• 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)
  • 故事开始于一列飞驰的火车之中,精神科医生贝利(乔治·布伦特 George Brent 饰)在火车上结识了名叫茜茜(Olive Blakeney 饰)的老太太,茜茜告诉贝利,自己要去探望她的兄弟尼克(保罗·卢卡斯 Paul Lukas 饰),尼克刚刚娶了一个可爱的妻子艾利达(海蒂·拉玛 Hedy Lamarr 饰)。   健谈善良的茜茜给贝利留下了很深的印象,抵达伦敦后,贝利震惊的得知,茜茜竟然在拜访尼克一家人的时候去世了。之后,贝利见到了尼克和艾利达,这对夫妇诡异的相处方式让他不禁开始怀疑,茜茜的死并非一场意外。贝利决定展开调查,随着调查的深入,尼克疯狂的一面渐渐展现在了他的眼前。
  • 镇国侯郭家在公子郭赐新婚之夜惨遭灭门,郭赐被神秘老者救下,偶获神秘强大的麒麟之力。他改头换面,化名黄司,来到鱼龙混杂的无名客栈,表面上变戏法谋生,暗地里调查灭门案的真相,却意外得知未婚妻欣颜被韩揭囚禁在府中。在欣颜的里应外合之下,黄司查出将郭家灭门的仇人正是韩揭,于是联合客栈众英雄,设局将其诛杀。背靠青衣厂势力的韩揭誓死反击,黄司究竟能否报仇雪恨?
  • After a late-night cup of coffee, vaudevillians Jo Hayden and Harry Palmer sit at a piano and work a song. Moments later, Jo realises she's found exactly what she wasn't looking for: a partner. And with Judy Garland as Jo and Gene Kelly as Harry, the partnership isn't just ideal. It's a film fan's dream come true. Kelly debuts and Garland dazzles in this Busby Berkeley-directed tale of a song-and-dance pair who take on tank towns, tough times and World War I while struggling for show-biz success. A hit parade of era tunes paces the film, including the wowser "Ballin' the Jack" and the sweetly harmonized title tune. Bursting with vitality and old-fashioned charm, "For Me And My Gal" is for the ages.
  • 从⼩在家暴⾥长⼤的⼥孩江晓⽉惧怕婚姻,毫⽆爱情信仰,⼏近堕落,遇到了青春期曾经暗恋的赵宇,戏弄他说⾃⼰得了⽩⾎病,没想到在赵宇得关⼼下,她感受到了爱情的美好,新⽣洗礼之后,晓⽉开始了阳光的⽣活。
  • 塔尼雅、索尼雅、费嘉和斯切潘这四个青年,是同学也是好朋友,他们一起从中学毕业出来,都在判处着自己的前途,塔尼雅为了想混一张文凭,决定进大学,费嘉打算半工半读来继续深造。索尼雅却认为不如先去工作,斯切潘同意她的主张,可是要离开列宁格勒,因为他既不说祝愿塔尼雅,又不愿破坏费嘉的幸福,而索尼雅对他的一番心意,他也无动于衷,于是就毅然的乘上了开往诺沃西比尔斯克的列车,离开朋友们走了。   塔尼雅不久就和费嘉结了婚,可是这个怀有强烈虚荣心的姑娘,丝毫也不珍惜费嘉的优良品质和对她的神情,为了满足她个人的欲望,竟又和音乐家罗申发生了不正当的交往,罗申虽然年老,但他有钱,有地位,有名望,这正是塔尼雅盼望着的东西,为了获得这些东西,对费嘉的劝阻和痛苦,她一点也不放在心上。   索尼雅进炼钢厂当了化验员。由于一直念念不忘的在想着斯切潘,她宁愿离开列宁格勒这个大都市,要求组织上把她调到了那个边远的小城诺沃西比尔斯克去工作。   在诺沃西比尔斯克的斯切潘,白天在炼钢厂工作,晚上在夜大学读书,他的坚强性格和不懈的努力,使他在工作上获得了成就,被提升为车间主任,并且入了党,列宁格勒的冶金学院决定邀请他去做新工作方法的报告,当塔尼雅从报纸上看到了这条消息之后,对这个本来不中意的老同学,却发生了极大的兴趣,在她看来是甩掉罗申另谋发展的机会到了,于是斯切潘一到列宁格勒,她就毫不放松的施展出了惯用的手段,企图把这个新对象猎取到手。   可是这一次她却失败了,费嘉和斯切潘这两个好朋友,虽然为她发生了一次短暂的误会,但终于真相大白,斯切潘也从此看清了她的真面目,并因而体会到了那个长期以来专心一意热爱着他的索尼雅的感情,回到诺沃西比尔斯克之后,就和索尼雅结了婚。   不幸的费嘉受了塔尼雅的刺激,生了一场严重的心脏病,但来自异地的友情和帮助,使他得到了极大的温暖,病愈之后,他也踏上了开往诺沃西比尔斯克的列车。在那里等待着费嘉的不仅是朋友,还有工作。   只有塔尼雅,她想要得到一切,结果却什么也没有得到,她开始感觉了自己的孤立,这能怨谁呢?是她自己决定了自己的命运。
  • 在教授父亲严格的教育下,裴语燕在校当个好学生、在家规矩练著琴,依循著父母的愿望,就像个牢笼裡的金丝雀安静地活著,能令她展现微笑的,是偶尔偷偷弹奏著被禁止接触的流行歌曲。她以为一切就这麽跟著父亲安排好的路走,高中毕业出国、念音乐、弹古典钢琴…直到她遇见了于皓,那个在街边干架的混混、那个衝进教室谢谢她的学生、那个拦住公车递上情书的男孩!   父母双亡的于皓,在警察辉叔的照顾下,惊险地迈向高中毕业的日子。他和从小一起长大的单子、阿奇无论好坏总在一挂,在校内走路有风、在校外好强打斗。于皓记得那一日,向受伤的他迈出第一步的裴语燕一举一动,虽然两人世界天差地远,他仍忍不住抓住这令他心动的爱情。带著燕子速度狂飙、看著燕子微笑开心的样子,于皓决定用尽所有保护这闯入他青春岁月女孩…
  • 面对不可抵抗的改变后,自己究竟是她?还是他?   两个性格迥异的女性却意外成了最好的姐妹——何希真、刘宛婷,他们同时喜欢上文棠生,但其实文棠生早就注意到刘宛婷,在好友希真的让步下,婉婷跟棠生进入交往,三人也形成亲密的三角关系,直到一场意外让宛婷发现原来她具有双重性征,而此刻她必须选择作为其中一个性别活下去。   宛婷突如期然的不告而别让棠生和希真措手不及,多年后,希真跟棠生身边出现了一位长相清纯的男孩——刘廷。
  • 商朝末年,武祖姜子牙率众神伐纣,赢得封神大战后归隐山林,但其斩将封神所用之神器——封神笔却失落千年,不知所踪。千年以后,开元年间。大唐画师吴道子为博“画圣”之名,意外发现了封神笔的踪迹。一时间,风起云涌,群英汇聚。一段英雄儿女的爱恨情仇就此展开,一场天崩地裂的家国危机就此来临,正邪之战一触即发,生死之间何去何从?
  • 故事从慈祥的爷爷给生病的孙子讲故事说起,爷爷带来一本厚厚的童话故事书《公主新娘》。这个世代相传的童话故事讲述了一段爱与冒险的真爱故事。善良美丽的少女布卡特(罗宾·怀特 Robin Wright 饰)住在宁静的小村庄弗洛林,她与少年维斯特雷(加利·艾尔维斯 Cary Elwes 饰)青梅竹马两小无猜,两人很快陷入热恋。然而贫穷的维斯特雷希望给布卡特更好的生活,于是扬帆远航离开了村庄。但是维斯特雷的船并没有到达目的地,传言说他死在了海盗的手里。五年后,伤心欲绝的布卡特成为了王子胡姆普丁克(克里斯·萨兰登 Chris Sarandon饰)的未婚妻,可她并不爱他,她的心里仍苦苦思念着真爱维斯特雷。一次意外让布卡特再次遇见了维斯特雷,然而邪恶的王子却绑架了布卡特,并逼迫她嫁给自己。此时的维斯特雷已是一位勇敢强壮的海盗,为救真爱,他与武艺超群的剑客埃尼戈·蒙托亚(曼迪·帕廷金 Mandy Patinkin饰)、力大无比的巨人菲兹克(安德烈·捷安特 André the Giant饰)一起踏上了拯救公主之路。   本部童话式爱情冒险电影《公主新娘》,荣获1988年第60届奥斯卡金像奖最佳原创歌曲提名,1987年第12届多伦多国际电影节人民选择奖-最佳故事片奖以及1988年第15届美国电影电视土星奖最佳奇幻电影。
  • 早年丧父的赵明从农村老家来到北京讨生活,误打误撞进入影视圈,经过自己努力成长为一名灯光师。帮助村里的乡亲踏入影视圈,经历风雨坎坷,一村一带辐射周边村镇形成一个带动4600人从事影视灯光行业的励志故事。
  • 继《一个复杂故事》后执导的第二部爱情电影。善良憨直的小学教师阿乐,是精神分裂症康复者,虽然渴望爱情但从来不敢恋爱。偶然机遇下,他在街头偶遇了清丽脱俗的欣欣,一见钟情却挣扎应否透露病情。踌躇之下,不幸再次病发,被幻觉缠绕。他更发现她的真正身份,竟然是个功于心计的心理辅导员?二人发展出一段悬疑曲折的禁恋,疑幻似真。
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