AMADEUS: 1984, + DRA: A VARIATION ON THE STORY BY PUSHKIN ( 1830), THIS HAUNTING MOVIE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY MAKE YOU REMEMBER THE CACOPHONOUS LAUGHTER OF MOZART, PLAYED SUPERLY BY TOM HULCE. THE SCREENPLAY AND CINEMATOGRAPHY ARE TOP NOTCH, AS IS THE CASTING. I COULDN'T PICTURE ANYONE ELSE PLAYING SALIERI, THE JEALOUS COURT COMPOSER WHO WORKS DILIGENTLY AS HE SPEAKS TO THE LORD, IMPLORING HIM FOR "INSPIRATION".
NOT ONLY DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE PART OF THIS MOVIE WITH THE SCREEN SHOTS, BUT YOU ALSO ACTUALLY FEEL SORRY FOR SALIERI, PLAYED EASILY BY F MURRAY ABRAHAM (YOU GET THE FEELING THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE TO TRY VERY HARD FOR IT).
DIRECTED BY MILOS FORMAN AND WRITTEN BY PETER SHAFFER, IT'S A MUST WATCH AND IF YOU HAVE SEEN IT, WATCH IT AGAIN BECAUSE YOU WILL DEFINITELY FIND SOMETHING NEW IN THE MOVIE.
MEMORABLE SCENES WERE WHEN MOZART SURPRISES SALIERI AS HE PROPOSES TO HIS SOON TO BE WIFE BY TALKING BACKWARDS; SALIERI PAINFULLY REALIZES THAT THE "HEATHEN" HE SEES IS ACTUALLY MOZART.
IN ADDITION, THE SCENE DURING THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO WHEN THE GHOST BREAKS THE BRICK WALL, SYMBOLIZING MOZART'S FATHER POSSIBLY BREAKING MOZART'S PSYCHE, IS PERVASIVE AND GIVES THE MOVIE IT'S "IMAGE"..THIS CONNECTS BACK TO SALIERI WHO TRIES TO DESTROY THE OPERA, BUT SECRETLY GOES TO EVERY PERFORMANCE.
FINALLY, MOZART'S GRADUAL DEMISE IS VERY REALISTIC BECAUSE IT SHOWS HOW THE JEALOUSY OF A PEER CAN BE DEVASTATING AND CONFUSING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PERSON IS AS SERVILE AS SALIERI.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WANTED MORE OF WAS THE DEBAUCHERY, BUT THAT WAS ONLY BECAUSE IT WHET MY APPETITE WITH IT'S SCENERY. COSTUMES, CHOREOGRAPHY, AND THE KING, WHO DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SIGHT READ, WERE GREAT. WATCH IT AGAIN::90%
NOTE: THIS WAS NOMINATED FOR 53 AWARDS AND RECEIVED 40 INCLUDING 7 ACADEMY AWARDS (ONE OF WHICH WAS BEST PICTURE). IT WAS ADAPTED FROM A STAGE PLAY BY SHAFFER IN 1979, WHICH I AM SORRY TO HAVE MISSED. I'M STILL LOOKING FOR ANY MEMORABILIA FROM THAT PLAY
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