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)
黑人痛难，黑人受到的压迫，人人不否认，我同情并支持着黑人的解放运动。 但是，注意！但是，黑人正确、黑人万能慈爱这些傻逼白左思想盛典，就省省吧，滚远点吧，在我神州华夏，就别胡说八道了，回你大洋彼岸自己玩黑命贵去吧！人人生而平等！平等！任何不平等就是犯罪！
普通的青春片吧，其实和金属没啥关系，把金属换成其他爱好这电影都成立，甚至更好。另外，不是所有搞金属的人脑子都有病。
凯文真是个温柔的小天使，敲鼓时头发乱舞时好帅啊，最后的乐队大战曲目简直燃爆
为何豆瓣没有男主演Thabo Rametsi的词条？
年轻人玩重金属 感觉上就是一个会被欺负霸凌然后躲在角落里发泄的样子，没想到节奏感还蛮强的
挺多共鸣的地方，也想起了好朋友。但更多是突兀和套路剧情。 考虑到老少咸宜，行吧。
Fuck we rip it! A teen film with all those cliché, but it still hit me. 长发Hunter真的美啊！
笑点和燃点都在最后的battle of band上
还是重金属音乐好听，没事刺激刺激还可以，年龄大了不能老刺激🎶
故事俗套，男二基本就是照着奶哥弄得，男主毫无个人性格，女主还可以，停车场那段非常可爱，最后演出那段还可以。
毫无新鲜度，一眼望到头，类比摇滚学校，但更尬，还缺少了功夫熊猫那种人格魅力。一个半小时的内容比不上皮囊第五季第二集45分钟刻画的金属党生动有趣。大佬客串算有点惊喜，大提琴替贝斯算有点巧思(@Apocalyptica)，其他的就看一乐，可用作入门，金属党不会喜欢。另外金属电影里好像都喜欢把黑金用在主角最低谷时的发泄或堕落，想通了就不玩了，这样多了似乎对黑金有一丝偏见
货不对版啊，玩死金的画什么尸脸啊，就还是换皮的美式校园剧，加了点金属元素。初入坑的可以一看
看完才知道是真实事件改编，南非第一位黑人总统曼德拉上位前搞得黑人运动，被捕，手下的小弟们还在积极搞着“恐怖袭击”以求黑人被公平对待。在一次秘密行动被同伙泄露，失败逃亡的路上，阴差阳错的躲到了银行并劫持了人质。有一些小伏笔，司法部长女儿和黑人血统却装白人的女士，都深刻解释了他们为什么这么做，很深刻。
这不太像是金属的反抗精神，倒像是青春期的叛逆。不过最后的比赛曲确实挺炸，提琴竟然拉出了一种类似马头琴的杀气。
音乐+喜剧+重金属，how can I miss u ? 片子其实只有6~7分左右的水平，但是观影让我回忆起了很多事情——商业街的打口盘、擦身而过的乐队、面子问题扔掉的乐团、对我帮助颇深的几位老师……well，任性一次，给4星致那些错过的岁月，谁还不是个rocker ！Rock'n'roll ！！！
小朋友们演的还不错，懂heavy metal的会有各种OG致敬，不懂的当知识扫盲，也许也会爱上。
还挺励志的。有4个大咖客串意外惊喜。歌很好听。
在Metallica的丧钟响起前一直处于要睡着的观影状态
其实要论丧事喜办美国电影算是集大成者了。里面其实挺多负面的社会问题。随便一个在国内都是头条式的，这里面硬是给你解构了。
拍得不错。一看就放不下，二个多小时不知不觉就过去了。自由，无论肤色，无论立场。
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