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- A superb performance by F Murray Abraham which brought him a well deserved Oscar for Best Actor in 1985.
Playlist:
00:45 - KV 299 - Sinfonia Concertante in C major for Flute, Harp & Orchestra, II. Andantino
01:18 - KV 201 - Symphony No.29 in A major, I. Allegro moderato
01:32 - KV 365 - Concerto for 2 Pianos & Orchestra No.10 in E-flat major, III. Rondo. Allegro
01:38 - KV 364 - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola & Orchestra in E major, I. Allegro maestoso
01:47 - KV 427 - Great Mass No.17 for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra in C minor, I. Kyrie - บันเทิง
I love how the lady is just having a casual snack while 10 feet away a guy is just having this life altering experience that almost knocks him to the floor
Maybe the snack was a life altering experience that almost knocks her to the floor
@@siniquezu
LOL!!!!
Well said! 👌😂
Women are always women
Man stepped over the orignal!
Fun fact: every scene in Amadeus is the best scene in Amadeus
lol
The one thing I don't like is how many people believe this to be accurate. They made Saleiri into a bad character which is pure fiction. As per historical accounts it's a different story
Couldn't express it in a better way, I love this 1-derful movie 😊 !!!
Another fun fact: the real Mozart almost always worked things out at a keyboard.
no one actually believes that@@oneearthan
we all look at Salieri as mozart's enemy, but he was really his biggest fan:(
Obsessive, really.
A toxic stan
you are the only who understands the things right
Any of us who understand the general history around the man know that the rivalry in the movie was fake for Hollywood's purposes. But yeah. Kind of sucky that they sort of smeared Salieri in this movie as an envious weasel.
Salieri doesn't see Mozart as his enemy. He sees God as his enemy.
I love how when she asks if its not good he turns around and looks at her as if in disbelief she has no idea how good Mozart is
Freakazoid No, it’s more like being woken up from a dream
@@dominicweber I always thought of it as him having a religious experience, but I like that more
@@jeunesseeternelle9803 The real Salieri was a pretty chill dude. He was like Andrew Loyd Webber in that he was popular then but had a dated style. He 'admitted' to poisoning Mozart when he was senile iirc... Which is a tragedy in itself.
Teaching was his excellence, and he got teaching jobs over Mozart. Salieri got a big teaching gig over Mozart and Mozart was very open about how salty he was over it. Salieri even only charged rich families for lessons as a tribute to the charity that allowed he himself to have music lessons
He even shows being a good teacher a bit in the movie. When he the emperor shows he's rusty Salieri immediately forgets Mozart exists while he's in teaching mode.
It's a pity that the movie misinterpreted his wife like this. She was actually talented at and well educated in music and it was her idea that Mozart should study counterpoint. After he did that his works became a lot more interesting and complex.
She's more interested in how good the Venus Tits are
But just the fact that he can hear the music just by looking at notes just shows his talent as well
That's quite ordinary, I mean for a composer at this level in this age
Salieri's curse is that he is *just talented/skilled enough* to understand genius without ever being able to achieve it
Seneca TheFuka Yeah, but you gotta be talented to be “a composer of this level at this age”, there’s nothing ordinary about it
@@dominicweber yes but Salieri very well knew that anyway, that he was one of the great
Seneca TheFuka I don’t think he saw himself as good enough. He envied Mozart because he thought he wasn’t as good as him, not good enough
My guy just found the most fire mixtape
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Aw shit lol
This gave me the best laugh today...it was the most fire mixtape. 😂
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Lol
Poor Salieri did not realize that he was genius in his own right.
He was too busy being full of rage, bitterness and plotting revenge, that he forgot to live
@@yomiwilliams4368 you have the emperor's favor and the whole city eating out of his hand. But just getting salted because one guy might have more Talent it just doesn't make much sense.
Vegeta syndrome looool
He was a very religious man. He was extremely upset that God gave such an immature and childish person like Mozart that kind of talent.
Dr. Juerdo Titsgo what a terrible thing to say.
Director: "Okay, your face has to show utter delight but also complete contempt for this whole scene."
Actor: "Easy."
Next movie, Scarface:
Director: "Okay, your face has to show utter contempt but also complete terror for this whole scene."
Actor: "Easy."
Director: "...as you hang from a helicopter."
@@fleatactical7390 Actually that was the previous movie he did.
@@bobthebear1246 Ahhh yes. You're right. I had them backwards. He was a chivato before he was a composer. LOL
Salieri's blessing from God was that he was the only one with the ear to understand Mozart's genius, but was too blinded by jealousy and anger to realize it
Showcasing the destructive power that the sinful nature has in a persons life
This is a movie
God gave him that too.
Some blessing. You dedicate your life to your craft, put in countless hours of effort and study to rise to the top of your profession, and the harvest you reap from your labours is to hear the voice of god mocking you from within the childish laugh of a halfwit.
@@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock Your description reminded me of the Simpsons episode with Frank Grimes. Frank never understood Homer's genius of thriving in mediocrity.
This whole scene is why he won the Oscar - he displayed jealousy, obsession, want, and artistic desire, that look of release at each musical note. “An absolute beauty” indeed!
For me it’s the time period. Rock stars of their time. Such ornate cloths and decor in these homes.
History fascinates me.
À truly deserved Oscar... For a wonderful man as it showed in what he said receiving the award
Yes, to be so enchanted and devastated at the same time!
00:45 - Concerto in C major for flute and harp, K. 299 (297c): II. Andantino
1:18 - Symphony in A major, K. 201 (186a): I. Allegro moderato
1:31 - Concerto in E flat major for two pianos, K. 365 (316a): III. Rondeau. Allegro
1:38 - Sinfonia concertante in E flat major for violin and viola, K. 364 (320d): I. Allegro maestoso
1:45 - Mass in C minor, K. 427 (417a): Kyrie
Thanks, I was looking for this
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Just waiting for Shazam to download to find the names of those pieces then I saw your comment lmao
Hero
Thank you.
F Murray Abraham is, easily, one of the most talented dramatic actors. I met him during the filming of Amadeus, in Prague, in 1983.
Lucky guy.
Wow! That’s awesome! This is maybe my favorite movie ever.
AMAZING.
How did you manage to meet him? Please do tell....
Omg, you were so so lucky.
2:45 "I was staring through the cage of those meticulous ink strokes... at an absolute beauty."
The greatest description of music ever.
he was staring through that oscar
Reminds me of Mark Knopler: 'And all I do is kiss you, through the bars of a rhyme.' Romeo and Juliet.
Yes! how inadequately music notation depicts the beauty of sound.
@@kuyamofransheesh well Mozart gave importance to him
@@kuyamofransheesh And to think he is on par now with winners after 2010 with absolute garbage movies.... Oscar movies were meant to mean something... to stir something in you... Whenever i watch this scene at the end i tear up... music and acting were divine.
Possibly one of the greatest movies of all time.
It’s a bit overly long at 2hrs and 45 mins but up it still has a lot of passion and art around it making it really stand out
The History Critic Guy the longest film ever lasted 30 days
This, "the apartment" and Hitchcock's "Notorious" are definitely PERFECT movies.
The History Critic Guy The movie was fine with the runtime, there are other 3 hour movies that feel a bit too long (The Green Mile and Casino are better examples of this)
Easily
3:03 the definition of eargasm
lmao
Eargasm jajsjjsjsj eso suena como a la banda de Homero. Sadgasm. 🤣
You are definition of gasms.
agreed. but it needs to start at 2:55 i believe
Eargasm Without hearing any music
Filmmaking at it's best
"Realizing Mozart was a genius, and not me, was the worst moment in my life, other than that day I got hanged from a helicopter."
Hahahahaha
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Lmao ahh flashback humor.
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Salieri could sentence Mozart to death in bonfire.
Don't get me wrong, the entire movie is.....it's just.....(I'm speechless). But THIS scene....this scene for some reason always reaches out, goes right into my gut and pulls out every emotion I've ever felt. It's always so freaking intense for me and I'll probably never know why.
Maybe the feeling of not being able to hate someone because he/she is so great a doing something you love. Salieri finally understands that he will never be able to reach that perfection, and also can't bring himself to hate the man that composes such bautiful music in one swipe, he understands that and is able to move on with his life. All of that is expressed through the face, yup only the facial expressions of the actor ... magnificent.
I heard somewhere that the curse of a talented man is that he is skillful enough to recognize genius when he sees it, but never skillful enough to reach that summit. And never have I seen it better represented than in this magnificent scene. The mixture of awe, bliss, and despair that Salieri feels upon “hearing” Mozart’s work most likely stirs something in all of us, who, at one point or the other, were likely in that exact position: good at what we do, but never good enough.
This scene and the scene where he helps mozart with the requiem are just beyond levels
the soundtrack helps a little :) specially the first bars
I think that all these comments are great. But what reaches me is the idea that he sees him representing the voice of God. He wanted to glorify God but he did not *manifest* the Almighty the way Mozart did with his natural prodigy. I think we all want deep down to have that kind of greatness inside of us. I think more of us do than we believe but it is so hard to set it free. You have to have people around you that show you that potential and sometimes people aren’t lucky enough when they are young.
Think about what makes you come alive and pursue my guy. Hopefully my words helped
"Is it not good?"
The look Salieri gives her after this question... at first bemused, almost offended, but then forgiving her lack of understanding before imparting the reality of what her husband's gift truly is, as if teaching a child 2+2. F. Murray Abraham's performance in this movie is among the very greatest ever captured on film.
3:11 - "Is it not good?"
I like how he looks as if he's about to reprimand her for even thinking that it was anything less than perfect; as if he's offended on Mozart's behalf that someone would dare insult such masterpieces.
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What an amazing performance by F Murray Abraham , if ever an Oscar was deserved this was it.
He was damn good in Scarface that following year as well. Looking at the list of movies he was in... most of which were heavy dramas, definitely an underrated performer.
He went mad not so much because Mozart eclipsed him in talent, but because he saw such divine music coming forth from such a depraved and ungodly individual, and could not reconcile it. It is a wonderful movie, and this was a superb performance.
Common grace... Or as Jesus Himself put it: "He (God) makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good"
The thing is, Salieri himself in this movie is just as sinful and contemptible. He’s just self-righteous about it whereas Mozart has no shame. He acts as though God owes him something when 1. Everything God gives is a gift. It can’t be earned or bargained for by merit. 2. Salieri is just as wretched, but worse, self-deceived.
@@Window4503 Indeed it is a reveal of the sins he, as a devoted christian, has made himself guilty of towards the young priest he is talking to. Envy, lust, murder intent, attempt to steal...
Hence his state of schock at the end.
2:45 you can see oscar is coming...
If they showed clips from the film like they do nowadays to show why he was selected as a nominee, this scene would be the perfect one to display that. His subtle facial expressions, the delivery of the dialogue, the communication through his eyes. Really it's like he's suffering from a satisfactory yet painful orgasm that makes his heart race with every page he reads. Ok that might've been much but... you get my jist.
@@theowlreviewer6523 No, you're right on the money. The sexual imagery is subtle but consistent in this scene. They're eating "Venus Nipple" pastries, and as the music climbs Salieri seems to be in the throes of pleasure, until he "climaxes" and spills the pages.
PRECISELY the moment you’re like dang he can act, this is the moment you go to this video for
Honestly, yesterday I was exactly on this part of the movie stopped and chekd out wikipedia is there any oscars about it.
Who’s Oscar?
One of the Oscars that was deserved.
Hey, I'm working on an Amadeus analysis, please check it out: th-cam.com/video/6IPxaVqIFW8/w-d-xo.html
Literally no other actor could have won Best Actor that year but F. Murray Abraham. One of the all-time greatest screen performances of any actor ever.
The incredulity on his face when she asks, "is it not good?" is breath-taking.
Haha
I love how even through his jealousy and resentment of Mozarts transcendent talent he still has the grace to admit he thought that the music is miraculous. To be able to convincing express your love of another persons gifts even as you know you cannot compare is truly wonderful acting and why F Murray Abraham is Oscar worthy.
Of course, that's what drove him mad in the end. The human mind likes to pretend that rivals who do better than us are no more talented, just more lucky. Salieri couldn't even have that.
Not accurate to reality, but adds an interesting twist to THIS story.
wayzel1 his anger was directed at God. He always said his music was the voice of god but instead of giving him that ability he gave it to a giggly child like man. God only gave him the ability to recognize the brilliance of Mozart.
Well-said. Of course, it’s something we can all relate to. The odds are, if you are truly jealous of someone, it is at least partially because you know that he or she is good enough to get it and you might not have been, though it’s painful to accept. Just like Salieri in this film.
I have noticed that the one thing the younger Salieri doesn’t lie about is Mozart’s music.
3:13 lmao salieri's reaction there it's priceless... like he wasn't there at all... like he just came back from heaven... the acting...the music... everything about this movie is fucking perfect! and this scene proves it.
You're right sir, Abraham's timing of the delivery of his lines, as well as the delivery itself, is perfect throughout this entire film. Absolutely one of the best ever made.
Yep. Absolutely
they don‘t make them anymore 🥺
A few people have been given permission to see God. Salieri feels as though he has joined that small number/
Abraham has such a gorgeously expressive face, too. Some actors would be tempted to start ad-libbing dialogue because staying silent for that long can be awkward, but he makes it all come across through his eyes... it's beautiful stuff.
The emotions that play across Salieri's face... Tom Hulce was brilliant, so many supporting actors were terrific, but F Murray Abraham OWNED this film, staff, bars, and with notes.
Tom Hulce? Like, Quasimodo from Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, right?
Was my favorite part in the whole movie. That pepole can litterly see notes and at in their heads is fascinating. It's just like reading hireoglphys, math equations or chemical formulas. I love when these math gods battle it out on the board crossing each other's numbers and signs out. It's like the rest of the world dosen't have a single clue wats going on, but you can tell these masters are at it and there's something fascinating going in.
One of the great performances in film, no doubt.
@@FernandoRamos-ec6bv yes. It is the same Tom Hulce.
I have to agree. Never in history there will be an oscar so well given, his acting is just mind blowing.
"He had simply written down music, already finished, in his head. Page after page of it. As if he were just taking dictation."
I CALL HAX
Imagine reading and writing tunes from Literal CHILDHOOD
I went to Salzburg for the Mozart festival a few years ago and you can see examples of his written sheet music in the museum and I can confirm there were no alterations or corrections at all.
Interestingly enough, one of the few modern music artists/entertainers who did the same thing was Michael Jackson. That is exactly how he described composing music, but he did not write the music, he recorded it straight from his head WITHOUT sheet music.
MJ's music is infinitely simpler than Mozart's.
This movie made me feel to go to Vienna and pay tribute to Salieri at his grave. Even though the Mozart's grave is symbolic, a moment of reflection on his genius was a mystical experience.
Yes, my heart broke for Salieri!
Murray Abraham deserved more than one Oscar, he was just PERFECT in this role, what an actor.
Agree. There are many great performances but few I would call 'perfect.' This is one of them, and my absolute favorite one.
I'm almost sure that Tom Hanks copied Murray Abraham's acting in this scene for his "music ecstasy" scene in Philadelphia ...
If he deserved more than one Osacr, for which fiul would that be?? That is my very po9liote way of saying what an idiotic comment
Agreed, I'll never get sick of watching this film, only for his performance because it is so profoundly brilliant.
@@DAS1962 it is just an expresión difficult to understand for non skilled people
I get choked up every time I watch this scene. One of the greatest ever put to film.
Absolutely!
Why is this the best scene? I dont get it.
@@felicatto the acting, the script
Agree. Amazingly edited
I just got my director's cut blu ray copy and it's even better!
I remember, I went home crying my eyes out for Salieri. Abraham is so deep and so real, that one can sense Salieris inner life physically.
True I could relate to him so well in his struggle to succeed in life especially that part when he said why would God put desire in his heart but not able to use it I was like Omg that’s me! And still is 😖
Credit to the person who chose the sheet from Mozart. They fit together so well with the story telling you almost thought Mozart wrote the pieces to fit the film.
Great observation. Next year will be the 40th anniversary - I hope to one day see this film in the theatre just to be enraptured by Mozart’s music. It’s fantastic that the film didn’t simply play Mozart’s music, they also manipulate and bend it to fit the imagery. A director once stated that he felt like a composer when editing music and score onto a film (I believe it was Vince Gilligan for Breaking Bad). Anyway, let’s hope for the re-release next year, Milos was awesome
Sometimes you can tell that the scenes are written to fit the music, but the way they shift between pieces to reflect Salieri ‘s mood as it changes is brilliant in this scene
One of the best movies of all time. No other movie uses the antagonist to highlight the greatness of the protagonist in such a believable way. The viewer can sympathize with Salieri's dilemma: admiration vs. envy. Although historically far from accurate, a very relatable piece of art.
You can sympathize?
You put it nicely btw, the fact that the antagonist serves the protagonist for good even though he meant evil
3:02 You can see how the memory of Mozart's superiority hurts him but at the same time Mozart's music is so good that he just can't help but smile
I was a teenager when this movie came out, and this scene, with the first few seconds of the Flute and Harp Concerto, floored me. I thought it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever heard.
Me too!!!! That is the piece that has stood out to me for nearly 20 years, ever since we first watched this movie in music class in high school. It is one of the pieces I hear in my head whoever I am envisioning something utterly sublime and beautiful beyond measure, as this piece, with those first few notes, radiates this kind of beauty
Thank you so much for sharing! I'm so glad someone has nearly the same exact experience and feelings as me about this beautiful piece of music that goes so well with this scene:)
Salieri was such a naturally-talented musician that just reading sheet music could bring him to tears. He was able to construct the music in his own head so accurately, it literally gave him a life-changing existential crisis. And still, all that talent wasn't enough for him. Such a great character!
This film changed my life
I had really never listened to classical music, my parents and sister loved classical but I was obsessed with Aha, basically all 80’s pop and rock really. My sister bought this film one Xmas on VHS😉 I refused to watch it and then one night, I was let down by friends for a night out and I put it into the video player and the rest, for me personally was history and brought me to a whole new world of classical music that I couldn’t of imagined or actually dreamed of. To many this is just a great film, but to me....... it is everything and this scene is probably my favourite thank you for sharing it on here.
Same. I’m 49, now, but this movie moved me sufficient to change my life.
Same. I'm 56 and didn't want to see it in the theater bc I thought it would be boring but friends of mine convinced me to go. This movie changed my life. I was a silly teen who thought she knew everything. This movie opened up a whole world of classical music, art, museums, history, film, and a love of learning. Because of all that Amadeus is my favorite movie of all time.
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I too was an A-ha fan. 😉
Man, this movie is just beautiful. Remarkable. Beyond belief.
F Murray Abraham was majestic in this.
There is no greater humiliation than being merely good in an era of great men.
One of the best scenes in cinema history.
I love Salieri's costumes. He's such a hipster. At first his clothing seems simple and even drab, like what any humble and godly man would wear. But his clothes' fabric are rich, there are fine details designed to blend in at first, and the cut itself is very fashionable. His austerity is as prideful as any flamboyance. In this scene alone something as simple as his drab brown coat being made of beautiful fabric and bleeding elaborate lace shows you all you need to know.
Also that signet ring he has as even an old man is a wonderful detail.
Are you a costume designer or why'd you analyse his clothes this much? I'm just curious...
@@seracris8357 I just think historic fashion and costume design is neat
His clothes were just cool throughout the whole movie.
I can't speak to how historically accurate the costumes are (the wigs are pretty on point, though), but they are all absolutely gorgeous, and oddly enough Salieri's costumes take the cake for me. It's like you said, they're very plain compared to everyone else's, but they're still beautiful in an understatedly elegant sort of way (and I think they flatter Abraham a lot more than any of those bright candy colors would).
@l Scheele
Good eye! That’s something I never noticed in previous viewings but I think you’re absolutely right, very in-character. That’s very insightful, makes me appreciate the costume design in this film that much more.
F Murray Abrham...his performance is timeless perfection.
Salieri was also a genius. He was able to play it in his head.
Exaclty, but he was blinded by envy
This reminds us of a time when Best Picture Oscar winners were actually.... good.
Agree… especially the 70’s, 80’s.
@@jsstar76 The Godfather and Dirty Harry had fantastic cinematography.
@@jaclynbazsika512 The Godfather is The Godfather, no beating it.
I agree, now the films really stink and yet they get all kinds of awards.
Beautiful how he sees and explains the depth of the music. It's almost painful for him to see Mozarts effortless perfection.
This performance by Mr. Murray is probably one the best in movie history.
This for me is one of the most masterfully acted scenes in cinematic history.
I like how salieri is looking at this music and she’s just chillin in the background
This is the most beautiful and cruel scene...
his facial expression between 2:30 and 2:36, of being so emotionally touched by the beauty of the music mixed with sheer pain,....beyond words!!
3:14 the look from F Murray Abraham is exquisite as just for the briefest moment, we catch Salieri vulnerable, sorrowful, without his hubris or armour, like a guilty child caught looking enviously through the keyhole at something glorious
He was a music genius too. He could hear the music of what it would become just by looking at the notes! Amazing.
Oh, and superb acting by him too
Hearing the music by looking at the notes is quite easy after you’ve learned to play an instrument or been in a choir. I was able to do this by my second high school choir class. You’d be able to do it too!
@@BethanyLankinit absolutely is not…
One of the most deserved Oscars ever awarded in my lifetime. F. Murray Abraham's performance was magnificent, even as he was surrounded by a tour de force, all the other elements that created such a sublime motion picture and soundtrack. Milos Foreman created a masterpiece for all time. Thomas Hulce was wonderful, but F. Murray Abraham was the catalyst that created the magic.
One of the absolute greatest films ever made. And F. Murray Abraham's incredible multi-layered performance is the performance of a lifetime. One of the greatest acting performances in any movie ever. Of course, Tom Hulce also deserves major kudos for his pitch-perfect performance as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. But 1984 was the year of F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri. Literally no other actor could have won that year.
Do you know where the original non-directors cut can be streamed? I hate the additions. Kind of ruins the film.
You know I have listened to Mozart hundreds of times, but never appreciated it until I saw this
scene from the movie. He is right, it is truly "miraculous"
I get shivers watching clips from this movie today. Watched it in my teens, and it strikes me how good the acting and directing is in this movie. You don't get this good things today.
Lejonet what really strikes me about it, as well, is how well it holds up even today. It’s been over 30 years since its original release and it doesn’t look one bit outdated. At least not to me
@@marcospaulreal5922 Yeah I agree, well written man. It's one of those modern classics in my opinion.
He deserved that Oscar!
Couldn't agree more. Went to see this as a 12 year old boy and walked out of the cinema in a state of shock. I'd never seen anything like that in my life.
To this day the greatest film I've ever seen.
It's miraculous how four great artists (Mozart, director Forman, Murray Abraham, and screenwriter Peter Shaffer) created one of the most beautiful and flawless movie scenes of all time
This was such a great film! And F. Murray, wow, spectacular in this role....so deserving of his Oscar!
And since then, nobody wrote such a great music every again.
Beethoven did.
... not much of a fan of orchestral music I guess. A wonderful composer to be sure but hardly alone on his genius. Alas, for the lack of musical education in our schools.
@@Thepourdeuxchanson Beethoven was a great composer, too, especially his Symphonies.
@@theccpisaparasite8813 I agree with you, you need talent, and the schools should give musical educations and the teacher should be also good.
Talented man is just a man if there's no one to appreciate his talent.
not true at all... if you are talented bulding houses and no one can see them you would still have an amazing house built just because your talent LMAO
Talent is subjective--all that really exists are passion and dedication. A person who isn't passionate about their work will just slap something together and call it good enough, but a person who really cares will work as hard as they can and still find things to correct about it once it's done. Mozart was a perfectionist, and let me tell you it is *damn hard* to get a perfectionist to admit to their own skill. "Talent" is just what outside validation calls it because they don't see all the hard work that went into the creation. But as a very accomplished composer himself, Salieri *does* see it, and it drives him crazy that Mozart makes music like this--very technically difficult and precise that would probably take him days to get exactly right--look *effortless.*
Abraham was so deep in his role......fantastic.Unbelievable. I have never seen something similar so far.🙏
“From now on we are enemies - you and I..” ✝️
Amazing how he could hear these by only looking at a piece of paper, never hearing them before. That is a true composer and Musician, Incredible
I saw this scene as a teenage composer and since then reading music with my eyes only became a milestone. This is the skill a composer needs and this is the skill that distinguishes truly skillful from posers
One of the most awesome performances by any actor of any time!
Oh man, this film featured some of the finest acting in cinema history.
I've shared this story before on YT clips....
But I have an extreme allergic reaction to Poison Ivy. When I was 10, I got it all over my face 3 days before school was out.
My eyes would swell shut and all I could do was lay in the basement couch where my mother's house was the coolest.
That's also where the TV with cable was. That May 1986, Amadeus was showing. I would just lay there listening to the
movie and I discovered Mozarts music. This scene was my reaction. like it was the only thing that made me forget the pain and itching
It brings me comfort to this day now that I'm 44. Every time I watch this movie I'm humbled and reminded of that time.
That must’ve been some fond memories, despite the whole poison ivy allergic reaction.
@@ericr.7311 I bought it and watched with my kids during quarantine last year. Their firt time. Man it was beuatiful. My son wants to be a movie director and he was blown away. He was 10 at the time like I was then and it was just simply a memory I'll never forget.
Amadeus played at select theatres on the East side of Manhattan. I was mesmerized, delighted, appalled when I saw it. All these emotions running through me. I knew then it would be nominated for awards how could it not be.
What a movie, and what a scene!!! All the narrative, audio editing and performance of F. Murray Abraham made this a masterpiece
This scene always makes me cry
That one Look he gives her when she asks "is it not good?"… ahhh… Mr. F. Murray Abraham… a MasterClass of acting this performance was.
"It is miraculous!" The way He says is absolutely astounding, revering and for a lack of word, like being touched by God himself!
Mass in C minor is still some bomb ass music hundreds of years later.
I heard the Sinfonia Concertante in C major for Flute on Breaking bad S04E08, while Walt and that guy are waiting for their scan, and it reminded me of this scene right away!
As a musician, there are times you listen to a beautiful written song that gets you so emotional frustrated how it's possible for someone to write it. You get this strong sense of respect mixed with envious for such an achievement. There were certain beatle songs that got me like this. They are so perfect. How can someone have the power to write some amazing music? This scene is an universal feelings of musicians alike.
As he looks through the sheets of music, he can hear the genius of his music. The pain and agony on his face is palatable. Brilliant scene in a fantastic film.
Abraham was at the top of his game.
This too was one of my favorite scenes. The scene where Salieri was at Mozarts bed transcribing the notes while Mozart dictated them to him was just mind blowing. Great movie, many great scenes . . . and Mozarts wife was just down right cute and attractive as all get out!
The most beautifully crafted scene of all time.
This scene gives me goosebumps all the way down each time.
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I imagine Salieri was trembling in agony, ecstasy, envy, admiration, all rages in his head.
Abraham's reading of the script was so perfect, that I honestly think this is my favorite acting performance of all time... his acting made me think Salieri wasn't just jealous of Mozart, he was haunted by Mozart's music... and by mixing Abraham's acting tone with that music playing in the background, this was an all timer.
I was incredibly moved and brought to tears when Mozart said “it’s Morbzart time”. Without a doubt, this is the most movie of all time.
Complete brilliance - both Mozart and Abraham's.
Highly recommended movie.
Utter heart break and utter wonder and sheer appreciation while envious, such a tidal wave of emotions we see in this scene
This is the most beautiful scene i have ever seen in my life.
I have never seen such a look of pure anguish. It’s like his soul was shattered into a million pieces
‘And music; finished as no music is ever finished.
Displace one note and there would be diminishment.
Displace one phrase and the structure would fall.’
If you listen to any of his classics, most of us can actually see and hear that this is true.
Salieri's emotional interpretation as a genius himself makes us appreciate the absolute genius of Mozart
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Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E-flat major, K 365 the section you're look for is in 20 minutes in the 3rd movement. He was 21 when he wrote it.
Thank you! Some pieces are listed in other comments but not this piece, familiar by sound, yet forgotten by name: thank you for naming it for me.
This is my favorite scene in the movie. It's both beautiful and tragic. Beautiful in how Salieri genuinely recognized Mozart's genius, all while the music is effectively playing in the background. Tragic in how recognizing Mozart's genius forces Salieri to come to terms with his own mediocrity, which turns into jealousy and his inevitable falling out with God. An absolute stellar performance by F. Murray Abraham.
How he feels about the music is exactly how I feel about the acting in this scene.... miraculous...
There's even more depth in the directors cut leading up to this scene.
It shows Salieri giving voice lessons while playing the piano and casually snacking on some sweets, even though it interferes a bit with the lesson.
It really gives his reaction of instantly putting down the candy he's eating in this scene at the realization of having Mozart' s original drafts right in front of him.
Just another piece of creative screenwriting to show his love and obsession of Mozart's work.
"Astounding, it was actually beyond belief"
I cannot imagine the pain of being intelligent enough to see a genuine work of absolute genius, and able to see it and appreciate it, yet not talented enough to match or surpass it.
Salieri's facial expressions just enhance the pieces.
It is sad that Salieri was picked to be the jealous character, when he was a great composer in his own right. Arguably one of the most successful composers of his day. However, the character of Salieri in this film is such a wonderfully written part. It's like he's the only one who can truly see what level Mozart is on, even though Mozart is nowhere near him in success. It's like practicing every single day on the basketball court and being very good at it, but knowing that you'll never be on the level of a Michael Jordan.