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)
上世纪八十年代的那不勒斯，马拉多纳的神来之笔，既密切相关又游离其中。大家庭的聚会有多热闹、荒唐，后续就来的多悲痛、怆然，虚实结合间，少年看似漫长又倏然地成长着。
故事根本就说不通也就算了，整个价值观几乎就是喂屎，就一种"你看啊智能社会孩子都这样了都怪开发设备的公司，大家按我的生活方式来准没错"的感受。
1.又是一部画风很可爱的简单小故事，适合小孩子看。特别喜欢的一段是，巴尼与罗恩跑入森林嬉戏玩耍，是欧美儿童的童年了，很夏天很自由很美好。2.任何关系都需要双向奔赴，亲情爱情友情都是。另外从影片引发一个疑问，现在互联网时代出现了很多社恐，很难想象机器泛滥的未来世界我们要如何真实的社交。
索伦蒂诺的私人影像，这是属于他的《痛苦与荣耀》。关于成长和前行，关于与过去和解，关于找寻自我和接受自我，那不勒斯少年悲喜交加的成长回忆构成了故事的基础。对我来说，除了引用的费里尼的那句话，好像没有其他让我印象更为深刻的记忆点了。(摄影和构图都极为出色。
'- Do I have to like the path you like？-No . ' Ron好可怜 Barney更可怜 剧情很Disney 很不Pixar 机房那段直接梦回inside out / 个人数据都被正大光明收集了 结果没人恐慌 都在忙着找朋友 我是无法理解
前半段的那不勒斯美丽传说，是关于电影、足球和美丽的胴体的男生懵懂青春。
实在太套路了，前面台词也挺尬的。 6/10
工业体系、技术思辨、普世价值与人文关怀的有机统一，不佩服不行。
很简单的故事但做的很生动很有趣。没有开箱即用的朋友，没有不劳而获的感情，罗恩是巴尼培育出的交友方法与真心，连上网络为朋友upload&share才真正摆脱了单机人生。（你有0.85个朋友…你有0.7个朋友……你有0.2个朋友……哈哈哈哈笑死(emm突然发现好像一语成谶了)）马克这条线没怎么发挥，只沦为了后援工具人（也是为了技术的无用？毕竟代码都被闲置了）。
我真的好喜欢这个设定啊，为交友而生的B-Bot变成了每个人孤独的屏障，是资本为了钱去讨好用户的结果。
挺讽刺的，都什么年代了，竟然还要靠AI来社交，已经内卷到这种程度，这样才是怪胎频出的世界。男主唯一正常人，虽然社恐但众人皆知，接着又遇上了唯一的朋友，也同样拥有缺陷及不入流的机器人，最后还得靠他俩改变这个畸形社会，才会发现其实每个人都很孤独，他们表面是充满着自信，傲慢与偏见，实则内心都渴望得到关注，整体风格很像《失控玩家》与《头号玩家》的内核，主旨都是人工智能的出现是帮助人类进步，而不是被取代最后沉沦，当然人工智能也有自己的想法，这样才是人类与AI前进的双向奔赴
友谊双向道安全隐患儿童赛博天网崛起，it pooped me
男主失去了机器人，为啥不再搞一个（代码不是还在吗）？这样朋友的友谊和机器人可以一起get啊！？顺便说最大的败笔是男主觉得荣才是机器人好朋友，就把所有机器人升级成荣这样的，有没有问过别人也想要这样的机器人？只能说动画主题不错，但是不能细抠
深受费里尼的影响，这个那不勒斯很美，但少了一些甜蜜的滋味。很喜欢索伦蒂诺最开始半小时的人物群像，非常有趣，真是刻画人物群像的值得学习的范例。马拉多纳的马岛战争，就是我们失去了往日荣辉，却依然不能丢失尊贵的灵魂。可能这是索伦蒂诺对于意大利的，对于电影的或者自己的一种感伤。相对于《绝美之城》的宏大，想要用最经典的第一人称视角撑死的整个叙事还是不够有厚度，让人不得不觉得这个美丽的意大利也远不是我们曾向往的那个意大利了。
好几个瞬间都觉得导演太有才了！自传色彩很浓。
立意挺好的～社交的尽头是in person。
好久没看过这么完整这么有趣这么感动的动画了！充满了生机和能量
岁数大了确实看个wholesome点的故事都能爆哭。最后大团圆结局还是kids friendly啦，改名叫“仿生朋友也会怕黑”差不多。新年初始是需要点这种upbeat动画来打打气的了。
文艺片，不讲究剧情，是一种情绪。体味到少年被巨大悲痛击中之后，巨大到情绪都不知道作何反馈的懵逼状态。城市的记忆与少年的成长捆绑在一起。2022年春节期间观影记录。
结局有些难过…Absalom的Ron存在于每个小白中，又哪个都不是他。
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