死神假期
890
10.0
已完结
死神假期
10.0
更新时间:2025年04月17日
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
简介: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)
2440
1934
死神假期
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
八两金
265
10.0
正片
八两金
10.0
更新时间:08月06日
主演:洪金宝,张艾嘉,谢伟雄,顾辉
简介:张婉婷“移民三部曲”之一,时间背景为中国大陆改革开放初期。  猴子(洪金宝)文革期间一声不吭离别家乡汕头台山偷渡赴美,立誓再也不回中国。16年来,他凭着中国人特有的小聪明和吃苦耐劳兢兢业业地做着的士司机,可是攒下的积蓄却是有限,不过身体倒是发福不少。熬不住思乡之苦下决心回乡时,他向伙伴借下八两金(金手表、金项链),又买大大小小物件若干好“衣锦还乡”。归家途中遭遇小波折,他借录“遗声”表达对父母、小妹的愧疚。  到家猴子发现父母陪小妹去了乡下偷生政策不许的第二胎,在今成妹夫的儿时玩伴的陪同下,他见到童年时的拌嘴表妹乌嘴婆(张艾嘉),后者像其时的许多广东人一样想去香港或美国,不过比他们幸运的是,她已拿到赴美的“签证”——未来的husband在纽约唐人街开有一家餐馆,来年春天会接她赴美,不久猴子与携弟弟的乌嘴婆一起回到乡下。与父母、小妹话过相思之苦,猴子像许多多年不曾归乡的归乡客一样,被中国特有的世故人情害得哑巴吃黄连。  猴子与乌嘴婆相处初期,讲话不忘夹带半生不熟的英文单词的乌嘴婆沉浸在对美国生活的浪漫幻想中,猴子不时泼去冷水,随着接触的深入,两人慢慢生出爱情,乌嘴婆渐渐不再提她的美国梦,但她的未来之路早已铺好,而猴子也在父母的安排下开始了相亲之旅。
5330
1989
八两金
主演:洪金宝,张艾嘉,谢伟雄,顾辉
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