Salieri always thought that God favored Mozart instead of him. He thinks that God killed Mozart just so that he would not receive part of the credit for writing the Requiem. He sees himself so much as a mediocrity that calls himself the “patron saint of mediocrity.” He blesses the others because they are mediocrities too. At the very end we hear Mozart's laugh as if he was laughing at him. This all shows that he's pretty much gone insane.
One of the great overlooked performances was that of the priest, who goes from being charming, warm and confident, to being horrified, confused and helpless. The change is so subtle over the course of the film, you hardly notice, but if you watch his opening and closing scenes one after the other, you see a marvelous and terrifying transformation.
The actor playing the priest doesn't ever get credit. Dude was amazing. He has the most simple scenes and yet you can see a complete character arc for him by the end. How he just goes from joyful faith to seeing mankind for real and having his faith tested beyond expectation.
The character Antonio Salieri is one of the greatest Tragic Villains in any medium. The irony is that Salieri's true war is not with Mozart it's with God and his own vanity. Salieri asks God for a gift. A way to use music to praise God and his Glory. God grants him that gift. The gift is to recognize musical genius in others. Salieri is unhappy with that and punishes Mozart in order to spite God. Salieri was vain and self-centered. It wasn't God whom he wanted to praise; it was himself, and God, of course, knew that. Salieri in the end only ended up destroying himself.
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Salieri always thought that God favored Mozart instead of him. He thinks that God killed Mozart just so that he would not receive part of the credit for writing the Requiem. He sees himself so much as a mediocrity that calls himself the “patron saint of mediocrity.” He blesses the others because they are mediocrities too. At the very end we hear Mozart's laugh as if he was laughing at him. This all shows that he's pretty much gone insane.
My father used to say, "Not everybody can be in the parade. Someone has to stand on the sidelines and clap."
Never before has an Oscar been so well deserved
One of the great overlooked performances was that of the priest, who goes from being charming, warm and confident, to being horrified, confused and helpless. The change is so subtle over the course of the film, you hardly notice, but if you watch his opening and closing scenes one after the other, you see a marvelous and terrifying transformation.
The actor playing the priest doesn't ever get credit. Dude was amazing. He has the most simple scenes and yet you can see a complete character arc for him by the end. How he just goes from joyful faith to seeing mankind for real and having his faith tested beyond expectation.
"My music... growing fainter. All the time fainter, 'til no one plays it at all. And his..."
Ironically, Salieri's music has started being played more often the last 30 years because of the exposure he got in this movie.
"I will speak for you, father. I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint."
Now I know who my patron saint is.
The guy who portrays the Priest did a great job as well as the others...
TH-cam stars, Pop music stars, Rappers.....I absolve you!
Absolute brilliant film in every respect. Mozart has the last laugh! Nice touch.
One of the best movie endings of all time.
That demoralized look on that priest's face.
Something about this film that has never really gotten the credit it deserves: That is some of the best old-age makeup in cinema history.
The Priest was me by the end of the movie.
The character Antonio Salieri is one of the greatest Tragic Villains in any medium. The irony is that Salieri's true war is not with Mozart it's with God and his own vanity. Salieri asks God for a gift. A way to use music to praise God and his Glory. God grants him that gift. The gift is to recognize musical genius in others. Salieri is unhappy with that and punishes Mozart in order to spite God. Salieri was vain and self-centered. It wasn't God whom he wanted to praise; it was himself, and God, of course, knew that. Salieri in the end only ended up destroying himself.
This could possibly be the greatest movie ever made
"Saliari's 32 years of torture punctuated by Mozart's laugh at the end"
The final laugh made me cry. Mozart might had been a clown, but he sure knew how to make me laugh.