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)
跟花束对比还是差了一些
给分数骗了，怎这么高分，不是很对我口味，主要表现在剪辑回叙
就跟片名一样 导演想要的很少 叙述也全是碎片化的 但是你看完一定会时不时想起夜游水族馆和巷口伴着流浪汉的琴声而起的双人舞 “用眼睛咂嘴”未必不比“摇摇晃晃的电车”更生动浪漫 恋爱的结束并不总是有告别的正式的 也许就结束在对方失联几个星期时 也许就结束在看到别人送他生日礼物时 可结束了又怎样呢 夜车继续开 永濑正敏继续他无休止的等待 夜晚总是值得的 贾木许如是说
好像讲了些什么，又好像没有，生活就是这样平淡中透着一点温馨，这种风格我喜欢
稍微想起，今天是你的生日，那天也是。
作为近年来最优秀的华语青春片，《盛夏未来》有着一切优质青春片该有的样子，主角们的青春活力、勇敢无畏、困惑与迷茫、家庭的不美满，更重要的当然还有成长。电影也没有落入两位年轻的两位主角爱得死去活来的俗套，而是在一种暧昧又欢愉的气氛下戛然而止，给观众更多的遐想空间。张子枫与吴磊CP感十足， 最萌身高差下的化学反应不难从影片前半程观众们的欢笑声中发掘。郝蕾饰演的陈辰母亲，作为一个并不讨巧的角色，非常完美的演绎了母女间巨大的沟通隔膜以及背后母爱的伟大。
以生日为节点倒叙，前半段太闷了，最后几分钟很上劲儿
二刷
想看舞剧，想吃日料，想吃蛋糕，想去海洋馆，想恋爱
日本人真的好喜欢拍这样的爱情片，可无论看多少都看不腻也，那种平淡的可回忆起来又带着无限感情和思念，过去了就是过去了，可回忆还在，回忆里那份喜欢和当时的心境也还在。最后总会迎来新的朝霞
倒叙式的讲故事 从分手讲到相爱 挺有趣的 在巷子里跳舞 在没人的水族馆里看鱼 都好浪漫啊
看评论一众拿来和花束比较的，可是真的被花束甩十条街
看到街边拥吻的恋人，我想起你；看到电影里的出租车司机，我想起你；房间的角落里找到你送我的礼物，我想起你……明明都只是稍微想起了一些，却足以拼凑出一场失败的恋情。
后劲十足，所以说恋爱就是这种说不清道不明的关系，就连结束也是戛然而止。只是在深夜或失眠的凌晨，会突然想起一些。
虽然但是，可能爱情还是一种美好的存在吧。看这部电影确实能代入的感受到一些，挺不错的
有昭和平成令和三个时代的气息，以及前疫情和后疫情时代的气息。伊藤丽莎特别自然舒服，她的脸和气质很奇特，有的时候非常小女生，有的时候会非常忧伤颓丧，但两种气质散发的都很自然。永濑正敏的个人气质和角色设置真的太贾木许了。后劲余味很足，看完很伤神，“稍微想起一些”是现代人的情爱方式，浅浅的，回忆和回忆的方式都挺黯然的。此情可待成追忆 ，只是当时已惘然。
一段感情不知何时开始，却记得何时结束。从慢慢的喜欢，到果断的决绝。分手后我会回忆我们在一起的日子，但渐渐的我只能想起一些。
就跟片名一样 导演想要的很少 叙述也全是碎片化的 但是你看完一定会时不时想起夜游水族馆和巷口伴着流浪汉的琴声而起的双人舞 “用眼睛咂嘴”未必不比“摇摇晃晃的电车”更生动浪漫 恋爱的结束并不总是有告别的正式的 也许就结束在对方失联几个星期时 也许就结束在看到别人送他生日礼物时 可结束了又怎样呢 夜车继续开 永濑正敏继续他无休止的等待 夜晚总是值得的 贾木许如是说
名字绝了，“稍微想起一些”，那些共同的习惯会遗忘一些也会延续一些，那些浪漫热烈和无奈执拗也会在某些特定的时刻或特殊的场景想起一些，也只是稍微想起一些
看完想起一句“还是觉得相遇太美好” 能在7.26打开它一定也是冥冥中注定的
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