DUKE LAMBERT: Why, why do you do this?
DEATH: For a number of reasons.. For one thing, I must discover why men fear me as much as they do.
DUKE LAMBERT: Don't you know??
DEATH: How should I know?? What could terror mean to me who have nothing to fear?
DEATH: For a number of reasons.. For one thing, I must discover why men fear me as much as they do.
DUKE LAMBERT: Don't you know??
DEATH: How should I know?? What could terror mean to me who have nothing to fear?
Based on La Morte in Vacanza, an Italian play by Alberto Casella, this movie gives us a closer look at Death in his human form - learning and feeling human emotions as he discovers what makes men the way they are - weak, fearful of death, and pathetically clingy to things and people.
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| I was watching this movie alone at 2am, and this scene made me freak out, with that voice and creepy music O_O |
I'm just so happy to have found this on YouTube, as I have tried downloading it before but I couldn't find a copy. Death Takes a Holiday is now permanently included in my list of All-Time Favorite Movies. The film is unique, morbidly funny, and every scene is just so delicious to watch. To see Death as a human, tasting emotions, questioning his building feelings for a woman, and his leniency or indulgence of human idiosyncracies - it's truly delightful. Each scene I was engrossed, both by the dialogue and acting, as well as the lavishness of the setting that immediately transports me into that world. I also loved the opening credits, quirky fun.
