死神假期「英语已完结」是由米切尔·莱森导演、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主演的美国爱情、奇幻 电影。该影片上映于1934年剧情如下：
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)
HD5.8分 Bruce Penhall Chris Cannon,Mark Barriere Mark Austin,Suzi Simpson Becky Midnite,Tanquil Lisa Collins Ava Noble (as Tai Collins),
正片7.8分 威廉王子,Ian Stevenson
已完结7.3分 温兆伦,杨宝玲,李家声
HD中字6.4分 Loretta Young,George Brent
已完结6.9分 Tim Daly,Kevin Conroy,Summer Glau,Susan Eisenberg,Andre Braugher,Edward Asner
已完结8.0分
死神假期相关评论
设定、有的情节包括马奇演死神都挺吸引我的。总体来看有点单调。
迷人阴郁，倜傥儒雅，又萌又飒的死神，给我来一打！早已看穿最后死神认知人间的落脚点要放在“爱”的核心理念上，但是这个推进的过程，还是很多萌点和笑点，他的后知后觉尤其可爱，爱得很学术也很超脱～～PS：马奇真帅！
三星半。氛围很好，半隐的神秘和忧愁，出了不少金句，但总体有点平。
March的死神磕得我好爽|||私心认为这是最适合他的荧幕形象了，死神的庄严高贵冷酷神秘和魅惑的气息将他身上这种说不清楚的暗黑气质最大化了。
最喜欢的是开头，被撞到的路人醒了还在问先生要不要买花，接着找马
类似题材都难免流于烂俗 这部算是中规中矩的叙事派 不知是弗雷德里克的表演 还是他外表特有的黑色气质 让这个死神不那么肤浅刻意 像当初看他的化身博士一样 暗黑系绝对是我男神强项
片中死神和公主似乎没有太多的接触，但是恐怕是“孤独”共鸣让两人不知不觉的走到一起。虽然无畏死亡的爱情被渲染得很浪漫，但觉得人类面对那未知的“黑暗”可能只能剩下恐惧。以及很舞台剧式的表演其实挺配这剧情的，Fredric的死神就像大家说的“很好嗑”
I bound myself to life. And now I must bow to it. 台词真美 死神与少女题材，这部居然是罕见的HE
台词还是挺美的，正衬马奇动听的声音。他在镜头前也就像死亡和艺术品一般完满，就连双下巴都很美。当然，最爱他挑眉细思的模样。
台词好棒啊，就是结尾死神突然感慨“爱情最伟大”balabala有些破坏气氛……早知道死神长这样我就不怕鬼了（？）
马奇的死神略萌，有点他以前演化身博士的感觉。女主眼神飘得很，适合角色。
耻度太高，角色间的互动甚至比不上皮特版。最大优点是时间不长
莱森的镜头啊!!!!为什么最后死神披上黑袍独白那一幕 半个脑袋都在镜头外面，，，不能忍啊!!!
看过的最美的关于抑郁症患者的电影。
戏剧感很强，女主角神神叨叨的，就是属于生活幸福，但是一心求死的情绪病患者。也许我们应该相信：当她主动选择放弃生命的时候，她不是不爱这个世界和她身边的人了，但她是幸福的。
结局很美，现实残酷。。。
Fredric March角色对于恐惧与生命的思考很吸引我 阴影真的是阴影吗? 为何人们恐惧死亡与黑暗? 有些台词像古典诗句一般 提出的询问指向外部 最后回到自身 他有一种冷而优雅的气质 孤独 他来到这个世界 冲击了人们 重塑了死亡的概念 爱将会跨过界线
死神全年无休，讨厌上班，给自己放了个三天小长假，化作人形，去凡间走一趟，寻找美好事物，探究何为恐惧，被爱折磨，最终明白生命意义。喜欢这一设定，不禁联想起《模拟人生》作弊玩法，玩家苦苦钻研，如何与死神相爱，痴迷于终极浪漫。
3.5星，虽然舞台剧味道浓重但是演员们的表演都非常走心，马奇的口音真是魔幻。女主角云里雾里不知所谓的样子确实像是某种精神疾患者，用这样的方式去诠释她对人生的选择，不知道究竟是死神太有魅力还是死亡太有吸引力。PS相比新版还是更喜欢这个老版的结尾，颇有点爱伦坡浪漫入骨髓的风范。
3.5 有一天，死神在意大利扮作一个王子度假…… 这片竟然有好多好听的配乐！在那个年代真是不容易。
看完月城かなと的音乐剧，补电影，台词真美。 I shall hear your laughter in every wind that passes.I shall hear your footsteps wherever you are when our two worlds hold us apart. You're like the mystery that's just beyond sight and sound,always just beyond my reach,something that draws and frightens me. love is greater than illusion，and strong as death……
只要你够帅，死神都有人爱，马奇的喜剧天赋演起来有点萌
大学挚友跟我说过曾经很想排练这个剧本，是Meet Joe Black的原型，一直记得。终于有幸看到，真是每一句台词都好美，连看的是英文字幕都察觉不到！有时候根本想象不到原来慢慢地一本正经念台词的戏会如此美妙。
很有启发性，换个角度想，死神真的是很温柔呢，祂能让正在被疾病折磨的人解脱，能让兴奋而死的人记忆定格在快乐的时刻，假如没有死亡，不知多少人活在更痛苦的生活中
death度假随心所欲, love来的莫名其妙. 那时的单片眼镜是怎么戴上去的? 很多有趣的台词: state man Fate奇怪没有早点introduce us. Oldman . 拍肩膀for other reason.
4.9。《第六感生死缘》原版。原版的剧情要简单很多，不得不说翻拍版的剧情改动的很成功，几乎看不出原版的影子。原版最大的毛病就是在剧情上没有体现出死神的人格魅力，所以对于格兰西娅爱上死神这样的设定就会让人觉得很突兀，再加上影片对于两人的互动以及情感铺垫实在太少了，这样他们俩之间的爱情就显得很不实在，给人一种为了剧情而剧情的感觉，而翻拍版在两人的情感上做足了铺垫，这一点翻拍版就比原版做的要好很多。在他的三天假期中只是简单描述了他参加了舞会、看了戏以及去赌场赌博，这些戏份无聊乏味，完全没有用“死神”这个特殊身份而展现出一些独特的惊喜桥段。此外，影片风格太过舞台剧化了，剧情太简单，通篇都是人物对话。
March的气质和演技没得说，威严中带着初入人世的好奇，还有死神接着人类“前言”说着南辕北辙的“后语”带出的那种小喜感，最喜欢“我也碰过不少人的肩膀，不过可不是为了换舞伴。”~女主很明显打一开始就对死亡充满了憧憬，但最后影片非要把落脚点放到爱情上，就挺给前面那些关于生命、死亡的讨论拉胯的。
目测是根据舞台剧改编的，死神生前是莎剧演员吗？死神享受3天"凡人假期"，却爱上一位"小公主"，而小公主又对死亡文化很感冒，这个题材用79分钟的长度展现似乎远远不夠，情感剧需要的是细节，很多失败爱情剧就是细节处理失当，导致火花来的不自然。
love is greater than illusion…and strong as death.
这个片子……好像歌剧，特别是女主角的声音。