死神假期
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死神假期
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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)
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死神假期
春天里的琴声
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春天里的琴声
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简介:角色演员备注  张小琴张杨代表作品《梨花情》  静云高瑕代表作品《建国大业》  张小山江昊桐代表作品电视剧《我的故乡晋察冀》  小琴母亲陈伟奋代表作品《喜耕田的故事》  林若翔陆幸----  宁宁冯艺茗代表作品《刘邓和他们的战友》《婚前协议》  梁医生梁刚代表作品《春桃的战争》  小海崔洋----  罗明李桢----  大山深处,乡村女孩小琴拿到了大学录取通知书,贫困家庭的她却为去上学还是留在家帮助母亲照顾年迈的奶奶和多病的弟弟犯了愁。在母亲斩钉截铁的肯定下,她最终依靠国家助学贷款放心去上学。  临走前,弟弟小山将口琴送给了小琴,让她对家有个念想。  进入大学后,小琴不敢松懈,一边用功读书,一边绞尽脑汁的在想如何帮衬家里。迫切想挣钱的她,却被无德的小商贩钻了空子,家里给她的生活费也没有了。与此同时,舍友静云因为小琴出生农村,经常对其冷眼相看,然而静云的种种歧视,却被舍友宁宁看在眼里,两人经常为了小琴,展开种种口水战,小琴看在眼里,痛在心里。  小琴的勤奋用功和家境,让静云的高中同学也是小琴的同班同学若翔心生爱怜。若翔经常变相的帮助小琴,却被自强的小琴拒之千里。无奈若翔只能通过静云、宁宁、小海、罗明从而给她相应的帮助。  小琴的家境被学校老师知道后,老师指引她去学校食堂勤工俭学,这样的机会让小琴欣喜若狂,在她看来这足够帮助母亲减轻负担。可噩耗接踵而至,弟弟小山突然晕倒了,小琴赶回家中,小山昏睡在炕头,她执意要带小山来城里检查病因,母亲又由于要照顾卧床的奶奶而无法脱身,只能让小琴独自带着小山前往城里。  经过医院层层检查,最终小山被确诊为白血球粘液缺乏症也就是俗称的白血病,这个噩耗,无论对于哪个家庭都是毁灭性的,更何况像小琴这种家境,但坚强的小琴并没有被生活打倒,她瞒着母亲,独自担起了给小山治病的重担,干起了男人都很吃力的送水工,还好收入还不错,可如此的收入也无法填补小山巨额的医药费。消息传到了学校,大家都被小琴自强不息所感染,以若翔为首的同学们为小山进行了募捐,募捐现场还走来了若翔的母亲。  静云在经历了被人绑架而被小琴搭救后,对小琴的看法发生了转变,她悔恨自己以前对小琴的种种歧视,拿出了自己积攒的全部费用,送去医院给小山治病,她要重新开始自己的生活,要像小琴一样活得有价值。  若翔一如既往的默默呆在小琴身边,总在第一时间给予小琴帮助,小琴也从原来的拒人千里到后来的慢慢接受,因为她太需要个肩膀靠一靠了。  在众多好心人的帮助下,小山的病情得以康复,小琴拉着小山踏上了回家的列车,车上传来了悠扬的琴声。  四年后,绵绵大山深处,小琴和教育局其他同事一起为即将高考的学生办理助学贷款
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春天里的琴声