死神假期
404
3.0
已完结
死神假期
3.0
更新时间:06月29日
主演:弗雷德里克·马奇,伊夫琳·维纳布尔,盖伊·斯坦丁,凯瑟琳·亚历山大,吉尔·帕特里克,凯瑟琳·霍华德,肯特·泰勒,亨利·崔佛斯,G·P·亨特利,莫洛尼·奥尔森,赫克托·萨尔诺,菲利普斯·斯莫利,Helen Westley,Anna De Linsky,Otto Hoffman,Frank Yaconelli
简介: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)
2745
1934
死神假期
主演:弗雷德里克·马奇,伊夫琳·维纳布尔,盖伊·斯坦丁,凯瑟琳·亚历山大,吉尔·帕特里克,凯瑟琳·霍华德,肯特·泰勒,亨利·崔佛斯,G·P·亨特利,莫洛尼·奥尔森,赫克托·萨尔诺,菲利普斯·斯莫利,Helen Westley,Anna De Linsky,Otto Hoffman,Frank Yaconelli
大漠赤城
404
4.0
已完结
大漠赤城
4.0
更新时间:06月29日
主演:岳红,凌元,刘江
简介:病床上,84岁的离休老干部林玉红弥留之际,念念不忘回到她魂牵梦萦的大漠古城。  为完成林妈妈遗愿,养女林水莲通过网络集结了四名具有考古、医疗救助、野外生存等专长的都市志愿者,一同奔赴西北茫茫大漠。  一路上,队员们历尽艰辛,挑战生命极限,克服了迷路、缺水、流沙等重重困难,终于找到古城,又奇遇守墓人马老汉。  通过林妈妈日记的线索和老村长讲述,他们了解到,战争时期我军后勤部队遭遇敌人偷袭,一队由机要员、文工团员、记者等女战士组成的小分队,携带密码和文件向敌人包围薄弱的戈壁沙漠绕道突围。在古城里,意外与敌人遭遇。为保卫密码和文件,她们与敌人展开了殊死的搏斗,最后只剩下负伤的机要员林玉红和一个被她从敌军官枪口下救出的哑巴小马倌。  小马倌为报救命之恩,帮助林玉红走出沙漠。分手时他们按当地习俗立下誓言,小马倌将留在古城守侯战士的英灵,等待林玉红归来。  古城深处,队员们寻找烈士遗迹的工作全面展开。面对一具具遗骨、一件件遗物,队员们仿佛看到了那些为中华民族解放事业英勇献身的一个个年轻女战士鲜活的生命,他们的心被深深震撼着,  此时,水、汽油将要用尽,沙暴袭来。在马老伯引导下,队员们不畏艰险,在沙漠中穿行。前进的路风沙弥漫,马老伯毅然下车手举信号灯为队员们引路,就在即将冲过风口时,马老伯不幸被流沙吞没。  数月后,队员们捐助的希望小学在柳泉堡建成。操场上,学生们举办升旗仪式。纪念碑前,摆放着队员们敬献的花圈,雄壮的国歌在柳泉堡上空回荡。  这些现代都市白领在冲出沙漠的同时,也飞越了心灵的荒漠……
3040
2008
大漠赤城
主演:岳红,凌元,刘江
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