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)
“This is the last tear you will shed in weakness.”
将近两年前标记的，实在是不喜欢，像罗伯特的维京学毕业论文。
太可惜没有办法在影院中真正/正确地体验这部片子，是绝对有五星潜力的，艾格斯是少数几位不在乎任何艺术妥协的导演之一，他讲的不是一个现代人眼中的历史故事，而是一个古老的世界中一个现在的故事，构建了一个真正的异世界。
目睹男主从复仇到被老母亲弄得三观全毁直到大厦崩塌，再到为了下一代复仇的全过程，各类死法很原始，汉尼拔看了连连叫好（不死之剑🗡貌似不太行
最喜欢开篇部分，对话中诗一样的台词，太新颖了，气势恢弘，加之史诗题材，气质拿捏太绝了，太有风骨了。但一到复仇一段，就变成了好莱坞式的沧桑史诗与意乱情迷，太可惜了。最喜欢的是那句，命运是写好的，无论如何不要恐惧。哪有什么蛊惑，自己选择的命运罢了。巫师的骂名就跟美人祸国一样，无能者的托辞。
还是更喜欢钛。作为被柯南伯格启蒙过“新身体新人类”的自来水看到汗毛林林的个人风格再现时还是要倒吸一口冷气！
经历了期待、失望、惊喜，没去电影院观看不遗憾，一是因为台词难理解，即使加了字幕，逻辑上也自成一体，有时需要暂停反复品，二是电影太性感比较私人体验。
实不相瞒 觉得很好看！充满阳刚 野性 原始和神秘气息。晦涩又让人欲罢不能。这才叫电影 比隔壁那个妈的多元宇宙好看太多！艺术造诣高下立见啊！
影像与配乐都充满凝重的仪式感，叙事必定会是古典化的，罗伯特艾格斯为王子复仇记增添了维京人的原始、血性与神性，成本的上升也让艾格斯有条件发挥一下自己的长镜头调度水平
所有东西都很顺，没什么特别不满意的。器材技术发展了，就都用自然光拍摄了，从《最后的决斗》到本片都是如此。调色和控镜令人回想起当年看《斯巴达300勇士》的感受，希望导演将来不要堕落成为下一个扎导（必然不会）。然后故事本身嘛，请别对标动画版《狮子王》和《王子复仇记》，那些都太文雅了，请对标州长试水之作《野蛮人柯南》。本片还令人更怀念《蛇之拥抱》，将人类学转化为视听猎奇。
北欧人非常好：1.人在电影中从属于自然，静止的远近拍摄自然，人物的战斗和动作用中景，特写交代角色情感，摄影所传递的力量与神秘感，血腥与虔诚的质感，让人身临其境，美学造诣很高； 2.Amleth从来就没有逃脱过宿命，多神的北欧信仰表现的很恰当，与《绿骑士》中最终选择勇气、直面死亡的高文一样，Amleth选择复仇，即死在战斗中，这样的宿命论剧本除了以强大的视觉和沉稳的节奏来拍，我不知道还能如何拍的更好；3.渡鸦和奥丁，英灵殿和女武神，如果真的相信这些，人确实可以为了杀敌而生存，古老的北欧信仰是迷人的，维京人最后被基督教同化的命运如Amleth的宿命一般无法避免，最终指向毁灭的教义在结尾被拍成了飞升，没有任何信仰的明朝人可能不能理解，这个世界并不是人类说的算的，9世纪的北欧不是，现在也不是。
按部就班的北欧血腥迷幻版王子复仇记，人物都仿佛毫无感情的脸谱化的提线木偶，除了大型展示恶劣生存环境下黑暗时代文明边缘的残忍之外想不出有什么别的意义了。
如同毕赣，第三部终于迎来了大制作，却失去了之前的韵味。
玩过《刺客信条：英灵殿》，倍感亲切。
一般般，PS：我要是反派，一定先把对手的手脚都剁了然后再磨叽
影片里展示出来的原始又直接的身体手术又何尝不是另一种形式的赛博朋克？这种话题毫无疑问跟进着时代，但柯南伯格这次的处理方式相比我之前看他的电影真的是天差之别。他把宏大的世界观和探讨内容用大段大段的对白一下子抛给观众思考，又弱化对故事性和影像本身他主题的匹配，看起来真没有意思。同样是用独特另类的方式讨论社会性的话题，《未来罪行》跟之前一众柯式电影相比缺少了一些有趣。
野蛮人复仇记，两手空空扮猪吃虎的过程还是挺过瘾的
导演把肌肉、刀锋、血腥融入到一个莎翁剧中，用他擅长的宗教议题（命运女神、女武神与王国命运），引入运动镜头、旋转镜头、迷雾等把几个单一话剧舞台（远景定格）串联，带来感官式正剧。不错，这年头拍正剧的人太少了，能拉到中型投资不容易。比最后的决斗好，完整且处理女性的方式不楞，但内核过于简单，可能并不讨喜。还喜欢几次夜景的处理方式，尤其是直拍夜景或简单调色，想起了《白鲸记》
三星半。第三幕与结尾的平淡摧毁了观众的观影期待。创意概念和视觉奇观还是蛮柯南伯格的。舞台剧的场景表演有种似有似无的形式感，使得演员都较好的抓住了表演状态。但特意的去深刻解读这类片子会比较心累。
导演，你为什么要拍一部这样的电影？？？是很闲么？虽然是两个多小时，但我的时间也不是大风刮来的啊。
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