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死神假期
145Because 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) -
危险试验
241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。 -
只为你我
643After 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. -
不同的命运
93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。 -
我心狂野1990
932因杀人而入狱的塞勒(尼古拉斯•凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰)终于熬过几年铁窗生涯获释了,心上人罗拉(劳拉•邓恩 Laura Dern 饰)迎接了他的出狱。有情人又得以团聚,但罗拉的母亲玛丽一直都不喜欢塞勒,一直在阻挠女儿和塞勒来往。两人只好相约私奔,来到了南方。 玛丽找来了侦探男友约翰尼追踪他们,企图将罗拉带回去。两人在私奔过程中,都向对方袒露了自己生活中曾经有过的阴暗岁月,那些岁月里都混杂着血腥、暴力和性,但他们都充分体谅了对方。塞勒此时正为一个毒品贩子桑托干活,桑托怕约翰尼因跟踪塞勒而发现他们的交易场所,因此将约翰尼干掉了。另一个毒贩鲍比为了除掉塞勒,设了一个圈套正等待着塞勒上钩。 -
荡寇游侠
876Don Cesar, son of Zorro, is framed for murder while visiting Spain, and becomes the whip-wielding outlaw Don Q. -
美女与野兽1978
526在回家的途中,一位商人(瓦克拉·沃斯卡 Václav Voska 饰)遭遇了罕见的暴风雪,昏天黑地之中,商人误打误撞来到了一幢豪华神秘的城堡前。商人在城堡中受到了贵宾般的优厚待遇,但直到最后,商人仍然不知道城堡的主人究竟是谁。暴风雪停歇了,商人准备离开,临走之前,他决定在花园中摘一朵玫瑰送给自己最喜爱的小女儿贝儿(兹德娜·斯图登科娃 Zdena Studenková 饰),而令他没有想到的是,长相狰狞的野兽(Vlastimil Harapes 饰)出现在了他的面前向他索命。 商人失魂落魄的回到了家,将自己的遭遇告诉了六个儿女,爱父心切的贝儿决定代替父亲,只身来到了城堡。然而,等待着贝儿的却并非死亡,而是更加盛情的款待,野兽对她唯一的要求,就是不要离开城堡半步。贝儿并不惧怕野兽,随着时间的推移,两人之间的关系越来越近。 -
宝石花
743本片是苏联二战后摄制的第一部彩色影片,获戛纳电影节大奖和斯大林艺术电影奖最佳导演奖。影片取材于俄罗斯民间故事,青年石匠达尼拉雕刻了一朵宝石花作为爱的信物送给自己的未婚妻,不料铜山女巫突然出现,施魔法诱惑了达尼拉…… -
月宫宝盒
98To win the hand of the caliph of Bagdad’s daughter (played by Julanne Johnston), a thief (Fairbanks) embarks on a dangerous and mystical journey to secure the most desirable treasure imaginable. The film was a popular success, and Fairbanks made women swoon as one of the screen’s first superstars. Known for his dashing demeanour and incredible stunts, Fairbanks, who would also routinely contribute to the scripts of his films under the pseudonym Elton Thomas, actually created the story for this version of The Thief of Bagdad and included types of special effects and production design never previously seen by audiences. The film was remade several times, of which the most notable is the 1940 British film directed by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, and Tim Whelan. -
朝阳沟
698城市姑娘银环(魏云 饰)和农村青年栓保(王善朴 饰)是高中同学, 在学习和生活中相互产生爱慕之情,两人相约高中毕业后到栓保的家乡朝阳沟参加农村社会主义建设。毕业了,栓保先行回到农村。但银环妈(杨华瑞 饰)却坚决反对女儿去农村,银环却铁了心要到农村参加农业生产。银环来到朝阳沟后,栓保娘(高洁 饰)和妹妹巧真(高颂喜 饰)把银环当做自己的儿媳和嫂嫂对待。但城市长大的银环对农村的劳动还是产生了动摇。此时,银环妈追到朝阳沟要女儿跟自己回去,银环感到左右为难。但在栓保的鼓励下,加上村里老支书(朱义 饰)又出面做银环妈的工作,使银环妈和银环的思想产生很大波动。是走,是留...... -
红牡丹
936江湖戏班的皇甫义(孙树林 饰)有一天在街上看到自卖自身的王莲(刘晶 饰),出钱将其买下,赵大爷(高保成 饰)不忍失去王莲,也随王莲进戏班当马夫。十年过去了,王莲出落成色艺双绝的马戏班台柱子,艺名红牡丹(姜黎黎 饰)。十年来,她和同班师兄妹为皇甫义挣尽了血汗钱。他们在香港演出时,引起有志之士的注意,建议他们为抗战义演募捐,皇甫义不同意。财阀张德仁(张逸生 饰)看上红牡丹,红牡丹不从,并将兽性大发的张德仁痛打一顿。张德仁在一次演出中杀害了九月菊(赵凤霞 饰),红牡丹策马踢翻了张德仁的看台。最后,戏班在好心人的帮助下逃回内地。人财两空的皇甫义,为了将摇钱树红牡丹永远控制在手,竟想霸占红牡丹为妾,皇甫义做梦都没想到,他想霸占的红牡丹竟是他多年前抛下的亲生女儿...... -
埋伏2011
28828岁的洪哲是个潇洒帅气风流倜傥的公子哥,一个偶然的机会他认识了地下党员百合,但他并不知道百合的真实身份。在百合的帮助下,洪哲顺利与富商蒋震霆的大女儿蒋可馨成婚,于是百合要洪哲帮自己完成一项任务---从岳父蒋震霆那偷取一份重要的情报。随着交往的深入,洪哲知道了百合的身份,并且也知道了那份情报的重要性。 洪哲的妻子蒋可馨表面上刁蛮任性但心地善良,十分爱洪哲,也十分爱自己的父亲,当她知道了丈夫所要完成的任务和父亲的真实身份后十分痛苦,她周旋于父亲和丈夫之间,一次次的帮洪哲化险为夷。最后在民族大义面前,她做出了正确的选择。 那么,洪哲是如何完成任务的?蒋震霆的真实身份是什么? -
真爱2000
269小雪自幼丧父,却幸运的生活在亲情的关爱之中,因为拥有一副优美的嗓音,她在唱歌比赛屡屡夺得头筹,并且最终吸引了天王里奥的赏识。里奥承诺帮助小雪成名,但是作为交换条件,小雪要委身于他,这是小雪所不能接受的,之后,小雪因为发售的唱片销售量不理想,再加上母亲意外遭遇车祸去世,一连串的打击令小雪陷入了人生的低谷之中,只能依靠酒精和药物来麻痹自己的心灵。 小雪有一个相恋多年的男友,他不忍心看到小雪就这样堕落下去,于是暗中联系了著名监制马克,帮助小雪东山再起,随着时间的推移,小雪的事业逐渐恢复,名气越来越大,但她和男友之间的感情却因此出现了裂痕。