What a tremendous performance by F. Murray Abraham! He certainly earned every bit of the Oscar award for this role in 1984.
@nyterpfan
9 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more----IMHO the two most dynamic performances in American cinema are F Murray Abraham as Salieri and Jack Nicholson as McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
@suzycreamcheesez4371
9 жыл бұрын
nyterpfan and heath ledger in anything
@samgub
8 жыл бұрын
Both of these films were directed by Milos Forman, masterpieces, so many quotable lines, the acting here and in Cuckoo's nest is of the highest order.
@chateaupig826
4 жыл бұрын
I went to see this when it came out - mindblowingly good
@kimquinn7728
4 жыл бұрын
I love this move and have since it peemiered. I have to say, Mr. Abraham had the most beautiful hands and expressions on his face. When his older self said "...the structure would fall". His face reading the music has such a look of sublime amazement. His reaction to Is it not good? Agony revealed in a moment.
@vazquezb2011
4 жыл бұрын
"A movie, finished as no movie is ever finished. Displace Tom Hulce and there would be diminishment. Displace F. Murray Abraham and the structure would fall. I was staring through the cage of my computer monitor, at an absolute beauty"
@neimanmario
4 жыл бұрын
Congratulations!! Well said and agree completely !!
@JJTownley_Classical-Composer
4 жыл бұрын
I know how Salieri feels. I feel the same anguish when I look through Rachmaninoff's scores.
@Trev0r98
4 жыл бұрын
Meh. It wasn't that great of a movie. Way overrated.
@u.v.s.5583
4 жыл бұрын
@@JJTownley_Classical-Composer Kill Rachmaninoff! Make him write a requiem!
@WetaMantis
4 жыл бұрын
Congratulations, you achieved meme level!
@MrUTuber001
10 жыл бұрын
The music Salieri hears in his head: Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299 Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201 Concerto for Two Pianos, K. 365 Symphonie Concertante, K. 364 Mass in C Minor, K. 427, Kyrie
@ziadbassaj7761
8 жыл бұрын
Thank u so so much for that. I been trying for years to fig. Out name of those pieces. Bravo!
@constancemiller3753
4 жыл бұрын
bravo.
@pietrospaggiari808
4 жыл бұрын
U r the man
@vittoriomarano8230
7 ай бұрын
@@ziadbassaj7761every Mozart lover does knows these!
@Ro-ut8zc
6 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@thatcanadian6698
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine living at a time when there were no recording devices. If you wanted to hear music you had to witness it being performed live, or play something yourself. How lucky these people were to be the first ever to hear his music, not knowing the enormous impact his genius would have for centuries to come.
@orboobleck5366
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine further, how many masterpieces have been lost from the world forever, because nobody bothered to write down the notes.
@vacciniumaugustifolium1420
3 жыл бұрын
@@orboobleck5366 Mozzart 39 40 and 41th symphony stayed in a drawer for a few years after his death, the 8th of Schubert has also been found a few years after his death, we still find pieces written by masters like Vivaldi and Mozzart!
@timverrecchia1654
2 жыл бұрын
or imagine being a peasant and hearing music for the first time
@risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine attending one of his famous operas, at the theater, along side everyone else of the time. Gawd I wish I had a time machine.
@ivannano
2 жыл бұрын
It still happens today. Just slightly differently. Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney/John Lennon, Elton John, Neil Young, ... will all have their music performed for centuries to come. Also, there were two different times I saw unknown singer/songwriters who were just about the release their first albums. One was named Sarah McLauchlan and the other was names Adele.
@leonardstilwell
11 жыл бұрын
Love the look Salieri gives Constanze when she asks if it isn't good. Just the slightest bit of shock, almost sadness in a way. It's excellent.
@cha7161
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!!
@cthulhutentacles4994
4 жыл бұрын
leonardstilwell he realizes he’d never be able to compose anything as beautiful as Mozart’s music
@willievickers2318
4 жыл бұрын
@@cthulhutentacles4994 It's more than that. When he composed his march. He had to make notation corrections using more paper. Mozart wrote everything down with no corrections. The violin, viola, cello, bass parts, time signatures, soft, medium, to loudness, the whole thing! That is very high musical emotional intelligence. And did waltzes, symphonies, scherzades, operas, concertos, etc. Immaculately difficult. And pitch perfect. Damn....God given for sure.
@Ratboy2004
4 жыл бұрын
@@cha7161 he realizes ...she doesn't know....
@tylerhansen931
4 жыл бұрын
He's the only person in the movie that can actually recognize the brilliance of Mozart's work. Earlier he says about the emperor "the man had no ear for music". Its a bit depressing to be the only one to recognize beauty where no one else can
@shurestorepe
4 жыл бұрын
if you want to know the music name 3:05 Concerto for flute, harp & orchestra in C major, K. 299 (K. 297c), II. Andantino 3:37 Sinfony No. 29 in A Mayor, K. 201: MOV I Allegro Moderato 3:50 Mozart - Concerto 2 Pianos No. 10, K 365 - III: Rondo . Allegro 3:56 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major K.364 - 1st Movement - Allegro maestoso 4:12 Misa in C Menor; K, 427, Kyrie
@TheGopukumar
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. Very helpful. :)
@dishadoshi2997
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. Thank you for the effort!
@dannyzyzz2444
4 жыл бұрын
I NEED the song at 5:20 PLEASE, cant find it!!
@JonahIsrael
4 жыл бұрын
Your the best!!!
@efrainyanez6790
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much you don’t know how much you helped me
@rpcohn
4 жыл бұрын
Salieri treats Mozart's compositions with respect and awe. He hears them through the score, while the movie audience hears them as if in a concert hall. This scene leaves viewers speechless. They learn that this gorgeous music was composed in Mozart's head, then written out.
@kalil9074
3 жыл бұрын
Well said ! Bravo. Exactly. Love this movie.
@leonrififi3543
3 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing to think that the way Salieri hears music in the film is pretty much exactly how Beethoven would have after he became deaf
@FantadiRienzo
2 жыл бұрын
...and he shows his respect by stepping on the sheets.
@Finwaell
2 жыл бұрын
If only I was only able to just see the scene that you just described! Maybe I wouldn't need your comment to explain what I have just seen xD really. why state the obvious, captain?
@carolinegodden4364
Жыл бұрын
Interesting ... when he says 'Here AGAIN, was THE VOICE of God ' OMG 6.09 pm Melbourne Time
@gpeddino
2 жыл бұрын
"I was staring through the cage of those meticulous ink strokes... at an absolute beauty." Such a powerful line, superbly spoken. This film is a masterpiece.
@natman2939
6 ай бұрын
Even the way he emoted you can almost feel the cage bars he’s holding
@hatimelias7465
8 жыл бұрын
This movie is a Masterpiece.
@mymanjosquin
4 жыл бұрын
the movie’s good, but if not for the excellent play there would’ve been no movie. i saw it onstage w Mark Hamill as Mozart. i totally forget who played Salieri.
@reasbey
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely.
@neo7566
4 жыл бұрын
Yep. I thought it would be boring like "room with a view". Walked out saying that's one of the greatest films ever.
@chateaupig826
4 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant - todays movies are so lame
@akhilnair1137
4 жыл бұрын
@@chateaupig826 ok boomer 😂😂
@xcalabur18
3 жыл бұрын
The universe would have imploded had Abraham not won the Oscar for this role. Truly one of the greatest feats of acting in the history of cinema.
@wolfgang7319
3 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more. Definitely one of the greatest performances by an actor, ever. Memorable in every sense of the word.
@search4truth104
3 жыл бұрын
No doubt, I have to rewatch this again soon.
@jamestierney2531
2 жыл бұрын
It’s a masterpiece of acting…not just in this scene, but through the entire film. The expressions on his face in this scene as he is scrutinizing Mozart’s scores, and realizes that they are far superior than anything he himself can compose, are masterful. An Academy Award richly deserved.
@TigerzLionzPistonzWingz
2 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised that didn't happen when Glenn Close lost for Fatal Attraction. I love that Cher won for Moonstruck because she did deserve it, but Fatal Attraction losing? Still boggles.
@psycholist724
Жыл бұрын
It would have been perfect to see a dual award--Abraham and Hulce.
@finnmccool684
4 жыл бұрын
I walked out of the theatre wearing a look of stunned amazement. "How was the movie?" my date asked. "Was it not good?" "It is miraculous," I replied.
@ebertmesiascancharidelacru3669
4 жыл бұрын
Marvelous moment!!
@colinsmith1412
3 жыл бұрын
Did you marry her?
@jmitterii2
3 жыл бұрын
@@colinsmith1412 Well, Finn went on and said the "From now and we are enemies..." speech... and well the date ran away.
@dalecooper3729
3 жыл бұрын
Well done !
@DoubleGauss
3 жыл бұрын
"So we are going out on another date ... ?" [Finn McCool] stomps out of there.
@archon4412
7 ай бұрын
What Salieri never understood was that he had more of an appreciation for Mozart's music than Mozart himself did.
@Basssinger86
11 жыл бұрын
While the movie isn't the most historically accurate, it's a wonderful movie. Probably in my top 10.
@AA-sn9lz
4 жыл бұрын
It isn't supposed to be historically accurate, it's a fictional piece. Edit: grammar
@ajmosutra7667
4 жыл бұрын
My top 3
@jmitterii2
3 жыл бұрын
@Mason Foy It technically isn't at all... it's based on a Play that was also fiction. Salieri never left any biography or any other mentioning of any of this. It's all made up. In fact, Salieri was a friend and they often helped one another, not hinder each other. He would also complain about that rumor which was likely started with Mozart's family letters being published, where the Mozarts complain about the scheming Italians even when Mozart was a child. This was a good historical fiction movie... not a good factual movie. There are some docu-dramas that reveal his real life. AND you can read the Mozart family letters which are really detailed and very full of adventure and tragedy and everything else... really they could make a factual movie without any fictional embellishments and it would be as good if not even better for the fact it would be true. Below a links to Mozart family letters and WAM himself... they're a great read on the real life of the guy and people close to him. archive.org/stream/lettersofmozarth000861mbp/lettersofmozarth000861mbp_djvu.txt www.gutenberg.org/files/5307/5307-h/5307-h.htm
@rockandguts7877
3 жыл бұрын
You could say it's a great retelling of the rivalry through the perspective of someone going mad in a mental institution at the end of their life.
@dacmiller
3 жыл бұрын
@@jmitterii2 Thank you.
@kaboom9081
8 жыл бұрын
"I will hinder and harm your creature on earth as far as I am able, I will RUIN your incarnation" - evil silence - (smile) Abraham's acting was pure genius, just like Mozart's music.
@KristerAndersson-nc8zo
4 жыл бұрын
you are an idiot, as a murican you dont understand anything.
@TheOnlyOneStanding8079
3 жыл бұрын
😡🤬👺👹☠💀
@B501M
3 жыл бұрын
yeah, i love his little smile!! like, "haha, jk. except... i'm not."
@jamestierney2531
2 жыл бұрын
Only one word for this performance…incredible. He was born to play this role.
@johnpeschke7723
Жыл бұрын
the fact that Salieri could hear Mozart's music by simply reading his scores is a tribute to Salierie as a musical genius
@pyrotechnick420
Жыл бұрын
Salieri was a savant for sure 💯
@kerrykellett8717
Жыл бұрын
For a court composer especially at the time its normal. Most composers may not have perfect pitch but they can hear what they are reading.
@pyrotechnick420
Жыл бұрын
@@kerrykellett8717 Either way it makes for an incredible cinematic experience, being able to experience how a brilliant composer feels and hears music just by reading notes. It's a sublime experience for me personally
@kerrykellett8717
Жыл бұрын
@@pyrotechnick420 agreed. Most people don't realize there are people out there that can just see and hear it that way.
@mercenery1232
Жыл бұрын
There are even people that can see sound.
@sebastiannemeth-ramirez2160
4 жыл бұрын
I love how his face changes once he hears he is looking at original copies. "You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention."
@stormbringer2840
2 жыл бұрын
*You had my curiosity, but now you have my erection .
@philipgates988
7 ай бұрын
Phenomenal actor.
@wmc5748
5 ай бұрын
Leo
@1515327E
2 жыл бұрын
I saw Amadeus when it came out. At the end, no one moved or said anything throughout the burial; no one moved or said anything even during the credits, and after the lights in the cinema came up, everyone silently got up and walked out, as if they had witnessed both the sublime beauty of which humanity is capable, and it's utter iniquity. The only regret is that Salieri was not like this at all.
@fredgarv79
2 жыл бұрын
I did to, and I remember now, thanks to you that same reaction of the crowd. they were just stunned and sat there through the entire credits, did not move because more beautiful music was playing and they didn't want to leave. just amazing. Then Tom Hulce dissapeared but for some unfunny comedy movies and F murry went on to play gangsters
@gspendlove
Жыл бұрын
I get the feeling that if you could bring back Wolfy and Tony and sit them down to watch this movie, they'd be laughing and grinning and chuckling all the way through it.
@taiqidong9841
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I remember too. We were with some friends and after the film we walked true the mall where the cinema was and everything seemed so surrealistic... The only movie that shook me as hard a this one in that period of my life was Koyaanisqatsi. .
@davidstair9657
Жыл бұрын
I too saw it in the theatre. Suffice to say, at 8 years old, I was emotionally traumatized, and have had a love affair with Mozart ever since!
@mariaqberger5076
Жыл бұрын
You're right about Salieri along with other parts of this amazing film which were also not quite accurate. It is, however, about keeping the audience interested, the commercial aspects, creativity from the author... All in all, quality movie making!
@ccwnoob4393
3 жыл бұрын
Non-classical music lovers fell in love when they saw this movie ... which is why this is such a great movie
@jamesdougherty3107
4 жыл бұрын
My twin brother suggested this movie to me years ago, and it was the best thing he's ever given me. This movie is far too deep and perfect for me to ever express in words. 10/10 this should be required watching in schools.
@starkiller6864
4 жыл бұрын
James Dougherty we had to watch it my freshman year of high school in my music history class.
@josephD32
4 жыл бұрын
We watched it in Jr. High. 7th grade, I think but might have been 8th.
@NicolaKaye
4 жыл бұрын
Definitely! I watched this with my parents and still enjoy it now I’m an adult (although it was necessary to ‘grow into’ some of the themes in the film). I try not to watch it too often so that it doesn’t lose the magic it had to begin with. Love it.
@_veronica_r
4 жыл бұрын
I watched it in choir but only because we had nothing to do that day, and because someone had mentioned it
@thesilvershining
3 жыл бұрын
We watched Fantasia in my 4th grade music class and then Amadeus in my 5th grade music class. Both absolutely changed my life ♥️
@RossBayCult
7 жыл бұрын
F. Murray Abraham could win 3 Oscars for this performance it was that good.
@escaperoomleander1948
4 жыл бұрын
"Displace one note...and there would be diminishment."
@u.v.s.5583
4 жыл бұрын
Add one million notes... And there would be Ferenz Liszt!
@vinzchannel01
3 жыл бұрын
Too many notes sire
@TheOnlyOneStanding8079
3 жыл бұрын
😍🥰
@kermitefrog64
4 жыл бұрын
The music has lived the test of time. The movie is incredible.
@solarprophet5439
6 жыл бұрын
The true tragedy of the film is that if Salieri had looked past his own jealousy, he would've seen that God had in fact sent Mozart to him for a reason. Mozart may have been more naturally gifted, but he lacked maturity, discipline, and refinement. He needed someone possessing those qualities, as well as a mind truly capable of comprehending his gift, to help him come into his own. That person was Salieri. He had everything needed to turn the boy from a crude genius to a truly magnificent composer. Yet instead of embracing that role, he allowed his jealousy to rule him, rejecting it and turning on God simply because he felt that Mozart was unworthy of what he'd been given. Had he helped Mozart rise to true greatness, he would have elevated himself as well. Yet in the end (within the fictional world of the film, not IRL) he dies alone, half-insane, guilt-ridden, and forgotten even before his death. All because he couldn't get past his petty jealousy and look at the whole picture. In killing Mozart, he essentially killed himself. Edit: For clarification, I am speaking entirely about the film, not real life. I thought that was obvious, but some people seem to have had trouble understanding that. I know full well few if any of the events from the film actually occurred.
@phillipleblanc7823
4 жыл бұрын
This is a movie. In real life Salieri and Mozart were not bitter enemies, but colleagues.
@WCtrainer1
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent observation, could not have said it better. In life, everything and everyday is a trial of concuring your own weakness and realizing the truth then embracing it and of course sharing it with the world.
@abehambino
4 жыл бұрын
Phillip LeBlanc a careful reading of the OP will tell you that he meant within the context of the film, and SPECIFICALLY not in real life.
@thecappeningchannel515
4 жыл бұрын
What a great analysis! Changed my view on the entire film...
@peterjongsma2754
4 жыл бұрын
@@abehambino Exactly. Art over life.
@honestabe6841
2 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful and emotionally disturbing scenes I ever seen in a movie. So much jealousy, fear and rage is seen and it builds up with every page he turns. He is in awe and almost in denial as he is absorbing the genius of Mozarts original works. It's in this scene he begins to become obsessed and converts into a mad man. Things like this happen when you come across superiority. Some choose to become inspired and strive to become like their superior and some choose to become evil and seek to destroy their superior by any means necessary. Everyone goes through this but can't make sense of it until later on in life. This movie is definitely one of the best movies ever created in History. My top 10 of all time - Especially this scene.
@honestabe6841
2 жыл бұрын
@M M a very interesting and impressive story. I imagined the whole thing in my head as I was reading it. Its a pretty good example of what I first posted but very few in history come across geniuses like an Einstein or a Mozart which leaves you with complete awe and confusion as to not know which step to take in attempting to figure out how one produced such genius . There is only a small number of special people throughout history that influence and inspire others to greatness. Great reply though and very entertaining to imagine it all.
@honestabe6841
2 жыл бұрын
@M M I agree my friend.
@The_Notorious_N.O.E.
4 жыл бұрын
Is there any doubt why F. Murray Abraham won his Academy award 👏👏👏
@chrisod22
2 жыл бұрын
The changing music as he flips the pages is brilliant filmmaking.
@adrianamueller1971
10 жыл бұрын
Mozart's music is uplifting and inspiring. Watch a sunrise as you listen you him. That's as good as it gets in life, folks. THANK YOU MOZART, for your gift to the world.
@rhodesdarcy
10 жыл бұрын
well said. perfectly said.
@harishsharma2974
8 жыл бұрын
+Daniel Roberts A big What If? Bach was the last of a great era, Mozart was to be the new leader.
@MeadeSkeltonMusic
4 жыл бұрын
I like Mozart, but I prefer Beethoven.
@racheldrum1982
3 жыл бұрын
I've heard Utopia defined as listening to Mozart with a purring cat in your lap.
@oldschoolsinger
4 жыл бұрын
The best acting scene in the history of movies. Without a doubt.
@ivancarlson953
4 жыл бұрын
"Well, there it is!"
@michaelmccomb2594
3 ай бұрын
@@ivancarlson953underrated comment
@chrisindia
3 ай бұрын
F. Murray Abraham nailed it. His performance is mind blowing. Can’t imagine any other actors performing like him.
@rubencardoso635
4 жыл бұрын
This is cinema and acting of Godly proportions.
@ccanaves
4 жыл бұрын
It is miraculous
@klaus-peterkubiak7795
4 жыл бұрын
Best scene of the best film that I have ever seen. "Amadeus" is like an opera by Mozart.
@klaus-peterkubiak7795
4 жыл бұрын
No, what I meant was that "Amadeus" is like an opera by Mozart - dramatic and with highlights and beautiful scenes. . The only difference is that nobody is singing.
@gundabalf
4 жыл бұрын
Now THIS is an Oscar performance.
@alexconaghan3486
4 жыл бұрын
if you ever wanted to know about the human condition, one end unreachable talent, and the other, disgraceful envy, and everything in between, this is the perfect movie.
@kylebrogmus8847
3 жыл бұрын
Salieri is pulled betwixt admiration and envy; such depth to his inner conflict.
@josephososkie3029
3 жыл бұрын
“ Filled with longing, such unfulfillable longing” . Now the line makes even more sense.
@MusicismoreImportant
6 ай бұрын
Yes he's appreciating and searching for errors at the same time
@gooblymcfarts
Ай бұрын
I understand the feeling well and his character is one, if not only one who got that conflict those feelings correct
@Astrobrant2
8 жыл бұрын
This movie deserves to be enjoyed three times. The second time for the marvelous performances by F. Murray Abraham, (Salieri), and Tom Hulce, (Mozart), both of whom were nominated for Best Actor. Abraham won. The third time, not to watch, but to listen to the music.
@santostracey93
8 жыл бұрын
what would be for the first time?
@Astrobrant2
8 жыл бұрын
Tracey Raymundo Just for the story... the entertainment.
@Pingaheimer
4 жыл бұрын
This is a wonderful movie that deserves to be watched every year imo, one of the more replayable movies of all time. I've seen it probably 20-30 times and it never loses it's charm. Seriously one of the best movies ever created.
@steevrawjers
4 жыл бұрын
Astrobrant2 and A fourth time just to lay back and enjoy
@abehambino
4 жыл бұрын
Completely true! And you love it more each time you view it! After three viewings, you can watch it for anyone all of the reasons, it drones on your mood!
@bjmcmahon722
3 жыл бұрын
Everyone should watch this movie every decade of their life in this realm.
@pritchettdan
2 жыл бұрын
This is the best part of the movie... When Salieri hears in his head the music the Mozart has written, without changes, corrections or additions. All finished. Really a wondrous scene.
@DinoAgent69
13 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest acting moments in the history of film.
@firefightergoggie
4 жыл бұрын
Having once in my life experienced that level of jealousy, hatred, inadequacy, admiration and envy all within the same moment...I can say that F. Murray Abraham played this scene magnificently. He truly deserved that academy award.
@ConstantineJoseph
4 жыл бұрын
you met Mozart?
@celticpoet21
8 жыл бұрын
the harp and flute concerto is without a doubt one of my favorite instrumental pieces of his. its so soothing and blissful!
@thesilvershining
3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites as well ♥️
@dugganclhallrentals2089
Жыл бұрын
And Mozart never got paid for it
@akanecortich8197
4 жыл бұрын
After Mozart died Saliere actually helped tutor one his sons on music, who also became an excellent musician, and also did composing. But living in his father's shadow....
@NicolaKaye
4 жыл бұрын
Akane Cortich An impossible act to follow. I wouldn’t have wanted to be ‘on’ after Mozart either!
@bikkies
4 жыл бұрын
I remember watching a "Making of" video where Elizabeth Berridge said the desserts on the table were made from marzipan and that she hated them, having to feign enjoyment for the camera. As a lifelong marzipan lover, this makes me chuckle perhaps more than it should.
@allenharper2928
Жыл бұрын
Who doesn't like marzipan? I'm not big on sweets and I love marzipan lol
@petehallgrimson1204
4 жыл бұрын
F Murray Abraham was phenomenal in this movie. Great film, even greater acting.
@martymcfly5434
4 жыл бұрын
In the original delete scene "The Director's Cut" Salieri requests that Mozart's wife return tonight and at first she refuses saying she's a married woman then she changes her mind and does return with her husbands music and starts to disrobe in front of Salieri until he rings a bell and that's when his butler enters shocked to see well ahem and Salieri tells his butler to show this woman out, he walks away. She gets angry throws a candle and the next scene she is crying into Morzart's arms saying she loves him!!😦
@ccrider7047
4 жыл бұрын
Marty Mcfly how you know this? Where did you find that information?
@tinaferr
4 жыл бұрын
@@ccrider7047 it's literally in the director's cut of the movie. This is the theatrical cut (version shown in theaters). Especially with the popularity of DVD's, movies have been released as or with their Director's Cut. It's a different version (with different editing) of the movie than what was originally released, usually with different scenes added or removed. The scenes were filmed at the same time as the rest of the movie but weren't included for whatever reason, sometimes due to studio pressure. The implication with the "director's cut" is that it's the film as the director wanted it, not restricted by time constraints or censorship or weird studio requests to appeal to markets and profit. The implication is it's a better, more artistic film.
@bethfiori4708
Жыл бұрын
This is one of the most powerful scenes in cinema. I first saw it decades ago and never forgot it.
@iratepirate3896
Жыл бұрын
Me too. It is glorious. I was a teenager with no interest in classical music at all and this scene mesmerised me.
@MsJubjubbird
4 жыл бұрын
Mozart did actually get the job. The emperor wanted him to stay in Vienna and he saw that as a way to keep him there
@FatherofMan25
2 жыл бұрын
I love the look he gives her when she asks, “Is it not good?”. It’s as if he is shocked and angered that she could even think to ask such a ridiculous question. Brilliant acting.
@sandywaddell4303
Жыл бұрын
I always think that for just an instant he looks like he wants desperately to lie to her, to say that the music is amateurish, or unfashionable, or otherwise beneath his notice; but he finds that he cannot. Never have the words “It is miraculous” sounded so helpless and anguished. It’s a brilliant moment for F. Murray Abraham, one of my favourite scenes in the movie.
@varric
Жыл бұрын
@@sandywaddell4303 I think he wanted to lie, but doing it will be insulting to music.
@onoakposehaefekodha3974
2 жыл бұрын
The way Salieri reads sheet music is outstanding, 👏👏👏 It's as if he can almost hear the music. I would love to read sheet music like that someday.
@r.c.auclair2042
2 жыл бұрын
I understand. My sister has 2 music degrees. I was in band for 2 years & choir for 3. The technique is called sight-reading. I can do it a little. She's much better.
@bobtoad8601
Жыл бұрын
More austanding is to compose the best piece of music ever while being deaf. Of course Im talking Beethoven.
@beatnikdiva4422
Жыл бұрын
It's sight reading and aural perception, with perfect (or excellent relative) pitch. Musician most of my life, with a degree in classical and opera performance.
@phtevlin
4 жыл бұрын
Constanze Mozart is depicted as being a total scatterbrain in this movie. After Mozart's death, she pulled herself together, managed his estate competently, and had a rather comfortable retirement.
@CLASSICALFAN100
4 жыл бұрын
Actually, she remarried & her 2nd husband kept *HIS* hands firmly on the purse-strings, and didn't allow her spendthrift ways to inpoverish him, as did Mozart...
@michaeliceman5512
3 жыл бұрын
I watched this movie last night and the only complaint I had was the performance of the lady who played Mozart's wife. Maybe it's the childlike way she speaks but as the movie progressed she became worse and worse and I just kept wondering what someone more talented would have done with what was a good part. Other than that, this movie is as close to perfection as film can get and F. Murray Abraham gives one of the best acting performances I ever seen.
@NijimaSan
3 жыл бұрын
Her cadence, tone, and delivery is much like any post modern American. Something should have been done to make her delivery reflect someone of that time as that character.
@The_Notorious_N.O.E.
3 жыл бұрын
Everyone is aware this is not a documentary, right? Just enjoy the movie and stop nitpicking inconsequential elements
@orboobleck5366
3 жыл бұрын
@@NijimaSan My understanding is this was a deliberate choice by the filmmakers. She and Mozart were supposed to be the young punks in comparison to the old-school composers.
@bastidface
Жыл бұрын
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.
@MrDebranjandutta
Жыл бұрын
Not to mention he had surrendered his chastity to God in his crusade to write divine music while Mozart being the sexual fiend was God's chosen muse
@zippyzipster46
Жыл бұрын
Beethoven was brilliant beyond words.
@bastidface
Жыл бұрын
@@zippyzipster46 Is anyone disputing this?
@zippyzipster46
Жыл бұрын
@@bastidface WTF? Wasn’t an argument. What the heck is wrong with people.
@bastidface
Жыл бұрын
@@zippyzipster46 People?
@russellcampbell9198
4 жыл бұрын
He's in raptures over the music and she takes childlike delight over the chocolates. Juxtaposition at its finest.
@willievickers2318
4 жыл бұрын
I thought she was in her late teens. But she is in her early twenties.
@chateaupig826
4 жыл бұрын
nicely noticed
@CLASSICALFAN100
4 жыл бұрын
@Marty McFly II Liz Berridge was a last-minute replacement after Meg Tilly snapped her ACL in a game of street kickball, which ended her career...
@ajsouza3720
4 жыл бұрын
I never noticed that!!!
@willshaw6405
4 жыл бұрын
Constanze was, what we call today, a ditz...
@mortalclown3812
4 жыл бұрын
He's even shocked at the humility presented when Mozart didn't appear himself. So many levels of brilliant. My God, he deserved this Oscar. Weeping when the music begins. 😭💕🙏
@galnhus56
4 жыл бұрын
2:40 I wonder how much a collection of Mozart originals would be worth now.
@vacciniumaugustifolium1420
4 жыл бұрын
A sript written by him of 9 of his symphony was sold for 4.34M by Sothebys in 1987.
@hertzair1186
4 жыл бұрын
galnhus56 : beyond priceless...would be like the originals of the bible.
@davehoward22
4 жыл бұрын
Be like a Shakespeare signature
@Ludwig1625
4 жыл бұрын
@@davehoward22 would be like God's signature
@Ratboy2004
4 жыл бұрын
Museum pieces
@goggygogg
Жыл бұрын
One of the best actors in film history...his performance in this movie was beyond fantastic.
@sdyer3361
Жыл бұрын
That line " I was staring through the cage of those meticulous ink strokes....at an absolute beauty" tears my heart out every time -- what a poetic way to describe wanting something so bad...but knowing you can't have it
@mohamadabdallah1379
4 жыл бұрын
A beautiful majestic scene that shows the magnificence of Mozart's brilliant orchestra and Salieri's unwaivering passion for music combined with outstanding acting by the great F. Murray Abraham. It is truely an incredible piece of filmmaking.
@morbidcurios
Жыл бұрын
This . THIS is acting . every second of this film sheer talent , we are starved of it .
@lehrgangswerk
8 ай бұрын
This movie is the cause I got addicted to Mozart. In my hometown Würzburg every year is a concert dedicated to Mozart in the garden of the Residence of Würzburg. It is a highlight for everybody to get also addicted. The word Amadeus means the one who is loved by God. 🎉🎉🎉
@yourmothercalledshesaid
3 жыл бұрын
I love how the pages of Mozart's originals fall from Murray's hands onto the floor as he closes his eyes and directs his head towards the heavens; as if reaching the point of climax. Shortly after, Murray's character loses all appreciation and even walks over the music that just moved him so, leaving Mozart's wife to clean up. Rewatching the scene, this my original post, it seems Milos intentionally framed it as if the two characters are taking part in an affair. Berridge's character requests an audience in secret and against her husband's wishes, Salieri insists that the formalities should be brushed aside to close the "distance" between the two, and the most obvious, in my opinion, nod to the intimate subtext are the "nipples of Venus" he offers and then both partake in. After Salieri loses control of his senses, forgive the vulgarity, he seems to ejaculate the pages of white sheet music over the floor. When Murray's character is asked about his thoughts, he is still intoxicated enough to bare honesty and describes his experience as miraculous before coming to his senses and, ignoring Frau Mozart's request for financial assistance, promptly leaves, walking over what he just thought of as sacred, similar to how seed may be discarded after coitus. At least, that's how I perceived this scene and I found this interaction added depth to the antagonistic design of Salieri. The collaboration between the direction, performance from Murray, the musical editing and narrative, and, lastly but never least, the script all collectively worked in harmony within this scene. This particular scene alone, as well as others from this film, is such a fine example of filmmaking and certainly rewards the studious.
@mediolanumhibernicus3353
3 жыл бұрын
Superbly written analysis of the scene. Thank you.
@Oceanmachine27
2 жыл бұрын
I think you are exactly right. That describes the scene to a T.
@aniap8157
2 жыл бұрын
If you watch the director’s cut, you’ll see that your intuition is on to something (I won’t spoil it for you if you in case you decide to watch the director’s cut version).
@sallywhite7678
2 жыл бұрын
@ Your Mother Call…… Agree totally. It’s a very sexual scene in its subtext. Beautifully done.
@kjohn8917
Жыл бұрын
The filthy, reprobate mind of Hollywood is once again on full display - like pagan religion of old that elevates the pornographic to the level of divinity as seen in the temples of Khajuraho and Konark in India, sexual licentiousnesses is central to the religion of Tinseltown.
@geekstreakgames3033
Жыл бұрын
F. Murray Abraham’s performance is fantastic! His disgust and distain anytime he speaks of Mozart, balanced with blissful adoration anytime he speaks of the music is brilliant. ❤
@Chopin1397
4 жыл бұрын
He richly deserved the Oscar for his wonderful performance! I saw the movie when it first came out in the 80s. I had not listened to much Mozart. I was blown away by the music! left the theater with a physical sensation I had never felt before nor since. I can’t really describe it but It was a pleasant burning sensation in my chest, warm and comfortable. I couldn’t wait to hear more. To this day I deeply love his music and, being greedy, I wonder what great masterpieces we were robbed by his untimely death at so young an age. The movie is great with one glaring problem. Mozart was not the frivolous clown he was depicted! Listening to his music I discovered a genius, serious in his work. compassionate and above all mature. It did deserve all the Oscars, however, for giving great emphasis to the glorious music!
@fredgarv79
2 жыл бұрын
that sensation you felt, I think it is something akin to touching god and when I say god, I mean whatever go is, maybe it's the eternal universe, I don't know. I feel the same thing, almost pure bliss when listening to certain classical music and I looked it up and they said it is rare, a rare gift to be able to feel like this, the feeling of pure awe. Salieri describes it here in this scene.
@Chopin1397
2 жыл бұрын
@@fredgarv79 Salieri is what makes the movie so wonderful for me. His reactions to Mozart’s music are brimming with passion and highly infectious. All these years later he still moves me!
@joshuaarmendariz4967
Жыл бұрын
This movie has been by far the most inspiring motivation of every passionate vigor in life I ever have ever drawn from creatively I grew up with this movie&from the time I was old enough to comprehend music in comprehensive&innovative thought this screen play&depictions of Motzart's accomplishments have always played a role in my zest for life&the vigor those withit.
@povedon56
Жыл бұрын
This sequence gives me goosebumps every time I see it. A masterpiece of acting and film.
@Imbetterthanpaulallen
Жыл бұрын
Even though he hated Mozart, he respected and admired him deeply and was always honest on his music.
@leerequiem
Жыл бұрын
I love how the music used in this scene to solidify Mozarts genius was the Kyrie from his Mass in C It is divine
@albertomachuca103
2 жыл бұрын
Still in high school when this movie first was released. Never appreciated much. But now at 54 yrs of age. I gotta c this one again.
@joseroberto9467
3 жыл бұрын
_Legend has it that Salieri is describing Mozart's songs to this day._
@mjmanoni
Жыл бұрын
What a performance. The way he looks over the pages with longing agony. The passion.
@notme1048
4 жыл бұрын
I love how they show that without recording technology the only way to hear the music without an orchestra is to play it in their heads as they read.
@steevrawjers
4 жыл бұрын
Not Me true
@edouardgauthier367
Жыл бұрын
My most favourite scene in Amadeus. Truly the best acting, writing and directing ever done.
@tuckosi
2 жыл бұрын
The way the acting, writing, editing, and MUSIC all fold in together to make something so uniquely cohesive and beautiful is astounding.
@brunoleempoels1591
Жыл бұрын
When great music meets great acting... 👌
@mikeclifford8360
7 жыл бұрын
I like his little smile at the end.
@antonnym214
8 жыл бұрын
I agree, the greatest movie ever. And this was the scene which moved me the most. On the one hand, it illustrates the magnitude of the man's gift. On the other, it shows how clueless Constanzi is about it.
@EmilyGloeggler7984
4 жыл бұрын
Anton Nym She’s not clueless, I think she knows more than she lets on. The problem is her husband is financially reckless in this adaptation of the real man, and as they have a growing family with children and they’re of low financial means, she’s trying to appeal to get help for her husband and their children and family by appealing to Salieri for his help. That’s why she’s there.
@MsJubjubbird
4 жыл бұрын
It's just a movie. She was actually a reasonably talented musician and singer and quite intelligent
@rpcohn
4 жыл бұрын
With his gestures, Salieri shows great respect for Mozart's music. Essential; truths in the scene: Mozart composed entire pieces of music in his head, then wrote it down. He was often broke and he wrote many letters asking for loans. To 200 years of listeners around the world, Mozart's music is indeed miraculous.
@wraithking3749
4 жыл бұрын
To me its so weird how one person can come up with makin such music. Im 29 and i still can't do shit xD But man to people who can do that kind of stuff deepest respect. It aint easy.
@mvader7188
Жыл бұрын
The space on the wall where the crucifix hung all those years. Milos Foreman deserved his Oscar as well.
@AtlasBlizzard
Жыл бұрын
Being able to hear music in your head as you are reading it has to be some form of superpower.
@marctube007
3 жыл бұрын
The acting, the story, the chosen music, the camera work. This is all an absolute beauty making it the best scene in the best movie ever!
@MrMofo4eva
11 жыл бұрын
quite possibly the greatest film I ever saw
@thomashogan16
6 жыл бұрын
F. Murray Abraham bursts through the screen. What a performance! When he throws the crucifix into the fire the entire audience gasped. Finest film I ever viewed in a theatre.
@theycallmek3v
3 жыл бұрын
Tom Hulce should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor, and he should have won. His performance wasn’t as good as F. Murray Abrahams, but it was good enough to be a supporting role that not only added to Abrahams brilliant portrayal, but complimented his own to enormous heights. This film is a masterpiece in directing, acting and writing.
@sitcomchristian6886
4 жыл бұрын
Psalm 119:10 With my whole heart I seek You; let me not wander from Your commandments!
@jaredconnor
2 жыл бұрын
It sucks to be able to recognize genius but being unable to produce genius works must be incredibly vexing and depressing. Me being an incredibly average person finds this really sad
@MicroValley
10 жыл бұрын
I will block you on Facebook
@galefray
9 жыл бұрын
First laugh of the day, thanks :)
@u.v.s.5583
6 жыл бұрын
Why so evil? Just kill the man, eat his wife and children!
@stephenfermoyle1498
4 жыл бұрын
GOOD ONE
@nextleveljourney6612
4 жыл бұрын
🤣
@vittoriomarano8230
4 жыл бұрын
Fai spakkissimo..I laughed all night long....😅😅😅😅😅
@ziggymorris8760
4 жыл бұрын
I saw this back then as a teenager, one of the all time classics. Mozart was beyond brilliant, how you can do entire operas in your head without making a single mistake isn’t human.
@willievickers2318
4 жыл бұрын
It is human but with a touch of God given ability. We all have some of it. In different ways. Remember we are all created in His image. And He gives us something to make us unique. Enough to be whatever we desire to please Him.☺
@reubena7854
4 жыл бұрын
Your gut was right. No one was silly enough to not make copys, no one professional anyway. Mozart surely made multiple drafts of works.
@maureendavidson4635
4 жыл бұрын
@@reubena7854 I read long ago that he sent a clean copy of everything he wrote to his cousin in Salzburg who was a bookbinder. So when Mozart died Constanza had the full K catalogue to sell.
@brianlonjak9424
10 ай бұрын
I think this may have been a little overdramatized. Not to undo what Mozart was capable of but lets not pretend this was God writing in his hand
@brianlonjak9424
10 ай бұрын
I you want to recount amazing look to beethoven composing the entierity of the 9th symphony whilst completely deaf
@jodylowe8476
3 жыл бұрын
This is a masterclass in acting by F. Murray Abraham. Maybe the best acting to ever be put to film.
@joreellex
4 жыл бұрын
Damn this scene was deep, very deep.
@theayatollahofrockandrollah
Жыл бұрын
when I was a little boy there was a standing rule in my house that whenever Amadeus or Ben Hur was on the television, regardless the time it was on, I was always allowed to watch it
@keithvizzini234
Жыл бұрын
First off Mozart never had a problem with salieri, secondly he played since he was a young child his music transcends the normal He burnt the candle at both ends. I don't see why they had to put these two at odds with each other maybe it's the movie thing. I enjoyed the part with the King, like most artists they need to sell their works or starve. Both had fine positions in life's little opera of the circus years. Most people who can't read music are good to, i.e. Lennon and McCartney over 250 hits and couldn't read a lick . Salieri/ Mozart admired each other's talents. I myself at 10 composed classical music while walking through the woods, I should have had a recording device, it was that good. Tried to replicated a few years later and couldn't even come close to that walk around the woods. That's life and that's okay, I knew what it was like to have such music handed to me by whatever inspired it. I knew than what I always knew, free your mind from the ordinary worries of the world. It's amazing what we can accomplish.
@transvestosaurus878
Жыл бұрын
The way the film visually adapts the 'sacred and the profane' idea of Mozart's music is so clever
@jeffwads
4 жыл бұрын
I never tire of watching this film.
@mortalclown3812
Жыл бұрын
I was so young when this was released. Now I'm old and it means even more: Abraham's genius is just that. Rest in paradise, Wolfgang...until the angels send you back again.
@TheBermudaMan
7 жыл бұрын
Here's the most brilliant aspect of the story: Only a genius wouldn't be able to relate to Salieri's plight. But the rest of us do.
@FluffyBuzzard2TheMax
4 жыл бұрын
Salieri was a genius though, but he did not have the natural talent (in the world of the film)
@evoxpop2088
4 жыл бұрын
Saw this movie in the theater, it was an amazing experience. The acting and the music, it was a show we were all clapping at the end. The history of were this movie and how it was made is also amazing. I watch this movie at least once a year. Love Salieri's character. Well deserved Oscars.
@TrollMeister_
2 жыл бұрын
4:20 The way Salieri's words and expression are weaved into the C Minor mass is nothing short of brilliant. Sound editing alone deserved an Oscar.
@westhawk9599
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant performance by F. Murray Abraham! Salieri was consumed with jealousy when meeting the genius of Mozart.
@steevrawjers
4 жыл бұрын
He is so overwhelmed with emotion at the reading of the music
@LegacyKnight-zm6vz
10 күн бұрын
This whole movie was a big ASMR. The sounds of the floor creaking as the characters walk, the music itself, even the way Salieri talks. So pleasing to the ears
@stephenfermoyle1498
4 жыл бұрын
GENUIS MOVIE they should re master and re release this movie !!
@jayneneewing2369
4 жыл бұрын
Stephen Fermoyle - I saw it when it was released with a dear friend and his wife.at the end, after the credits rolled and the lights in the theater came up, he and I looked at each other. My jaw was dropped by the true beauty and magnificence of what we’d just seen. I agree with you completely abut remastering it, and re releasing it. My now grown son (a music minor) would probably be stunned by it. And I would love to see it one more time in the theater as well. *sigh*
@steinfranken1108
4 жыл бұрын
The movie "Amadeus", like Salieri said of Mozart's work, is 'miraculous". It is not meant to be history, although there are many historical elements in it. It is more a study in human psychology and spirituality. Salieri in real life did not have the jealousy or envy of Mozart as is portrayed here. But what is portrayed here is perhaps even more important. It is what happens in every human soul when envy begins to take over. It is like an acid that not only eats away at the individual but also destroys his or her ability to see his or her own gifts and accomplishments. Salieri, a very accomplished musician in his own right, who deserves to be studied and admired even today, is portrayed as envious and covetous, blind to the very ways in which he himself has been blessed and gifted. And so, his acidic envy eventually eats away at him and ultimately destroys the veneer of civilization in which he has immersed himself until, with his humanity dissolved, he destroys both Mozart and himself. It is a story as old as Cain and Abel, but also timeless and current. What an achievement! What if he had celebrated "the Incarnation" instead of envying him? What if we celebrated that incarnation and the absolute Incarnate One who lived, was crucified, died, and rose from the dead 2000 years ago? And what if we then celebrated the incarnation of the image of God that is each and every human being? But, I guess that is for the New Age when He makes all things new.
@kareemortega617
4 жыл бұрын
I love how well he displays psychopathic and manipulative tendencies in this scene. Very subtle but effective 0:48 1:58 2:15 5:45 6:48
@teddyvincent4833
4 жыл бұрын
F. Murray Abraham hit it out of the park in 1984. Amadeus and Scarface, two great movies. I’ve always enjoyed his work, a fine actor.
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