It looks like you watched the Director’s Cut, but I actually prefer the original theatrical version. To me it’s as close to perfection as you can get. I have both. The Director’s Cut, which came out years later, adds additional or prolongs scenes, but IMO doesn’t really add anything of substance to the film, other than length. Ironically, it’s kind of like the line in the film, “there are simply too many notes, just cut a few and it will be perfect.” I would be interested to see you compare them if you can find the original somewhere. Unfortunately it’s not easy to find. The original is approx. 160 minutes while the DC is 180. 🤓
well actaully there is one single scene in the director's cut that actaully strengthes why mozart's wife hated salieri so much. in the original cut. there was some stuff vaguely implied but the one scene really made you understand just how much she despised him.
@@Johnadams20760 well maybe clarifies for some, but by the end of the movie, everyone pro-Mozart seemed to know or at least suspect that Salieri was two-faced and working against him. In the original cut, Salieri drops the folder of scores on the floor, doesn’t pick them up, and marches out of the room, AND Mozart never gets the teaching position, plus all the other things he did to sabotage his operas over time. In the death scene, Stanzi wasn’t THAT rude to Salieri, but she understandably didn’t trust him, and wanted him out of the house, so IMO adds no value there. The only scene that it would benefit is earlier in the movie when Mozart comes home the night of the incident to a sobbing Constanza (because she feels so ashamed and guilty for betraying him).
Awesome review man! So glad you loved it! It's always really cool when you go back to one of these classic Oscar dramas, thinking it's going to be dull, and it turns out to be the complete opposite. This movie is so full of life and energy and just fantastic performances! I love it!
oh and you are right about the music. the music was sort of its own character. and in a sense. the greatest movie score of all time. the only movie Mozart wrote the entire score for.
@@BrandoCritic you are welcome. btw. it occurred to me. that if Mozart was around today he likely would have probably wrtitten scores for movies , at least i think so.
great review , i'm glad you love it when i saw the trailer for this film, there is some positive aspects when viewing the trailer to this film tom hulce as mozart plays him like a really amusing rock star the comedy in the film is enjoyable f murray abraham gives a good performance too this is definately a must see
Great review Brandon, I watched this when I was pretty young so a lot of it went over my head. I should rewatch it now that I am older and more observant.
Great video Brandon! I really love your reviews because you go the extra mile and actually delve into how the movie impacted you on an emotional level, which I think is the greatest attribute that films have. Definitely will be checking this one out because of your video!
I enjoyed the irony in this movie's story. Salieri is the one person in this movie, other than Mozart himself, who recognizes the true brilliance of Mozart's music. He realizes the music is not merely good or enjoyable, it's next level and godlike. Yet because of Salieri's own ambitions, he can't enjoy it and hearing the music eats away at him. In fact, just looking at the music on paper is enough to set him off. I think that dynamic goes a long way to making this movie enjoyable to watch all these years later.
This is one of my favorite movies, and I saw it for a second time a few days ago. Terrific acting, outstanding music, and wonderful scenery! Since it was about 30 years or so since I saw it, I remembered some of the scenes; it is wonderful to see it again - and your review is great!! Thank you!
F Murray abraham as Salieri, one thing i loved so much in this. His description of music was the best amazing beautiful desription of great music i have ever heard in my entire life. btw. as for mozart on one hearing only and making the piece better. probably based on 2 things. 1. his memory was amazing. there was a a piece that was only played on Good Friday and Easter Sunday every year and ONLY in the Vatican. only the church choir eve rsaw it an only for athe week during practice with wsa closed off to anyone else. the piece was like i don't know. almost 100 years old or so. give or take. it was illegal to copy it too . Mozart's dad took him one easter weekend when Mozart was just 14. he heard the piece and loved the beauty of it and the next day wrote down the entire thing from memory . it is only 10 -15 minutes long and somewhat repetiitvie, but still wrote down all the few insturments and voices as a compisition. the pope of Rome , instead of condemning him for soemthing techicnally illegal, was given some golden star or whatever which is the highest honor one can recieve fromt he pope for it. 2. he (mozart) was one of the greatest ever at improvising and doing varitions on stuff so this was kind of a combo of the 2 things. but also the piece he turned it into wsa actaully a piece from Marriage of Figaro. they simplified it so that it could appear moxzart made it better. Mozart did actaully have what was caleld "potty humor" so teh vulgarity wasn't really lal that far off. abliet it wsa more between his family in his letters moreso than with monarchs , and others like that. once you do that research you will learn some things about mozart and salieri's actaul relation. but.. i look at it this way. the story is told from the POV of a 80 year old man that was both jealous of mozart and at this point actaully a bit senile.
This movie is important because it made lifelong followers of classical music out of many people who would have otherwise remained oblivious or indifferent to it, myself included
You nailed it that the movie and the play it was adapted from were based on the concept of Mozart as a rock star of his day, from heights of success to premature death from complications of addiction. And your premonition that people will tell you that both are persistently ahistorical, aside from the characters' names and some other basics, is also true. It's a bit tragic that the popular conceptions of both Mozart and Salieri tend to be based on this movie but edifying that it actually brought more of Salieri's music back into repertory performance. Fun fact, in the original Broadway production Mozart was played first by Dr. Frank N. Furter (aka Tim Curry), and later by Luke Skywalker (aka Mark Hamill). For the movie, Hamill read with many of the actresses auditioning to play Constanze, but Forman didn't think audiences would accept him in the role on screen. Real rock star and actor David Bowie, ballet dancer and actor Mikhail Baryshnikov, and then-unknown Kenneth Branagh were also considered. If you're opening up to period dramas, Kubrick's 'Barry Lyndon' (1975) is the gold standard, but I am partial to 1988's 'Dangerous Liaisons' by director Stephen Frears.
well mozart didn't really die of addiction. it was believed to be Rhumatic fever and there was a strong strain of it going around at the time. in addition, becasue he traveled so much growing up in bad weather conditions. once when he was very young and once as a teenager(2x total) he became semideathly ill and recovered. since these both ocurred during his physical devleopment it made his body more prone to these things.
It looks like you watched the Director’s Cut, but I actually prefer the original theatrical version. To me it’s as close to perfection as you can get. I have both. The Director’s Cut, which came out years later, adds additional or prolongs scenes, but IMO doesn’t really add anything of substance to the film, other than length. Ironically, it’s kind of like the line in the film, “there are simply too many notes, just cut a few and it will be perfect.” I would be interested to see you compare them if you can find the original somewhere. Unfortunately it’s not easy to find. The original is approx. 160 minutes while the DC is 180. 🤓
Oh wow! Looks like I watched the longer version! Still loved it!
I also prefer the original version. There’s a reason for the directors cut, it was actually over the top. I also have both.
well actaully there is one single scene in the director's cut that actaully strengthes why mozart's wife hated salieri so much. in the original cut. there was some stuff vaguely implied but the one scene really made you understand just how much she despised him.
@@Johnadams20760 well maybe clarifies for some, but by the end of the movie, everyone pro-Mozart seemed to know or at least suspect that Salieri was two-faced and working against him. In the original cut, Salieri drops the folder of scores on the floor, doesn’t pick them up, and marches out of the room, AND Mozart never gets the teaching position, plus all the other things he did to sabotage his operas over time. In the death scene, Stanzi wasn’t THAT rude to Salieri, but she understandably didn’t trust him, and wanted him out of the house, so IMO adds no value there. The only scene that it would benefit is earlier in the movie when Mozart comes home the night of the incident to a sobbing Constanza (because she feels so ashamed and guilty for betraying him).
Awesome review man! So glad you loved it! It's always really cool when you go back to one of these classic Oscar dramas, thinking it's going to be dull, and it turns out to be the complete opposite. This movie is so full of life and energy and just fantastic performances! I love it!
Absolutely man! What a surprise! Hopefully it gets a 4K!
Never heard of this one. Thanks for reviewing it.
No problem man! Anytime!
The film was released in 1984. It won best picture at the Academy Awards in 1985.
Yes you're right
oh and you are right about the music. the music was sort of its own character. and in a sense. the greatest movie score of all time. the only movie Mozart wrote the entire score for.
Thank you so much!
@@BrandoCritic you are welcome. btw. it occurred to me. that if Mozart was around today he likely would have probably wrtitten scores for movies , at least i think so.
Haha, they are the highest grossing medium of art... I guess next to Video Games
Amadeus is probably the best movie ever created. A wonderful movie that came out of a rumour. Btw, It's Sali - éri,not Sali - ári. Salieri
Got it
Incredible movie
Absolutely
I've watched Amadeus once. I hated it. It was SO boring and so not interesting. It's an objectively good movie, but personally I can't stand it
Sorry you couldn't enjoy it
@@BrandoCritic Yeah, I wish I liked it
it can grow on you though :)
Jeff Bridges, Tony Stark's jealous rival in IRON MAN, plays the music of Salieri on his piano.
Oh really? I didn't know that!
My favorite scenes in this movie are the opera segments.
They are fantastic Will!
great review , i'm glad you love it
when i saw the trailer for this film, there is some positive aspects when viewing the trailer to this film
tom hulce as mozart plays him like a really amusing rock star
the comedy in the film is enjoyable
f murray abraham gives a good performance too
this is definately a must see
Absolutely Aaron!
Ah no way! I just watched this for the first time a couple of days ago too! Glad you seemed to love it as much I did!
It's so good! Thanks man!
Great review Brandon, I watched this when I was pretty young so a lot of it went over my head. I should rewatch it now that I am older and more observant.
Thanks Angella! Always appreciate seeing you in the comments :)
Great video Brandon! I really love your reviews because you go the extra mile and actually delve into how the movie impacted you on an emotional level, which I think is the greatest attribute that films have. Definitely will be checking this one out because of your video!
Thanks Sam! That means the world! Hope you love it!
I enjoyed the irony in this movie's story. Salieri is the one person in this movie, other than Mozart himself, who recognizes the true brilliance of Mozart's music. He realizes the music is not merely good or enjoyable, it's next level and godlike. Yet because of Salieri's own ambitions, he can't enjoy it and hearing the music eats away at him. In fact, just looking at the music on paper is enough to set him off. I think that dynamic goes a long way to making this movie enjoyable to watch all these years later.
Thanks for the insight!
just like his line about like staring through a cage to only recognize the incarnatino but could never achieve it
This is one of my favorite movies, and I saw it for a second time a few days ago. Terrific acting, outstanding music, and wonderful scenery! Since it was about 30 years or so since I saw it, I remembered some of the scenes; it is wonderful to see it again - and your review is great!! Thank you!
Thank you so much!! Really appreciate that!
F Murray abraham as Salieri, one thing i loved so much in this. His description of music was the best amazing beautiful desription of great music i have ever heard in my entire life.
btw. as for mozart on one hearing only and making the piece better. probably based on 2 things.
1. his memory was amazing. there was a a piece that was only played on Good Friday and Easter Sunday every year and ONLY in the Vatican. only the church choir eve rsaw it an only for athe week during practice with wsa closed off to anyone else. the piece was like i don't know. almost 100 years old or so. give or take. it was illegal to copy it too .
Mozart's dad took him one easter weekend when Mozart was just 14. he heard the piece and loved the beauty of it and the next day wrote down the entire thing from memory . it is only 10 -15 minutes long and somewhat repetiitvie, but still wrote down all the few insturments and voices as a compisition. the pope of Rome , instead of condemning him for soemthing techicnally illegal, was given some golden star or whatever which is the highest honor one can recieve fromt he pope for it.
2. he (mozart) was one of the greatest ever at improvising and doing varitions on stuff so this was kind of a combo of the 2 things.
but also the piece he turned it into wsa actaully a piece from Marriage of Figaro. they simplified it so that it could appear moxzart made it better.
Mozart did actaully have what was caleld "potty humor" so teh vulgarity wasn't really lal that far off. abliet it wsa more between his family in his letters moreso than with monarchs , and others like that.
once you do that research you will learn some things about mozart and salieri's actaul relation. but..
i look at it this way.
the story is told from the POV of a 80 year old man that was both jealous of mozart and at this point actaully a bit senile.
Thank you for the insight!
Winner of 8 Oscars including Best Picture.
Yep! Absolutely!
This movie is important because it made lifelong followers of classical music out of many people who would have otherwise remained oblivious or indifferent to it, myself included
Totally!
oh cool. so you identify with salieri. Just like 99% of everyone... each with their own Mozzart bete' noir.
Thank Rohit!
Review " The Right Stuff" most perfect movie ever made. 1983
I actually did a reaction video to it back in the day! It’s a great movie!
You nailed it that the movie and the play it was adapted from were based on the concept of Mozart as a rock star of his day, from heights of success to premature death from complications of addiction. And your premonition that people will tell you that both are persistently ahistorical, aside from the characters' names and some other basics, is also true. It's a bit tragic that the popular conceptions of both Mozart and Salieri tend to be based on this movie but edifying that it actually brought more of Salieri's music back into repertory performance. Fun fact, in the original Broadway production Mozart was played first by Dr. Frank N. Furter (aka Tim Curry), and later by Luke Skywalker (aka Mark Hamill). For the movie, Hamill read with many of the actresses auditioning to play Constanze, but Forman didn't think audiences would accept him in the role on screen. Real rock star and actor David Bowie, ballet dancer and actor Mikhail Baryshnikov, and then-unknown Kenneth Branagh were also considered. If you're opening up to period dramas, Kubrick's 'Barry Lyndon' (1975) is the gold standard, but I am partial to 1988's 'Dangerous Liaisons' by director Stephen Frears.
Thank you for all the insight! Fascinating read!
well mozart didn't really die of addiction. it was believed to be Rhumatic fever and there was a strong strain of it going around at the time. in addition, becasue he traveled so much growing up in bad weather conditions. once when he was very young and once as a teenager(2x total) he became semideathly ill and recovered. since these both ocurred during his physical devleopment it made his body more prone to these things.