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)
穿越平行空间之我到底要不要杀不杀我自己。完成度很高，看完还是挺惊喜的。
平行世界 同心圆 一个涟漪会泛起更大的涟漪
用《彗星来的那一夜》创意做了个较通俗易懂的版本，森林背景很好，镜头下的大兴安岭有种迷失的悬疑感，开放式结局，两版解读也不错，开场没多久就抛出平行空间概念挺突兀的，这在中国应该是先怀疑遇到鬼打墙才合理吧。
场景都很美，但是没有《彗星来的那一夜》拍的好。没有拍出女主初入平行空间时的惊愕，迷惑和恐惧。多个空间的交错也没有展现，也没有尝试对平行空间规律的探索。各个空间的细节差异也没有突出强调。
三个演员竟然也能拍出科幻片，实属国产牛逼。没想到导演竟然也在b站驻扎。
科幻内核全是套用无新意；逻辑不自洽；人物动机没铺陈好导致强推感；演技更是让人着急。死到临头的女汉子竟然哭天抹泪喊求求你了老公，求求你相信我。”就问编剧你自己觉得人设立的怎么样？；还有故事深度，一个科幻电影最后公众用“哦哦哦讲人性的”一语概之，就问问导演你自己觉得主题打磨的精彩不？真是劝退各位！别来惹这个气！
小成本制作，仅用三个人物和一片神秘诡谲的森林撑起了整部片子。没有特意描述穿越平行世界的过程，无声无息，通过对白以及各种细节表现出不同平行世界的微妙差异，既省掉特效，同时手法也很高明，有一种成熟科幻片的质感，完成度不错。全片有一种《彗星来的那一夜》的感觉，虽然说比较软科幻，很多坑都无需填，但也不影响其成为国产悬疑科幻的一股清流。
不比大制作的电影差。值得推荐。
还行吧，就挺直白的，不过能一直看下去，国产里面算可以了
总体有些无聊，结尾也不算太意料之外，过于圆满…
《平行森林》虽然成本只有一百万，但是除了声音出了点问题完成度很高
绝对要比现在导演拍的像部作品
航拍的森林场面还蛮壮观蛮好看的
我认为女主每次去的空间都不是自己原本的空间，看似很像的那次，男主的婚戒跟女主的不一样，女主永远也回不去原本的空间了。所以结局要是女主意识到后，疯狂寻找有儿子的空间，再去把那个空间的女主打死，就更好了。
看到有人在做了很开心。
在有限内发挥到了最好水平——镜头，剪辑，演员表现，都不错了。少一星是穿越理论太烂，且解释得太早。
穿越者的归宿，杀掉土著，鸠占鹊巢
挺不错的，国产小成本佳作，值得鼓励，但故事性略欠缺，稍显单薄
一部小成本软科幻片。平行宇宙的概念，国内应该还是第一次拍把？剧情设定像《恐怖游轮》，但拍得更像是《彗星来的那一夜》。气氛营造的不错，但节奏有点慢。居然被好莱坞买了版权要翻拍？不愧是编剧雷神的电影，土猛土猛的。
虽然曾经登录First青年电影展，然而影片知名度依然不高。我为何会知道，因为在B站关注编剧雷神，他正是本片的导演。雷导的视频，一路看过来，给我普及诸多影视方面的知识，他的作品，我自然要看一看。
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