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)
“天色尚早，但很快就会暗下来，趁着白日漫漫，我们一起去散步吧。”和drive my car相似的结构但是不一样的生活，我喜欢看起来开心的电影。
六星，年度十选。一场即兴的奇遇速写，宛如落地即化的春雪，洪一直在为影像做减法，为结构做加法，本着具体细微的态度拉进现实与虚构的距离，难以捉摸的细琐日常似乎注定要以百般的自我投涉收场。人物的话语各带自谦地吐露着意识的方向，有瑕疵的经验过往依附于关照客体的感动。简单的手语在重复演绎过后弥散着无声的高雅，餐厅外驻足凝视的小女孩释放着纯然的天性，而稍显仓促的电影企划则意外架起了现实与虚构的桥梁，在受疫情影响的影院内，一种沉浸式的纯粹表演溢出银幕，由处在摄影机前的金敏喜为影片镀上色彩。
看完以后倒也没什么感触只想说，洪常秀这个老家伙不愧是你
看完预告片的我：被预告片里突然的笑声震住了。这是种怎样的魔法！
洪尚秀近年拍的都是这种路子。几乎不讲故事了。金敏喜的演技和颜值一如既往赏心悦目。
其实前面真的还是挺重复的。习以为常的故事。但是那个结尾，太浪漫了。好像这次没有人再对着金敏喜直接说你可真美啊这样的话。但是那个结尾，每一个镜头都在说你可真美啊。她独自哼唱着结婚进行曲，仿佛那就是他们两人的婚礼。所谓小说家的电影，就是他们的爱情电影吧。我爱你！我爱你！
拍一部电影 ❌
装作不在乎别人看法出轨在一起，其实心里在意的要死每个电影都在给自己洗白，不是很喜欢这种别扭的人，跟侯麦真的差远了
『 7.0 字幕结束，小说家的电影和洪的电影都没有结束（那段我爱你的掌镜严重怀疑是洪本人）』
就爱吃洪尚秀电影里吃饭喝酒聊天谈情说爱那一套。
后面转为彩色，就有种走入现实的感觉，在洪导镜头下，金敏喜实在很美，那发自内心的喜悦，不知道还以为这是他俩结婚时播得一些纪录片段……
私心五星，献给真正的爱情。
尽管曾经只有过一夜春光，大胡子诗人才是小说家的创作灵感吧，不然在酒桌上一直制止人家剧透干嘛呢，各有各的脑回路，各有各的故事，小说家的故事难道长在诗人大脑里！
是不需要任何介质就能进入的，舍弃了视觉元素的表面构造之后，文本和结构也不再重要，从黑白到彩色再回到黑白暗合了现实和影像的冲击，都在一念之间。好久以前就在说，永远是爱人的镜头最能捕捉到好看的脸，印象里从来没有见过如此温柔的洪，这注定是一部会被每个人赋予私人意义的电影，是我的冬日动物园了
没看过之前电影的我只能以无聊来评价，没有任何故事性
本来有很多想评说的最后决定不说 然后看见页面短评里九苍说的基本涵盖 下面他长评就懒得看了 确实是《引见》B面 但相比《引见》这部更加是我本也想拍但完全还没开始设想清楚的一部电影
在酒桌上睡去，在电影院里醒来。片尾字幕已经浮现，金敏喜还在梦中。元电影。
洪导的电影虽然多数我也都很喜欢，但这部真的是洪导最近这几年最牛的一部
just一些导演自己的爱的表达 感谢豆友的翻译
《小说家的电影》过“曝”的洪常秀电影，聊了四场天，兜了一个圈，拍成了一部片。
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