this movie will leave you gasping for more and more of the same....released in 1984 alongside The Terminator, This is Spinal Tap it went on to bag 8 Academy Awards...i cannot stop heaping praise on this movie which is a MASTERPIECE...
The storyline talks about the friendship between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri...their friendship has a irony to it...Mozart is renowned the world over as a child prodigy and musical genius (notice the scene when an older Salieri asks the priests has he heard the following compositions: this indicates the popularity that Mozart achieved in a short span of time...)
The movie opens with Salieri being questioned on Mozart's alleged murder ...in a series of flashbacks Salieri recalls his first encounter of Mozart...initially he thinks of Mozart to be nothing more than a bumbling fool...but all that changes when he hear's his compositions...the irony is that on the one hand he is jealous of Mozart' talent and god given gift at the same time he is ashamed by his philandering and playful behavior...
I recommend this movie to all people who are beginners or fans of western classical music...the film is filled with lavish costumes...acting, script and direction by Milos Forman ( one flew over the cuckoo's nest) is of the highest order, plus how can i forget the unforgettable music played throughout the movie...another haunting sequence is when Salieri wears a mask and visits Mozart at his home .the set designs transported me back in time as if the movie characters where in front of my eyes in the grand court rooms...
Mozart died because of his misdeeds in a way...but i feel even in suffering he persevered day and night...that is the hall mark of a remarkable human being...the movie is quite long but i cannot deny its lasting impact on me...
The storyline talks about the friendship between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri...their friendship has a irony to it...Mozart is renowned the world over as a child prodigy and musical genius (notice the scene when an older Salieri asks the priests has he heard the following compositions: this indicates the popularity that Mozart achieved in a short span of time...)
The movie opens with Salieri being questioned on Mozart's alleged murder ...in a series of flashbacks Salieri recalls his first encounter of Mozart...initially he thinks of Mozart to be nothing more than a bumbling fool...but all that changes when he hear's his compositions...the irony is that on the one hand he is jealous of Mozart' talent and god given gift at the same time he is ashamed by his philandering and playful behavior...
I recommend this movie to all people who are beginners or fans of western classical music...the film is filled with lavish costumes...acting, script and direction by Milos Forman ( one flew over the cuckoo's nest) is of the highest order, plus how can i forget the unforgettable music played throughout the movie...another haunting sequence is when Salieri wears a mask and visits Mozart at his home .the set designs transported me back in time as if the movie characters where in front of my eyes in the grand court rooms...
Mozart died because of his misdeeds in a way...but i feel even in suffering he persevered day and night...that is the hall mark of a remarkable human being...the movie is quite long but i cannot deny its lasting impact on me...
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