The priest is one of the most under appreciated actors in the movie. He just sits quietly making faces as Salieri talks, but his expressions are important to the flow of emotions as the story unfolds.
I agree. By the end, he is weeping and, I believe, has lost his faith. And he wasn't even a character in the original Play; he was invented out of whole cloth for the film!
Every single supporting character in the movie is phenomenal. Those composer cronies, the fat guy, the guy who likes Mozart, the Emperor... Simply, everyone is colorful and full of his own quips.
My favorite scenes are when it cuts back to Salieri's retelling with the priest. He is such a fan of Mozart he can't help himself. His vocabulary and command of language is so perfect it somehow takes me to the point of laughing with tears in my eyes. He is such a mess but shines brighter describing Mozart than any other time in the film. It is like he was waiting his whole life to finally cry out to God, from his heart, for once.
Exactly...it's like he desperately wants to hate Mozart because he's such a petulant child, but Salieri's true passion is music, and he can't dent how incredible Mozart is with it. He's at once unbelievably jealous and in awe. Incredible acting on both parts, but especially Salieri's...particularly the subtle expressions of emotion as he reads through his music and tells the priest about it.
Mozart was probably 26 years old, and is playing in the national opera in front of the emperor. Im 26 and im thinking of what i have achieved or done this year :(
It's really much more than that...read up about his childhood and teen years, where he was giving concerts all over Europe for the wealthy and royalty. Enough to make one either dedicate their lives to music, or give up altogether ;)
When he called her "greedy song bird", as a child I didn't understand. I just thought it was because she just loved to sing. Years later when she sings those "ghastly scales", I can see her smiling cause she must feel so free n happy to be able to show off her vocal skills instead of just singing a couple of notes for a still moment.
Before I used to think that Tom Hulce (Mozart), should have gotten the Oscar for Best Actor, but now every time I watch this movie (for the 88 times I think), I completely agree that Murray Abraham was well deserving to be the Best Actor..very convincing Salieri..bravura performance from start to finish
I hate it when people criticize the historical inaccuracies of the movie. Jeez, it's a work of art, not a documentary. The historical setting is a background to what happens in mozarti and salieri's souls.
Agreed, and it actually does work in a historical context better than its critics admit. That Salieri at least once claimed that he killed Mozart is as far as I can find accepted. I see this movie as a dramatization of his delusions on the subject.
@@abehambino Wrong fuckwit. Salieri heard the rumor that someone said he killed Mozart and he was so distraught, he tried to kill himself. Get your facts straight.
@@foxmulder3980 but he is right. Salieri said he killed Mozart because he had dementia during his attempted suicide but later took it back. So, you get your facts right.
Well, it really is filled with so many inaccuracies in order to entertain. Nearly all great composers of previous ages had fascinating lives, filled with enough intrigue, humor and passion without the need for total fabrication. Like Immortal Beloved or Impromptu. Hollywood manages to trivialize, sexualize and dumb down most histories. I loved Amadeus as a young man, but thankfully I understand the differences between total entertainment and history. Many walked away from the play and the film mis-informed. Entertained, but sadly mis-informed on Mozart, Salieri, Vienna and the entire true and fascinating stories of these people and this era.
The most beautiful scene in this film is when Constanzia brings Mozart's sheet music to Salieri, who then sight reads it in his mind. In shock, he drops the music to the floor and leaves for another room and throws a crucifix into the fireplace declaring, "Now we are enemies!" My heart stood still when I first saw this.The whole movie then made sense.
That’s what the aria “Martern aller arten” is all about: the Pasha is demanding the woman, Kostanze, to love him and she refuses-saying he can do all kinds of harm to her-but it won’t change her mind since she will always remain faithful to her fiancé.
Suzanne Murphy (the soprano singing the aria) is FLAWLESS. Other sopranos specially in the highest notes of the score become lazy and just make one continuous sound rather than proper form. This woman on the other hand hit every single note with precision and grace. Truly my favorite soprano of all time!
Anyone ever notice how each cut to an opera is SO genius? Every time, it's some real powerhouse editing, each cut to an opera is so thematically synched to the music
Ross Courtright Ross, you are a GENIUS!! I've seen this clip hundreds of time (It's on my favorites list) and it never dawned on me until you pointed it out. Bravo!! :D
+thesir27 Maybe it's just my headphones, but it seems that Salieri practices the scales in mono, and once we cut to the opera, it becomes stereo. Which would be a very clever editing trick, if it were intentional.
Yngwie 2 Buckethead. Dat mite b a nice project. LOL!!! 10 hourz, of ghastly arpegioz! Featuring Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, Frank Gambale, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Tony MacAlpine, & Buckethead
Mozart singing his opera along with the performers as he conducts is wonderful. He's like a child playing with his new toys on Christmas morning. Compare this to his visible emotional pain later in the film as he conducts Don Giovanni.
OH, YES! He's wildly pumping his fists and grinning ear to ear during "The Abduction from the Seraglio"! And the way he's meeting lustful eyes with Caterina Cavalieri during it... And then compare his emotional pain with his emotional AND physical pain when conducting "Die Zauberflöte," where he collapses and is carried to his deathbed.
Even though the actress who played the opera singer is only in the movie for a few minutes, she's memorable and makes the most of it. That look of lust she shoots in Mozart's direction from 0:58 to 1:03 during the "Hurt me, break me" bit is hilarious, as is Salieri's shocked "OMG, THEY TOTALLY FUCKED?!?!" reaction. Gets me every time, lol. Such a beautiful movie all around.
I know you wrote this comment several years ago, but I wanted to say that I love his pink wig too! I don't know how historically accurate in fashion that wig would be. Most of us know Hollywood takes artistic liberties. I think that the wig is a nod to the modern hair styles that were popular at the time (1980's). It reminds me of the new wave band members hair. A flock of seagulls comes to mind. Mozart was young and very forward thinking. I think he would approve of a pink wig and probably enjoy modern times if he were to time travel. Sorry to ramble on. Have a nice day! 😊
By far my favorite scene in the movie. Love her expressions from 0:59 to 1:02 and the way she walks offstage after completing her aria screams "Aren't I great? You can start applauding now." Christine Ebersole should have gotten an Oscar for this!!
Tom Hulce honestly could've been listed as a supporting actor. Even though he is the name of the movie, Salieri is definitely the lead role. If he did do that, he might've won an Oscar with Abraham
I disagree that this is the most beautiful scene in *Amadeus*. That scene is where Salierie describes the Serenade in B flat... that is the most beautiful scene in the movie. JMHO!
Grew up in a classical music loving household but opera had always been a bridge too far for me - until this movie. Specifically the Don Giovanni scene was my awakening, that one left such a deep impression on little me. So much love for this movie
i love his pink fluffy wig, it seems to annoy the hell outta Salieri XD just wear your fluffiest wig,Mozart,and annoy Salieri lol he actually lookw better in the fluffy wigs than the fancy weird ones
When i watched this scene for the first time, i evolved this huge crush on Tom Hulce as Mozart with the costume, the pink wig, his insanity, his passionate moves by conductng, this is pleasure to my ears and eyes, this is definitely my favorite conducting scene from the film...
insanity to me is a moot point. In my case I felt and got goose bumps when I heard this soprano. Then, on my was across u.s I met a real live woman in boulder CO.that could replicate it. Once again, goose bumps all over.
One thing that is definitely true about this movie is that mozarts music were beginning tone played more and salieris music were played less and led and eventually disappeared. Then after this, salieris music began to be played in public settings. How interesting!
I took classical guitar lessons for most of my youth, and have always loved this movie. For fun and a bit of extra money, I also played guitar in a rock cover band. My girlfriend at the time, who's father hated me, referred to me as "The creature", so I always laugh at this scene. :)
I think this is what perfection means, the singing, the dancing, the music performing, the acting, the directing, the editing and everything just no more nor less. Tom's performing makes me wonder, 200 years ago at this very moment, if Mozart was as this proud as he expressed, maybe Tom's face expressing was even more accurate of showing Mozart's very own feelings.
Mozart Rocked that Hall in real life. The scenes of his operas in the film was actually the same Hall where he preformed his ingenious masterpiece [s] over 200 years ago.. Gracie Milos Forman for putting real historical settings in this classic gem of a film.
Great footage. I love the male dancers as they come strutting out like a bunch of proud peacocks. Is a difficult dance maneouvre. They don't quite synchronize properly, but they're giving it all they've got. It's executed with lots of pomp, and feeling too. It's masculine and athletic like a real sailor man should be depicted as. I Love It. I Get It.
The reason why it’s translated is because the characters are speaking in English instead of German, what they would’ve spoke, so they made it consistent to I guess you could say this “fictional universe” and made the German operas in English and left the rest in their OG languages
When I was a young boy, I thought this movie sucked. Now i'm much older, I really enjoy the story and top notch acting. No special effects what so ever. Love it!!!
I was mesmerized at the visit viewing and I know I went back to The Galleria here in Houston to see it several times after. Amazing performances by so many.
This scene, the vocals were Irish coloratura soprano Suzanne Murphy. The Queen of the Night scene later in the film was sung by American coloratura soprano June Anderson.
My orchestra teacher loved this film, and really wanted to perform the opera pieces from the movie. The local opera company in town was always eager to work with the high school orchestra, but the four years I was in high school we never did Mozart operas, Schumann is what was chosen. I hope he got the chance, he tragically died 4 years after I graduated.
A great film, if historically inaccurate. If it was accurate, it would have been a film about Mozart and Salieri having a friendly rivalry marked by mutual respect and admiration. They would also have had something of a bromance going later in the film. It would have played like a long episode of "The Get Along Gang," and who would want to see that? :)
Amadeus (1984) - 40th Anniversary this year!! It would be amazing to see this in theaters on the big screen for the anniversary celebration. Truly a masterpiece worthy of re-release.
Greatest exchange that sums up ALL critics: Emperor: “Fine work, Herr Mozart, but, uh, too many notes” Mozart: “which ones would you have me remove, your Excellency?”
3:06. Tom Hulce just came up with those hand motions. The camera people and Milos Forman were worried it would look silly and he was messing up the scene. They saw it later on film and realized how great it was and now it's iconic.
Too bad none of it is true. Salieri never made a vow of chastity and actually married Cavalieri later, if I'm not mistaken. And Mozart never slept with other women, since he was deathly afraid of illnesses. But it doesn't matter, beautiful scene and movie anyway!
InfiniteEIC That's the amazing thing about it. It's the only movie i know of that captures the essence of Mozart and his music so well, and in spite of all the inaccuracies.
I don't think it matters. It is art, not history. It is A-class music, cinema, and storytelling. As long as people make the distinction between fact and fiction and don't assume it's supposed to be accurate, their's no issue in my mind.
Murray Abraham’s acting on salieri’s jealousy is perfect. I can feel his seeting anger and admiration. Which just turns into frustration. Those feelings are familiar to me and others so to see it acted out blows my mind.
Wonderful work of fiction contrasting ugly envy and beautiful inspiration "… greed, envy, covetousness, jealousy and suspicion prevent man from ascending to the realms of holiness, imprisoning him in the claws of self and the cage of egotism." ~ Baha'i Faith
A timeless movie. Indeed a scene that drew us toward the spirit of the times. So many of the key actors/actresses seem to be present in some form of another. All of them at their best. And the best part....there's been no film since to top this in it's genre. Why? Because every Director and Producer knows it can't be eclipsed. "LOVE GOD!"
i absolutely adore salieri's face when she sings the last note before the opera scene. you can just tell how much he adores her all the same and ah! it's such a lovely moment in this scene.
About the "fireworks" Salieri describes. What Mozart is doing here, and which he does so well, is that after the working out of the main theme he lets the audience rest their ears with simple scales and arpeggios. A sound strategy and one audiences appreciate. Don't make them work too hard for too long.
I met F. Murray Abraham at a stop light in Cambridge and we went to hotel nearby and proceeded to get lightly wasted. He's and absolutely incredible actor. But after spending the better part of a night with him, I tell you with conviction that he's an even better man. An ultra cool guy.
The priest is one of the most under appreciated actors in the movie. He just sits quietly making faces as Salieri talks, but his expressions are important to the flow of emotions as the story unfolds.
Actor Richard Frank, died age 42 in 1995. RIP.
I agree. By the end, he is weeping and, I believe, has lost his faith. And he wasn't even a character in the original Play; he was invented out of whole cloth for the film!
@@audiblokeso sad 😞
Every single supporting character in the movie is phenomenal. Those composer cronies, the fat guy, the guy who likes Mozart, the Emperor... Simply, everyone is colorful and full of his own quips.
I saw a production of Amadeus in Atlanta where Richard Frank (the priest) played the role of Salieri -- he was very good! RIP
The entire movie is the most beautiful scene.
+Corn Fed Amen.
true
Mozart Saliri called you a creature
son get back to work
Leopold Mozart salieri called your son a creture
My favorite scenes are when it cuts back to Salieri's retelling with the priest. He is such a fan of Mozart he can't help himself. His vocabulary and command of language is so perfect it somehow takes me to the point of laughing with tears in my eyes. He is such a mess but shines brighter describing Mozart than any other time in the film. It is like he was waiting his whole life to finally cry out to God, from his heart, for once.
So true.
Yeah, the first groupie :)
Nicholas Joost Beautiful comment!
Good eye!
Exactly...it's like he desperately wants to hate Mozart because he's such a petulant child, but Salieri's true passion is music, and he can't dent how incredible Mozart is with it. He's at once unbelievably jealous and in awe. Incredible acting on both parts, but especially Salieri's...particularly the subtle expressions of emotion as he reads through his music and tells the priest about it.
Mozart was probably 26 years old, and is playing in the national opera in front of the emperor. Im 26 and im thinking of what i have achieved or done this year :(
It's really much more than that...read up about his childhood and teen years, where he was giving concerts all over Europe for the wealthy and royalty. Enough to make one either dedicate their lives to music, or give up altogether ;)
Well, you'll also get a longer span of life, so there's that. :)
Don't compare yourself to others, especially not Mozart.
26 back then was like what, 40 of today? People died at 50 probably lmao
Not your fault. He was born a music genius. That's why they call them prodigies.
When he called her "greedy song bird", as a child I didn't understand. I just thought it was because she just loved to sing. Years later when she sings those "ghastly scales", I can see her smiling cause she must feel so free n happy to be able to show off her vocal skills instead of just singing a couple of notes for a still moment.
Cool editing at 1:29 --Salieri's right hand gestures upwards into a smooth cut right into a continuation of that same gesture he made in the past.
+RLviddy Good eye, RLviddy! I never caught that before!
+RLviddy Brilliant catch, and I bet the editors really enjoyed working on that section; of course they timed it just right. Bravo for noticing.
+RLviddy Wow, eagle eye!
Wow, never noticed. Thanks
nice catch. phenomenal filmmaking
Before I used to think that Tom Hulce (Mozart), should have gotten the Oscar for Best Actor, but now every time I watch this movie (for the 88 times I think), I completely agree that Murray Abraham was well deserving to be the Best Actor..very convincing Salieri..bravura performance from start to finish
Tom Hulce gives an obnoxious one-note performance. I have no idea what people see in him.
Abraham, on the other hand, is fantastic.
@@sophiadao7325 Well you've given an obnoxious, one-note comment
@@sophiadao7325 It’s the talent that counts...both in Mozart and in Tom Hulce😉
@@annacwiekala6280 Nicely done. Thank you.
Tom Hulce should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Didn't make sense to me, Abraham was the lead.
lmao I find it so funny when Salieri calls him "the creature"
+DaBearsManiac The cut to Mozart composing right after he says it makes it all the more funny.
DaBearsManiac me too
I was laughing at this earlier, I love that line. unfortunately couldn't find the scene here
"Conducting".
Sex fiend.
I hate it when people criticize the historical inaccuracies of the movie. Jeez, it's a work of art, not a documentary. The historical setting is a background to what happens in mozarti and salieri's souls.
Agreed, and it actually does work in a historical context better than its critics admit. That Salieri at least once claimed that he killed Mozart is as far as I can find accepted. I see this movie as a dramatization of his delusions on the subject.
Shut up.
@@abehambino Wrong fuckwit. Salieri heard the rumor that someone said he killed Mozart and he was so distraught, he tried to kill himself. Get your facts straight.
@@foxmulder3980 but he is right. Salieri said he killed Mozart because he had dementia during his attempted suicide but later took it back. So, you get your facts right.
Well, it really is filled with so many inaccuracies in order to entertain. Nearly all great composers of previous ages had fascinating lives, filled with enough intrigue, humor and passion without the need for total fabrication. Like Immortal Beloved or Impromptu.
Hollywood manages to trivialize, sexualize and dumb down most histories. I loved Amadeus as a young man, but thankfully I understand the differences between total entertainment and history. Many walked away from the play and the film mis-informed. Entertained, but sadly mis-informed on Mozart, Salieri, Vienna and the entire true and fascinating stories of these people and this era.
The most beautiful scene in this film is when Constanzia brings Mozart's sheet music to Salieri, who then sight reads it in his mind. In shock, he drops the music to the floor and leaves for another room and throws a crucifix into the fireplace declaring, "Now we are enemies!" My heart stood still when I first saw this.The whole movie then made sense.
“Hurt me. Break me. Kill me.”
Oh my
That’s what the aria “Martern aller arten” is all about: the Pasha is demanding the woman, Kostanze, to love him and she refuses-saying he can do all kinds of harm to her-but it won’t change her mind since she will always remain faithful to her fiancé.
What a mood.
nightwish - ghost love score? ^^
Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me
When Coupled with Yuja Wangs on stage bondage outifts these lyrics make more sense!
Suzanne Murphy (the soprano singing the aria) is FLAWLESS. Other sopranos specially in the highest notes of the score become lazy and just make one continuous sound rather than proper form. This woman on the other hand hit every single note with precision and grace. Truly my favorite soprano of all time!
The movie is absolutely perfect, in every way.. Amazing achievement..
it really is. I can;t find a single flaw.
Anyone ever notice how each cut to an opera is SO genius? Every time, it's some real powerhouse editing, each cut to an opera is so thematically synched to the music
thesir27 Hurt me! Break me! Kill me!
But we see Mozart mouthing the words, and what does Salieri eventually do...
Ross Courtright Ross, you are a GENIUS!! I've seen this clip hundreds of time (It's on my favorites list) and it never dawned on me until you pointed it out. Bravo!! :D
+Ross Courtright you re right damn i never noticed 0.0
+thesir27 Maybe it's just my headphones, but it seems that Salieri practices the scales in mono, and once we cut to the opera, it becomes stereo. Which would be a very clever editing trick, if it were intentional.
+thesir27 couldn't realy fail could they ???
"10 minutes of ghastly scales"- Basically what some people think of shred guitarists.
For the piano it takes 10 hours !
Jonathan Bullas HAHA!
LOL!!!
Yngwie 2 Buckethead.
Dat mite b a nice project. LOL!!!
10 hourz, of ghastly arpegioz! Featuring Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, Frank Gambale, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Tony MacAlpine, & Buckethead
The way he says that line... exquisite!
Mozart singing his opera along with the performers as he conducts is wonderful. He's like a child playing with his new toys on Christmas morning. Compare this to his visible emotional pain later in the film as he conducts Don Giovanni.
OH, YES! He's wildly pumping his fists and grinning ear to ear during "The Abduction from the Seraglio"! And the way he's meeting lustful eyes with Caterina Cavalieri during it... And then compare his emotional pain with his emotional AND physical pain when conducting "Die Zauberflöte," where he collapses and is carried to his deathbed.
Such energy! Leaves one breathless!!
Even though the actress who played the opera singer is only in the movie for a few minutes, she's memorable and makes the most of it. That look of lust she shoots in Mozart's direction from 0:58 to 1:03 during the "Hurt me, break me" bit is hilarious, as is Salieri's shocked "OMG, THEY TOTALLY FUCKED?!?!" reaction. Gets me every time, lol. Such a beautiful movie all around.
lol good observation.
lol right, she was like"come at me" and Mozart was totally oblivious and fascinated with his own music while Salieri's just like"hell no"
Who's wonderful voice was it
Irish Soprano Suzanne Murphy
The funny thing is, that whole aria is basically saying: I will NEVER have sex with you. Ironic.
"Least of all, the creature." F. Murray Abraham gives a stellar performance.
I freaking love his pink wig!
I know you wrote this comment several years ago, but I wanted to say that I love his pink wig too! I don't know how historically accurate in fashion that wig would be. Most of us know Hollywood takes artistic liberties. I think that the wig is a nod to the modern hair styles that were popular at the time (1980's). It reminds me of the new wave band members hair. A flock of seagulls comes to mind. Mozart was young and very forward thinking. I think he would approve of a pink wig and probably enjoy modern times if he were to time travel. Sorry to ramble on. Have a nice day! 😊
F Murray Abram's acting is so amazing. Just the few quick camera cameo jump cuts back to his seething restless jealous facial expression are genius.
By far my favorite scene in the movie. Love her expressions from 0:59 to 1:02 and the way she walks offstage after completing her aria screams "Aren't I great? You can start applauding now." Christine Ebersole should have gotten an Oscar for this!!
Will we ever have another film that can approach this beauty?
+Iris Friesen We've had many since then
Never...
Copying Beethoven
Joe Dirt.
when will people realize that we are all opinionated assholes. -.-
Tom Hulce honestly could've been listed as a supporting actor. Even though he is the name of the movie, Salieri is definitely the lead role. If he did do that, he might've won an Oscar with Abraham
Absolutely
I disagree that this is the most beautiful scene in *Amadeus*. That scene is where Salierie describes the Serenade in B flat... that is the most beautiful scene in the movie. JMHO!
+Dr Death exactly. false title
+Dr Death Came on here to write exactly that.
Hear here, & agreed!
Never forgot those lines. Heard in my childhood, affected too much the way I experience music 'till these days.
Dr Death I used that as one of my monologues in my audition for Twelfth Night.
Ah, yes, it is a beautiful scene. The entire movie is filled with beautiful scenes.
The best movie ever I can see it again and again!
A great movie. I memorized lots of lines. My passport back in time to the best genius composer Mozart. An all time epic composer♥️
Every scene is so perfect in this movie, it's hard to pick one.
that voice is amazing. I get chills
Me too I love it but who sang it
The part at 2:11 was the start of my enjoyment of opera as a kid.
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Mozart was also the reason I started enjoying opera, but it started with Magic Flute for me. :)
Grew up in a classical music loving household but opera had always been a bridge too far for me - until this movie. Specifically the Don Giovanni scene was my awakening, that one left such a deep impression on little me. So much love for this movie
The more I learn of him, the more I'm in awe of him. All I can say is WHAT A GENIOUS!
Thankfully I have this movie on DVD. Its part of my 200+ collection. The whole movie is "best". I never get tired of seeing it. Thank you.
i love his pink fluffy wig, it seems to annoy the hell outta Salieri XD just wear your fluffiest wig,Mozart,and annoy Salieri lol he actually lookw better in the fluffy wigs than the fancy weird ones
When i watched this scene for the first time, i evolved this huge crush on Tom Hulce as Mozart with the costume, the pink wig, his insanity, his passionate moves by conductng, this is pleasure to my ears and eyes, this is definitely my favorite conducting scene from the film...
insanity to me is a moot point. In my case I felt and got goose bumps when I heard this soprano. Then, on my was across u.s I met a real live woman in boulder CO.that could replicate it. Once again, goose bumps all over.
same i was like
fudge
I'm gonna play Mozart symphonies now
I LOVE YOU TOM XD
omfg same i thought i was alone in this!
@warrcc c and Mozart is dead. Don't you have fantasies?
I also had a huuuge crush and for many years wanted to name my son Amadeus or Wolfgang based off this movie. Sadly, I never had a son😩😩😩
One thing that is definitely true about this movie is that mozarts music were beginning tone played more and salieris music were played less and led and eventually disappeared. Then after this, salieris music began to be played in public settings. How interesting!
I took classical guitar lessons for most of my youth, and have always loved this movie. For fun and a bit of extra money, I also played guitar in a rock cover band. My girlfriend at the time, who's father hated me, referred to me as "The creature", so I always laugh at this scene. :)
Lol!
this scene is literally perfect. 0:58 the way that it cuts back to mozart so that it looks like he's singing!!!!!! it's so good
“...showing off like the greedy songbird she was.” lol one of my favorite lines.
freakin loooove this movie!! I can watch it over and over. timeless.
The look on Salieri's face at 3:10 is perfect.
I think this is what perfection means, the singing, the dancing, the music performing, the acting, the directing, the editing and everything just no more nor less. Tom's performing makes me wonder, 200 years ago at this very moment, if Mozart was as this proud as he expressed, maybe Tom's face expressing was even more accurate of showing Mozart's very own feelings.
The acting is cinematography at its finest
I don't think so. It's all about Milos Forman stupid hate against Salieri and Italy.
Milos didnt even come up with the story, its based off a play
i liked it but...too many notes id say
+A Penandroll Good one.
+A Penandroll Well, there it is.
+A Penandroll Yes, one can only handle but so many notes in one evening.
+In the Pocket Which ones did you have in mind?
+A Penandroll so do you think it would be pefect if he cut a few? but if you go that wrote, you must tell me, which few you have in mind.
Mozart Rocked that Hall in real life.
The scenes of his operas in the film was actually the same Hall where he preformed his ingenious masterpiece [s] over 200 years ago..
Gracie Milos Forman for putting real historical settings in this classic gem of a film.
They took a risk adding candles and filming in that very hall, but my goodness it help capitalize this film to the masterpiece it is.
Great footage. I love the male dancers as they come strutting out like a bunch of proud peacocks. Is a difficult dance maneouvre. They don't quite synchronize properly, but they're giving it all they've got. It's executed with lots of pomp, and feeling too. It's masculine and athletic like a real sailor man should be depicted as. I Love It. I Get It.
This is "Matern aller Art" from "die Entführung aus dem Serail"
It's actually a german opera 😉
+Spiralendrache You're right. But in the German language 😁
The reason why it’s translated is because the characters are speaking in English instead of German, what they would’ve spoke, so they made it consistent to I guess you could say this “fictional universe” and made the German operas in English and left the rest in their OG languages
Who did the actual opera singing. I never heard a woman reach the scales like the songbird did. Incredible
When I was a young boy, I thought this movie sucked. Now i'm much older, I really enjoy the story and top notch acting. No special effects what so ever. Love it!!!
I was mesmerized at the visit viewing and I know I went back to The Galleria here in Houston to see it several times after. Amazing performances by so many.
I was 5 when this movie came out and it still is one of my top favorite movies
who ever sang the lead soprano was pretty gifted in this movie. can't find a recording nearly as good
Diana Damaru (a German opera singer) was pretty good at singing at the aria “Martern aller arten”
@@bloodyrose1985 Yes, I have heard her recording many times. In this however, the soprano is sung by Felicity Lott.
This scene, the vocals were Irish coloratura soprano Suzanne Murphy. The Queen of the Night scene later in the film was sung by American coloratura soprano June Anderson.
@@MrGent-er3pk I didn't know that. Thank you for the correction!
If I am "blue" Mozart's music can always lift me up. What a genius. I also love the other classical composers, but Mozart gives me joy.
I was obsessed with opera and Mozart and Singing when I was 14. This scene was one of my favorites.
Same
Miloš Forman 1932-2018 Requiescat in pace
My orchestra teacher loved this film, and really wanted to perform the opera pieces from the movie. The local opera company in town was always eager to work with the high school orchestra, but the four years I was in high school we never did Mozart operas, Schumann is what was chosen. I hope he got the chance, he tragically died 4 years after I graduated.
Great film. Two extremely great performances but only one Oscar Winner - The movie, the magic , the music.
Oh yes its really the most beautiful scene, its my best. Amadeus is a wonderful movie, timeless and poetic.. Thanks a lot for this video
Since the death of Kubrick no death of a director hurt me so much, especially counting the fact that he came from my nation. #RIPMilosForman
I think F. Murray Abraham's performance was the most well deserved Oscar winning role ever.
A great film, if historically inaccurate. If it was accurate, it would have been a film about Mozart and Salieri having a friendly rivalry marked by mutual respect and admiration. They would also have had something of a bromance going later in the film.
It would have played like a long episode of "The Get Along Gang," and who would want to see that? :)
Liszt and Chopin?
What a great movie! The music, the way it was shot! Mozart! The story! The movie shows age, but the beauty is always there!
I remember having the soundtrack when I was 10, and being so disappointed that this song was not included in it. Why Neville Marriner, why?!
Amadeus (1984) - 40th Anniversary this year!! It would be amazing to see this in theaters on the big screen for the anniversary celebration. Truly a masterpiece worthy of re-release.
10 minutes of GHASTLY SCALES!!!
haha love it! thanks for the video!
Arpeggios! Whizzing up and down like fireworks at a fairground! ;)
***** Salieri did not attend the first performance of The Abuction from Serail in real life !! How can he make stuff up ????
***** lol the actual aria in this clip, "Martern Aller Artern" is actually near 10 minutes long when performed completely!
Timeless masterpieces. The man and his music as well the film that tributes him.
"like the greedy songbird she was"
Salieri, you worked with sopranos, you should have seen that one coming.
Oh yes its really the most beautiful scene, its my best. Amadeus its a wonderful movie, timeless and poetic.. Thanks a lot for this video
Delightful scene !!!
F. Murray Abraham is a magnificent actor. He won Best Actor for this role.
Senior Rocker
Greatest exchange that sums up ALL critics:
Emperor: “Fine work, Herr Mozart, but, uh, too many notes”
Mozart: “which ones would you have me remove, your Excellency?”
3:06. Tom Hulce just came up with those hand motions. The camera people and Milos Forman were worried it would look silly and he was messing up the scene. They saw it later on film and realized how great it was and now it's iconic.
my favorite movie. I remember seeing her when I was 3 years old at my grandfather's house. Every time I see her, I get goose bumps.
God I Love This Movie So Much!!
Too bad none of it is true. Salieri never made a vow of chastity and actually married Cavalieri later, if I'm not mistaken. And Mozart never slept with other women, since he was deathly afraid of illnesses.
But it doesn't matter, beautiful scene and movie anyway!
InfiniteEIC That's the amazing thing about it. It's the only movie i know of that captures the essence of Mozart and his music so well, and in spite of all the inaccuracies.
I don't think it matters. It is art, not history. It is A-class music, cinema, and storytelling. As long as people make the distinction between fact and fiction and don't assume it's supposed to be accurate, their's no issue in my mind.
Lea F It isn’t about history. Who is telling the story? Salieri. It is the story told by an obviously mentally deranged man.
Lea F no shit. And did you know Mozart actually didn’t speak english all day either?
Mozart did indeed have lovers; he mentions in letters to his sister that he has to be constantly going to confession because of this.
"The greedy songbird that she was"! LoL she does enjoy singing those scales!
Those candles are dangerously close to the orchestral scores.
"The creature"
What a great movie!
The thing about this scene is that it goes to show, there’s never really much to critize about anything unless you’re looking for it or wanting it.
Bottomline - noone knows where he is buried. No place to bring flowers to and commemorate him. This is what saddens me. Thanks for the info, though.
The Creature. Best line.
It's Turkish. My hairdresser said everything this year's going to be Turkish!
Troy Schreiber
"I HEARD YOU MET HERR MOZART"
"AND HES BEEN COMMISSIONED TO WRITE AN OPERA"
"IS THERE A PART IN THERE FOR ME"-no
"how do you know"
what a fantastic opera voice this greedy songbird is !!!
RIP Milos Forman
It's so great that I've seen it hundreds of times!
When Mozart conducts he puts body movement with it which i find amazing
Murray Abraham’s acting on salieri’s jealousy is perfect. I can feel his seeting anger and admiration. Which just turns into frustration. Those feelings are familiar to me and others so to see it acted out blows my mind.
Wonderful work of fiction contrasting ugly envy and beautiful inspiration "… greed, envy, covetousness, jealousy and suspicion prevent man from ascending to the realms of holiness, imprisoning him in the claws of self and the cage of egotism." ~ Baha'i Faith
A timeless movie. Indeed a scene that drew us toward the spirit of the times. So many of the key actors/actresses seem to be present in some form of another. All of them at their best. And the best part....there's been no film since to top this in it's genre. Why? Because every Director and Producer knows it can't be eclipsed. "LOVE GOD!"
the greatest achievement in the history of filmmaking.
i absolutely adore salieri's face when she sings the last note before the opera scene. you can just tell how much he adores her all the same and ah! it's such a lovely moment in this scene.
My left ear is so lonley
Yousif Almutawea I thought that my headphones were broken xD
i only hear in one ear, so i could only listen to the music not to what Sallieri was saying
Shouldn't have made so much crystal then ;-)
Jorge Agusto
I did too..
And I can't hear with my right ear. So I couldn't hear anything at some points
The genius of this movie is it points out things we all can relate to in some form or another
r.I.p headphone users
Had this in full volume. didn't bother me
.....Now i wonder how i will get that buzzing out of my ears.
HUH?! WHAT?!!!
R.i.p. Amadeus
I dosent effects me
Like if you aggre
Awesome 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💯Amadeus very creative ❤️
"By the creature", I died laughing. I SO RELATE TO SALIERI!
wonderful memories in my mind ...
love it "Ghastly scales" lol
"The creature" lol
Mooned a bishop, insulted italian opera, insulted salieri, farted to the last note of salieri solo.... BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
thug life
One of my favs too. I haven't seen this film in over four years. Time to get it again.
0:17 When you finally get your left ear to pop.
About the "fireworks" Salieri describes. What Mozart is doing here, and which he does so well, is that after the working out of the main theme he lets the audience rest their ears with simple scales and arpeggios. A sound strategy and one audiences appreciate. Don't make them work too hard for too long.
“Ten minutes of ghastly scales…” sounds like Simon Cowell
I met F. Murray Abraham at a stop light in Cambridge and we went to hotel nearby and proceeded to get lightly wasted. He's and absolutely incredible actor.
But after spending the better part of a night with him, I tell you with conviction that he's an even better man. An ultra cool guy.