Amadeus (3 of 5): At some point, I heard this was good movie and filed it away on my “must see” list many years ago. Now, through the beauty of Netflix, I have finally seen it. Amadeus is a period piece about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce). The movie chronicles his short, but brilliant, life as a composer. It is presented as a series of flash backs by Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) – court composer for the Emperor of Austria and enemy of Mozart. As expected, the use of classical music in this movie is outstanding. I also thought the performances of Abraham and Hulce were awesome. The intricacies of Salieri's love/hate relationship with Mozart is presented very well – my favorite scene being at the end of the movie when they are writing music together for an opera. Too bad the movie is so long though, clocking in at almost three hours. Also, you better like opera music because you get a lot of it in this movie as Mozart and Salieri direct their works. In conclusion, I liked Amadeus, but I didn’t think it was anything really special. Generally, it’s just not the type of movie I usually really get into, so I would have a hard time recommending it to most people.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Movie Review - Amadeus
Amadeus (3 of 5): At some point, I heard this was good movie and filed it away on my “must see” list many years ago. Now, through the beauty of Netflix, I have finally seen it. Amadeus is a period piece about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce). The movie chronicles his short, but brilliant, life as a composer. It is presented as a series of flash backs by Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) – court composer for the Emperor of Austria and enemy of Mozart. As expected, the use of classical music in this movie is outstanding. I also thought the performances of Abraham and Hulce were awesome. The intricacies of Salieri's love/hate relationship with Mozart is presented very well – my favorite scene being at the end of the movie when they are writing music together for an opera. Too bad the movie is so long though, clocking in at almost three hours. Also, you better like opera music because you get a lot of it in this movie as Mozart and Salieri direct their works. In conclusion, I liked Amadeus, but I didn’t think it was anything really special. Generally, it’s just not the type of movie I usually really get into, so I would have a hard time recommending it to most people.
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I always thought Thomas Hulce's laugh in this was the most memorable part :) It's a decent flick, if somewhat historically inaccurate.
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