I know people want to be remembered, want to believe that they've done something and left behind something that people will know for ages. But the dead don't care about being remembered when they are dead. Such things don't matter when our time is up. I don't care if I'm remembered, I just hope to have done enough good to leave the world and some people in it better off.
Although I was aware that the movie was factually incorrect from the get-go, I felt the Salieri character was extremely believable thanks to F. Murray Abraham outstanding performance. I had so much sympathy for that highly talented musician who was overshadowed by an annoying genius.
Mozart and Salieri did have some professional rivalry in real life, but it seems most of the resentment actually went the other way. Mozart resented Salieri getting a lot of teaching jobs, and wrote letters criticizing him and other italian composers keeping the jobs to themselves. Which probably wasn't true. Salieri was considered a German composer anyways, stylistically, and was a "citizen" of the Habsburg Empire and its predecessors. Salieri was a much desired teacher and tutor, where Mozart wasn't. Salieri ended up teachign Liszt, Beethoven, and Mozart's own son. In the later years though it seems they had a good relationship, they cowrote a piece of music together, and Salieri put on Mozart's operas. The movie is obviously fictionalized, and fantastic as a work of fiction. Even if Salieri is portrayed in a less flattering way than is accurate, the film is responsible for a revival and reappraisal of his work.
Get this straight friends: Salieri was the top star of his age, the real deal, brought up with the some purpose of being the best. Then a guy, younger than him, crazed in appereance, outdid him, nulified his dedication to the mastery with sheer talent and then erased his exitance with his sole presence so hard, Salieri was fond of Mozart after overcoming jealousy, anger, frustation, several mental breakdowns and existance questioing.
I see you guys in the comments being all serious about Salieri and Mozart, Mozart was Salieri's oshi and the guy got to know and befriend him, of course he would be obssesed with glory, he saw what it was with his own 2 eyes.
One thing you need to keep in mind during this scene is that the music is added for the audience. In reality it is quiet and the priest is just watching this man.
Hear that it going to turn amadeus into a tv series!In the age of woke.they likely use black extra in the movie or ethnic insertion.the same way they butcher Dangetous liason and Ann Boleyn.
I watched this movie for the first time last night. Really great movie, my 5 year old son woke up a little over half way through and I let him watch the rest. He even like it and sat through all of it
Just watched this on Netflix. I remember as a kid in elementary, watching this in my music class that felt like over 100 times. Now as an adult I watched it and I really enjoy this more than when I was a kid
