥协的态度。

百度地图搜狗蜘蛛360蜘蛛神马地图

Copyright ©2024