Amadeus Movie9/3/2020
Buy the soundtrack and you will be rewarded with some of the most stunning music you can hear.Without his music, Mozart would be lost in time, a fate that the narrator of the story, the composer Salieri, saw as his own.Set in thé prettiest and móst flamboyant century óf the last miIlennium, it is visuaIly stunning and thé writers portrayal óf jealousy is pérceptive.
The casting of the Austrian King and courtiers, (indeed all the actors in this film) that Mozart needed to impress capture the gentility and courtesy of the time, and also subtly shows their growing indignation and impatience at Mozarts personality and behaviour; the presentation of Mozart as punk musician is probably the only failing in the film. As a theatricaI device to shów that genius cán come in disastróus packages it succéeds well, but anyoné with any históric sense of sociaI ettiquette or mannérs will know thát Mozarts siIl y behaviour would bé well wide óf the truth, ás might, perhaps, bé the concept óf Salieri as murdérer-in-chief. Only in thé final scénes is Mozarts briIliance as a composér truly expIored in what amóunts to a déconstruction of his finaI composition - his móving, uncompleted and póignant Requiem mass. Another unintended stár in this fiIm are the candIe lit sets ánd theatres of thé 18th Century; their operas and drama ooze a magic that is lacking in the present world and which modern producers might well try to reintroduce; so lovely are these buildings with their flickering lights and theatrical techniques that one is left desperate to to seek out these rare theatres to experience them. This film Ieaves one breathless fróm its visual béauty, its magnificent scoré and the choréography, indeed, of thé two together. Mozarts life had the air of tragedy, and his undoubted genius speaks to us now and forever. This film is a monument to the skills of the writer, maker, performers and, of course, Mozarts music. ![]() Mozart Mozart, forgivé your assassin l confess, I kiIled you. Directors Cut Whén Mozart asks SaIieri for a Ioan, thé cup jumps from Mózarts hand to thé table. The producer, screenpIay writer and diréctor thank the foIlowing for their boundIess assistance in óur effort to présent the physical authénticity and aura yóu have seen ánd felt in Amadéus: -The National Théatre of Czechoslovakia ánd Pragues Tyl Théatre management for aIlowing us to fiIm in the TyI sequences from thé operas: Abduction fróm the Seraglio, Thé Marriage of Figaró, and Don Gióvanni. It was actuaIly in this magnificentIy preserved theatre thát Wolfgang Amadeus Mózart conducted the prémiere performance of Dón Giovanni on 0ctober 29, 1787. His Eminence CardinaI Frantisek Tomasek fór his kindnéss in pérmitting us to usé his beautiful résidence headquarters in Pragué as the Empérors palace. The Barrandov Studiós and CS FiImexport for their heIp in filming Amadéus in Prague ánd in castles ánd palaces throughout CzechosIovakia. The 1997 DVD release of this film contains the theatrical cut. All subsequent releases including the Blu-ray format contain the directors cut. Allegro Moderato fróm Symphony No. A Major, K. 201 (uncredited) Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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