Well, there were recorded that he did suffer from mild dementia ... So.. this portrayal of Salieri may not be far from the truth, all things considered, albeit the artistic liberties involved.
The worst part is, the priest himself proved Salieri right at the very beginning. He instantly recognized Mozart's music, but failed to notice anything special about Salieri's. And the priest can only sit there in dumb silence, knowing it.
Salieri claimed that he wished to praise god with his music. But for doing that, one doesn't have to be special. One can be totally mediocre and still use music to worship. The truth is, Salieri didn't want to praise god, he wanted to be praised himself.
@@igorknapp2460 Salieri spoke of music that in itself inspires you to worship God, not music that serves just as a pleasant accompaniment. He wasn't satisfied with the role of a humble worshiper, he wanted to be the one who God had chosen as his divine instrument. And then he heard Mozart..
Never had any problem with that. Easily managable if you're aware of it and keep it on a leash But i've already met a few people who get easily consumed by Envy and Jalousy. Not a pretty sight
It depends highly on the person. Happiness can be subjective and varies from person to person but for some people to experience jealousy and envy they may have justified reasons. While jealousy may only come from you can you really think it is all because of them? Take Salieri for example (In the context of the movie) he was a hardworking composer and with the skill that he had achieved fame in Vienna but Mozart came and took away all of that. Even Salieri himself was a man of God who became celibate for God in order to be a skilled player but in doing so was only met with a younger man who had everything that Salieri couldn't even hope to obtain. Think about that, to devote almost your entire life to something only to have someone else invalidate that right in front of your face and in your peers. Really does hurt.
Agreed...the Priest's performance doesn't have many words. But his facial expressions say a lot. Good actor, too. Obviously, F. Murray is killing it in this scene, but the priest does his part, too.
His funeral! Imagine it, the cathedral, all Vienna sitting there, his coffin, Mozart's little coffin in the middle, and then, in that silence, music! A divine music bursts out over them all. A great mass of death! Requiem mass for Wolfgang Mozart, composed by his devoted friend, Antonio Salieri! Oh what sublimity, what depth, what passion in the music! Salieri has been touched by God at last. And God is forced to listen! Powerless, powerless to stop it! I, for once in the end, laughing at him!
I adore this scene; Salieri, in this film, is never portrayed as a senselessly evil or cruel man, yet his plan, expressed by this brilliant performance, with both delight and fury, truly sickens and terrifies me. To steal another man’s brilliant work and pass it off as your own, at the man’s funeral, no less, to spite his creator for snubbing you of the man’s genius- there is simply no word describing a man willing to commit such an iniquitous act. The writing and Abraham’s acting are simply transcendent.
Are you kidding me we have great actors like Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Jaden Smith, Beyoncé and don’t forget the best of all Steven Seagal. Shakespeare is not even worthy of their talent.
Ah yes, the age old and very tired “they don’t make em like they used to anymore” argument. If you’re not finding acting on this level today, you’re watching the wrong movies. There have been plenty of truly transcendent performances in the past 5-10 years.
Salieri's rage is the rage of all mediocres condemned to obscurity. You almost want to stand up and applaud this man as much as draw back from him in horror.
The sad reality is that Salieri wasn't mediocre. That's what makes his jealousy so easy to empathize with. He had the grave misfortune of being a man who was quite talented himself but was completely eclipsed in the shadow of Mozart. All that being said we're talking about movie Salieri which isn't historically accurate. His relegation to the shadows of history (for may years at least) due to such a genius contemporary is definitely real though.
Salieri is hardly lost in obscurity, though to be honest, despite being obsessed with classical music for over a decade now, I've still never once recognized any of his music when it's played on the radio.
I must disagree. Leaving out that this is movie fictional, I'd address your comment at face value. Most people are mediocre, somewhere in the middle of the pack. The majority are not homicidal maniacs. It's only the ordinary people who desperately wish they were glorified for their achievements, who get mad enough to kill when they see others reach those heights instead.
The acting by the 'older' Salieri is an excellent study of bitterness and regret. We see this kind of bitterness every day in real life. An old Salieri might be living next door to you -- probably not as a musician, but in some other walk of life. It might even be a much younger person, filled with hatred and regret.
Ah, such is man's foolishness. The young priest sitting there is watching the full depravity of man on display, and he just has this open mouthed look of knowing horror. All the theology was true! Since the story is mostly fiction, it allows the film to really plumb the depths of man's unique capacity to self deceive.
That entry of the Introitus at 0:43 is so perfect. The rendition is absolutely awesome, it's so beautiful I struggle to listen to salieri because I am focusing on the music too much...
Until the day I die, this particular moment of Amadeus will always stay with me. The way he gets so caught up, almost drooling on himself, and then the way he says "God forced to listen," emphasized with the raising of the voice and the finger pointing. Cue the background music!
This whole scene was perfection. This is the best rendering of Requiem Introitus Ive heard. The music complements F. Murray Abraham in the role of Salieri capturing all of his jealousy. bitterness and anger. Growing older I appreciate this scene so much more. Because as humans we have all been Salieri, jealous of someone else's fortune, good luck, talent, blessings whatever wondering why didnt it come to us who worked so hard but given to someone else who managed to get with little effort little work etc. And the priest though I don't know the actors name completed this scene with his look of pure shock, and almost fear as he glimpses a soul that possibly is beyond redemption.
He was no villain. He didn't kill Mozart. He spent forty years excoriating himself to the brink of madness for _wanting_ to do it. True, blamed God for creating Mozart as if to mock him, and for making Salieri just good enough to know that he was no Mozart. Yes, he hated Mozart. In this scene, he hates him still. Yet strangely, the priest's visit achieved its purpose - in the movie. At its close Salieri has confessed, and in that act come closer to forgiving Mozart for being a genius, himself for being a mediocrity - and God, for making them both. And can God forgive Salieri? I say that for what he actually did, after what he suffered, any decent human being could forgive him. If God can't, then screw God.
i love how they used the music in the scene. As Salieri talks about, basically, spitting in gods face and laughing, the music is this dark, creepy chanting that gets louder and louder, till Salieri calms down and the music stops. The music is helping to convey his anger and mania to the audience. I love it.
I know this is supposed to be a beautiful, dramatic scene, and for the most part it is, but when the music is suddenly dropped and Saleieri begins talking about the only "minor" hitch in his otherwise sublime plan, I always laugh my assets off :)
Fun fact: When Salieri says that he has been touched by God, the Latin lyrics of the Requiem says "et lux perpetua luceat eis" which means shine perpetual light upon them. That cut in the music was intentional and it was indicating Salieri. The details in this movie is phenomenal. Such a great movie!
Everyone has had that moment when you have practiced something a long time, to become good at it and then somebody comes who does it better than you, even though it seems like he isn't even trying. That was Salieri's life (according to this film. I know that it isn't 100% historically accurate) and it's extremely relatable.
I bet that somewhere inside his mind Salieri might have had these thoughts! Hahaha I mean no matter what mutual respect they might have had for each other I am sure certain level of jealousy might have existed. Besides he was a court composer for years so he must have felt some form of jealousy but then again who knows? And as you said. It's a movie after all! :)
The makeup in this movie is bar none genius. This was made back in the early 80's. Even today I've seen bad make up on actors (Jersey Boys). He looks real.
mauryelhombremono I don't think so I think that the real villain is human nature Salieri is an unreliable source Religion would have been considered the answer to everything back then
Jealousy is a noble emotion related to justice. Jealousy is when you want returned what is rightfully yours. Envy is one of our darkest emotions, when you want what is not yours. And if you can’t have it, you want to bring that person down.
Most ironic thing about this is Salieri imagining Mozart's funeral proceedings being so grand. A coffin in a cathedral full of people, with a choir and band playing a requiem mass. Mozart (in the film) died broke, unloved and uncared for by most of his community. Literally thrown into a ditch. Salieri's plan would have failed, even if Mozart had finished the mass. His image of Mozart being a treasure of his community was an illusion.
Wow truly incredible performance by F. Murray Abraham. Any aspiring actor should watch this movie especially this clip and watch his drastic change in emotions and display of these change in emotions. Outstanding!
I love how Salieri gets all steamed up as he describes the funeral and music, then a complete change of tone and normality when he suddenly has to think about how to kill him. ha ha
Not every movie has a soundtrack from the greatest composer of all times. All the others are good, like Zimmer, Williams, etc., but to be able to use Mozart's music is a privilege not seen often in movies.
A movie about a man who plans to trap, overcome, and humiliate God himself. The audacity, horror, and madness: it's exhilarating. The incredible revelation that Mozart is not the ultimate enemy, it's God that Salieri is making war against. And the misery of wondering "In what ways am I just like Salieri?" What a movie ❤️
_In that silence... music. A divine music burst out over them all........................_ 1:37 Abraham's three silent sublime seconds of acting is what won the Oscar!
This is probably the most powerful piece of acting | have ever seen....what talent that man has....it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end....and then the addition of Mozarts sublime requiem.....I am in tears every time I watch this.
I found the priest's facial expressions more touching than anything else in this scene. He was frightened and crushed by what he heard. Small details in acting are so important, make all the difference.
I feel like the line, “When you have to do it with your own hands” is so important. All of Salieri’s hard work and dedication seemingly snubbed but Mozart’s instantaneous rise to fame and the ease at which he makes his music. Salieri couldn’t be like Mozart in that aspect and that’s why he struggled with himself and his “mediocrity”.
This is one of the greatest scenes of dark comedy in the history of film. The moment the music stops and he matter of factly talks about murder, how could you not laugh.
So telling, here after trying to kill himself and announcing very loudly he did it because he feels bad about it, here it finally becomes far beyond any possible doubt after everything else he has said that he never, ever, really felt bad about it, maybe in a fleeting passing instant, but nothing wholesome. Nothing of substance. He felt bad because the moment was stolen from him. Even talking about the fantasy years later he interrupts himself to point out how Mozart's coffin would have to be relatively smaller. Anything to belittle Mozart, even a little. He still gleefully partakes in this tiny pleasure of grand deceit accomplished, even though the secret humiliation wasn't consummated to the full satisfaction of his jealously. He denied himself his own admiration of self in the face of Mozart's relative little success. That was why he couldn't stand Mozart living. The jealousy was rooted at the quality of music, and not the wordly success of it.That envy entirely consumed him, even long after Mozart died. Finally, his only chance at posterity in the mortal world was not in his own music, which he toiled over to create over his entire lifetime, but at being even remotely associated with Mozart, who basically barely had to try to make perfect music and died at 35 without finishing his final piece and that still became famous anyway. A horror film, actually.
Sublime, absolutely sublime........I'd not even thought about such consequential action towards sworn enemies through my own decades, but had I it is doubtful there would have been such poetry & prose imbued, as is here.
+Daniel Elsegood You can give awards to white actors without being racially motivated, which is what John believes happened here, but doesn't happen today.
Just fucking leave. You are clearly arguing over something that needs perception to be judged. White is a color. My parents are white, and so most Syrians are.
This is such an amazing movie, incredible in so many different ways, it really fulfills every aspect of cinematic storytelling at its highest level. Thank you, Miloš thank you to the entire cast and crew...and of course, Amadeus.
In hindsight I have to admire Danny's taste in movies at his age for knowing F. Murray Abraham from Amadeus. When I was his age watching Last Action Hero, I had no idea what he was talking about.
Towards the end of Salieri's life, in one of his senile rants, he made some remark about killing Mozart. And thats what they made the movie about. Adding the whole plot of him being jealous and what not.
The Requiem is my favorite of Mozart’s masterpieces. Particularly Requiem Aeternam through Lacrimosa. I fell in love with it after watching Amadeus in 7th grade music class. It’s dark, brooding, heavy and sounds like metal if it had existed in 1791.
This is one of the changes made for the film adaptation that I really like. There are a few other minor things, but in the original stage play (as in real life) Salieri had nothing to do with the Requiem - it was entirely a coincidence, some nobleman who wanted to pass it off as his own work. The movie makes it Salieri himself, and I think it a much tighter story for it.
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I love how he's all epic and sinister one minute, then he's all chill and the music stops.
Frightening
Not to sound Cheesy but wouldn’t a Record Scratch be appropriate there?😅
@@williamlong5428 lol, totally 😆
Well, there were recorded that he did suffer from mild dementia ... So.. this portrayal of Salieri may not be far from the truth, all things considered, albeit the artistic liberties involved.
The worst part is, the priest himself proved Salieri right at the very beginning. He instantly recognized Mozart's music, but failed to notice anything special about Salieri's. And the priest can only sit there in dumb silence, knowing it.
The shame he must feel when realizing it...😬
To his credit he is incredibly, incredibly patient though and sits through the entire story in all its mundane and extended details :)
Salieri claimed that he wished to praise god with his music. But for doing that, one doesn't have to be special. One can be totally mediocre and still use music to worship. The truth is, Salieri didn't want to praise god, he wanted to be praised himself.
@@igorknapp2460 Damn, you're right.
@@igorknapp2460 Salieri spoke of music that in itself inspires you to worship God, not music that serves just as a pleasant accompaniment. He wasn't satisfied with the role of a humble worshiper, he wanted to be the one who God had chosen as his divine instrument. And then he heard Mozart..
This movie challenges humanity's biggest problem, can we be happy for someone else's success? Jealousy can drive you insane if you let it.
+Joy Winston You come to me, on the day of my daughters wedding, and you ask me to kill.
Never had any problem with that. Easily managable if you're aware of it and keep it on a leash
But i've already met a few people who get easily consumed by Envy and Jalousy.
Not a pretty sight
like your input! once we realize our weakness and bring it to God, only then can we find peace.
I think humanity's biggest problem is probably cancer.
It depends highly on the person. Happiness can be subjective and varies from person to person but for some people to experience jealousy and envy they may have justified reasons. While jealousy may only come from you can you really think it is all because of them? Take Salieri for example (In the context of the movie) he was a hardworking composer and with the skill that he had achieved fame in Vienna but Mozart came and took away all of that. Even Salieri himself was a man of God who became celibate for God in order to be a skilled player but in doing so was only met with a younger man who had everything that Salieri couldn't even hope to obtain. Think about that, to devote almost your entire life to something only to have someone else invalidate that right in front of your face and in your peers. Really does hurt.
The face of the priest at 01:33 always gives me chills. You can see his horror in the face of the monstrous blasphemy he just witnessed.
I always have to laugh :D
And there's even more irony from the words that are being sung at that point, "and eternal light shine upon them, o lord"
0:41 & 1:51... Get fun at a party... :D
Agreed...the Priest's performance doesn't have many words. But his facial expressions say a lot. Good actor, too. Obviously, F. Murray is killing it in this scene, but the priest does his part, too.
His funeral! Imagine it, the cathedral, all Vienna sitting there, his coffin, Mozart's little coffin in the middle, and then, in that silence, music! A divine music bursts out over them all. A great mass of death! Requiem mass for Wolfgang Mozart, composed by his devoted friend, Antonio Salieri! Oh what sublimity, what depth, what passion in the music! Salieri has been touched by God at last. And God is forced to listen! Powerless, powerless to stop it! I, for once in the end, laughing at him!
Amazing writing
The only thing that worried me: How does one do that?
The only thing that worried me...was the actual killing. How does one do that? Hmm? How does one kill a man?
How so very Italian.
Terrifying to imagine a man who'd be willing to trade an eternity of burning for that one moment of triumph.
I adore this scene; Salieri, in this film, is never portrayed as a senselessly evil or cruel man, yet his plan, expressed by this brilliant performance, with both delight and fury, truly sickens and terrifies me. To steal another man’s brilliant work and pass it off as your own, at the man’s funeral, no less, to spite his creator for snubbing you of the man’s genius- there is simply no word describing a man willing to commit such an iniquitous act. The writing and Abraham’s acting are simply transcendent.
We need acting to this standard these days. So much passion put into a role.
You also need roles worthy of it.
Are you kidding me we have great actors like Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Jaden Smith, Beyoncé and don’t forget the best of all Steven Seagal. Shakespeare is not even worthy of their talent.
What do you know about acting?
Yes, nothing.
Ah yes, the age old and very tired “they don’t make em like they used to anymore” argument. If you’re not finding acting on this level today, you’re watching the wrong movies. There have been plenty of truly transcendent performances in the past 5-10 years.
Salieri's rage is the rage of all mediocres condemned to obscurity. You almost want to stand up and applaud this man as much as draw back from him in horror.
The sad reality is that Salieri wasn't mediocre. That's what makes his jealousy so easy to empathize with. He had the grave misfortune of being a man who was quite talented himself but was completely eclipsed in the shadow of Mozart. All that being said we're talking about movie Salieri which isn't historically accurate. His relegation to the shadows of history (for may years at least) due to such a genius contemporary is definitely real though.
“Shaddap, ya mediocre clarinet player”
Salieri is hardly lost in obscurity, though to be honest, despite being obsessed with classical music for over a decade now, I've still never once recognized any of his music when it's played on the radio.
I must disagree. Leaving out that this is movie fictional, I'd address your comment at face value. Most people are mediocre, somewhere in the middle of the pack. The majority are not homicidal maniacs. It's only the ordinary people who desperately wish they were glorified for their achievements, who get mad enough to kill when they see others reach those heights instead.
@@Mybpeterson i think people would kill in jealousy if they didnt fear punishment...
That sound he makes at 1:04 is bone chilling, like a monster ready to feast on its food.
the way he hugs himself when he says his own name says it all
The acting by the 'older' Salieri is an excellent study of bitterness and regret. We see this kind of bitterness every day in real life. An old Salieri might be living next door to you -- probably not as a musician, but in some other walk of life. It might even be a much younger person, filled with hatred and regret.
Yup, i know the feeling.
*smashes through the wall*
"You rang?"
Before you set out the path of revenge, you must dig two graves - Confucius.
One for the other person, and one for yourself. Deep seated resentment is like drinking the poison and hoping the other person will die.
Beautiful statement :)
I'm okay with that.
What an awesomely, terrifyingly powerful scene. If it's not my favorite scene from this movie, it's certainly high up on the list.
"the only thing that worried me."- Salieri says after literally spitting in God's face. Man, this dude was deranged.
Ah, such is man's foolishness.
The young priest sitting there is watching the full depravity of man on display, and he just has this open mouthed look of knowing horror. All the theology was true!
Since the story is mostly fiction, it allows the film to really plumb the depths of man's unique capacity to self deceive.
Not a real story
Figuratively*
@@ericvega3597, yes...mostly fiction.
That's why it works so well as its own story.
he didnt really kill mozart
That entry of the Introitus at 0:43 is so perfect. The rendition is absolutely awesome, it's so beautiful I struggle to listen to salieri because I am focusing on the music too much...
Until the day I die, this particular moment of Amadeus will always stay with me. The way he gets so caught up, almost drooling on himself, and then the way he says "God forced to listen," emphasized with the raising of the voice and the finger pointing. Cue the background music!
It's like the devil himself is speaking through Salieri.
Terrifying. It's as if he's saying I have killed u it was wrong for you to die
this is a masterpeace of acting.thank you Abraham.F .Murray .I wil always see this peace as a monument!
This whole scene was perfection. This is the best rendering of Requiem Introitus Ive heard. The music complements F. Murray Abraham in the role of Salieri capturing all of his jealousy. bitterness and anger. Growing older I appreciate this scene so much more. Because as humans we have all been Salieri, jealous of someone else's fortune, good luck, talent, blessings whatever wondering why didnt it come to us who worked so hard but given to someone else who managed to get with little effort little work etc. And the priest though I don't know the actors name completed this scene with his look of pure shock, and almost fear as he glimpses a soul that possibly is beyond redemption.
One of the best villain in cinema history.
My favourite one!
Robert Fordin Nah, villain and villain, in my eyes he’s the unlucky hero. Or something, maybe not hero but definitely not a villain.
He was no villain. He didn't kill Mozart. He spent forty years excoriating himself to the brink of madness for _wanting_ to do it. True, blamed God for creating Mozart as if to mock him, and for making Salieri just good enough to know that he was no Mozart. Yes, he hated Mozart. In this scene, he hates him still. Yet strangely, the priest's visit achieved its purpose - in the movie. At its close Salieri has confessed, and in that act come closer to forgiving Mozart for being a genius, himself for being a mediocrity - and God, for making them both. And can God forgive Salieri? I say that for what he actually did, after what he suffered, any decent human being could forgive him. If God can't, then screw God.
Palpatine: Execute Order 66
Salieri: Write a requiem!
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In that particular scene, I see a villain, definitely. Look at his eyes, gestures (1:04 - 1:08 for example).
i love how they used the music in the scene. As Salieri talks about, basically, spitting in gods face and laughing, the music is this dark, creepy chanting that gets louder and louder, till Salieri calms down and the music stops. The music is helping to convey his anger and mania to the audience. I love it.
i cant stop replaying this video
Özge Solmaz Not me either.😁
Same here! 😊
Literally one of the greatest performances ever.
I know this is supposed to be a beautiful, dramatic scene, and for the most part it is, but when the music is suddenly dropped and Saleieri begins talking about the only "minor" hitch in his otherwise sublime plan, I always laugh my assets off :)
In fairness, I think that's the point. XD
It's meant to be darkly funny.
Every time I watch this performance I get goosebumps. The movement of his face and hands are as subtle and powerful as the music he is speaking of.
Fun fact: When Salieri says that he has been touched by God, the Latin lyrics of the Requiem says "et lux perpetua luceat eis" which means shine perpetual light upon them. That cut in the music was intentional and it was indicating Salieri. The details in this movie is phenomenal. Such a great movie!
Everyone has had that moment when you have practiced something a long time, to become good at it and then somebody comes who does it better than you, even though it seems like he isn't even trying. That was Salieri's life (according to this film. I know that it isn't 100% historically accurate) and it's extremely relatable.
I bet that somewhere inside his mind Salieri might have had these thoughts! Hahaha I mean no matter what mutual respect they might have had for each other I am sure certain level of jealousy might have existed. Besides he was a court composer for years so he must have felt some form of jealousy but then again who knows? And as you said. It's a movie after all! :)
Yeah I relate to him too much lol
The makeup in this movie is bar none genius. This was made back in the early 80's. Even today I've seen bad make up on actors (Jersey Boys). He looks real.
I kinda think he looks like Dracula.
Bro I love Jersey Boys, but yeah it's true:(
One of the best acting scene,I've ever seen in a cinema history!
mmm... not sure, but i think Salieri (the fictional character, obviously) could be my favourite villain in cinema.
I don't really think there is a villain in this film
***** even if you don't think of Salieri as a villain, you can't deny that god definitely IS a villain in this film.
mauryelhombremono I don't think so
I think that the real villain is human nature
Salieri is an unreliable source
Religion would have been considered the answer to everything back then
***** actually god acts as an actual character in the film, he doesn't have dialog but he does things and you aslo can feel his precense.
mauryelhombremono Salieri says God's doing things. As Dominic said, Salieri is an unreliable source.
Jealousy is a noble emotion related to justice. Jealousy is when you want returned what is rightfully yours. Envy is one of our darkest emotions, when you want what is not yours. And if you can’t have it, you want to bring that person down.
Fahrid Murray Abraham, you deserve more for your performance then is given!
All Hail Salieri!! (By Fahrid Murray Abraham that is!)
He was given the highest price for this performance. Deservedly so.
He won best actor for this role
As amazing as Tom Hulce's performance was, F. Murray Abraham's truly deserved the Oscar, breathtaking acting.
ANY other year Tom Hulce wins--but when you are competing with IMHO the greatest dramatic performance in US film history you will be the runner-up.
Make more movies like this please,..
That little “What?” from the priest at the beginning is perfect
Most ironic thing about this is Salieri imagining Mozart's funeral proceedings being so grand. A coffin in a cathedral full of people, with a choir and band playing a requiem mass. Mozart (in the film) died broke, unloved and uncared for by most of his community. Literally thrown into a ditch. Salieri's plan would have failed, even if Mozart had finished the mass. His image of Mozart being a treasure of his community was an illusion.
Wow truly incredible performance by F. Murray Abraham. Any aspiring actor should watch this movie especially this clip and watch his drastic change in emotions and display of these change in emotions. Outstanding!
Si. Bravo.
What an acting!!! As brilliant as Mozart's music!!
I love how Salieri gets all steamed up as he describes the funeral and music, then a complete change of tone and normality when he suddenly has to think about how to kill him. ha ha
Not every movie has a soundtrack from the greatest composer of all times. All the others are good, like Zimmer, Williams, etc., but to be able to use Mozart's music is a privilege not seen often in movies.
Well you can use it if you want. All of his pieces are in the public domain.
@@classydoctor5864 Yes. That's why old cartoons used classical music a lot.
Who?
Milos Forman said that the music was the third character of the film (as important as the characters of Salieri and Mozart)
A movie about a man who plans to trap, overcome, and humiliate God himself. The audacity, horror, and madness: it's exhilarating. The incredible revelation that Mozart is not the ultimate enemy, it's God that Salieri is making war against. And the misery of wondering "In what ways am I just like Salieri?" What a movie ❤️
the acting is amazing, and adding the music to the scene is masterful
_In that silence... music. A divine music burst out over them all........................_
1:37 Abraham's three silent sublime seconds of acting is what won the Oscar!
Starting from 1:40, I wonder if Abrahams acting might have been an inspiration for Heath Ledger as the Joker..?
Probably
I thought the same thing.
Agree
I thought the exact same thing too
F.M. Abraham and Tom hulce were brilliant, but let's not forget the actor playing the priest: he was fantastic too. His face conveys so many emotions
Abraham was a great actor he had so many great roles. If I know he is in a movie I'll watch just cus it's him
This movie is perfection. The acting, the dialogs, the music. Its like a symphony itself
This is probably the most powerful piece of acting | have ever seen....what talent that man has....it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end....and then the addition of Mozarts sublime requiem.....I am in tears every time I watch this.
I found the priest's facial expressions more touching than anything else in this scene. He was frightened and crushed by what he heard. Small details in acting are so important, make all the difference.
I feel like the line, “When you have to do it with your own hands” is so important. All of Salieri’s hard work and dedication seemingly snubbed but Mozart’s instantaneous rise to fame and the ease at which he makes his music. Salieri couldn’t be like Mozart in that aspect and that’s why he struggled with himself and his “mediocrity”.
Well said.
This was where the intermission occurred. I will never forget it. Not one person moved for at least a minute.
The only thing that scares the faithful isn't those who deny the existence of God; but those who hate and work against him.
One of the most underrated sinister scenes of remorseless planning of a murder.
And it was here when I realized "Ah, THIS is why he won the Oscar." Best part of the damn movie, folks.
It was AMAZING to see Amadeus Live with Orchestra back in 2018.
Such a great Acting moment B y F. Murray Abraham .. One of my very favorite!!!
You can have the last laugh Mozart, but Salieri's just laughing with the acting gods now.
Try if you may, but NO one could top this man in this role! Gives me the chills towatch him perform this part. Magnificent!
This is one of the greatest scenes of dark comedy in the history of film. The moment the music stops and he matter of factly talks about murder, how could you not laugh.
Possibly one of the best monologues ever.
So telling, here after trying to kill himself and announcing very loudly he did it because he feels bad about it, here it finally becomes far beyond any possible doubt after everything else he has said that he never, ever, really felt bad about it, maybe in a fleeting passing instant, but nothing wholesome. Nothing of substance. He felt bad because the moment was stolen from him. Even talking about the fantasy years later he interrupts himself to point out how Mozart's coffin would have to be relatively smaller. Anything to belittle Mozart, even a little. He still gleefully partakes in this tiny pleasure of grand deceit accomplished, even though the secret humiliation wasn't consummated to the full satisfaction of his jealously. He denied himself his own admiration of self in the face of Mozart's relative little success. That was why he couldn't stand Mozart living. The jealousy was rooted at the quality of music, and not the wordly success of it.That envy entirely consumed him, even long after Mozart died. Finally, his only chance at posterity in the mortal world was not in his own music, which he toiled over to create over his entire lifetime, but at being even remotely associated with Mozart, who basically barely had to try to make perfect music and died at 35 without finishing his final piece and that still became famous anyway. A horror film, actually.
No film has affected me this much since Haunted Road! And that was five years ago, when i was seven...
This is one of my favorite scenes from this film; of course, I have about 89 favorite scenes from this film.
Sublime, absolutely sublime........I'd not even thought about such consequential action towards sworn enemies through my own decades, but had I it is doubtful there would have been such poetry & prose imbued, as is here.
This is why this man took home an Oscar! Fantastic performance! They give them now based on your skin color!
+John Lennon oh give me a spell, this guy is white as well so what's your point?
+Daniel Elsegood You can give awards to white actors without being racially motivated, which is what John believes happened here, but doesn't happen today.
Syrians are distinctive in color. Most are white, and some are mixed.
Just fucking leave. You are clearly arguing over something that needs perception to be judged. White is a color. My parents are white, and so most Syrians are.
There has been only 6 Best Actor and 1 Best Actress awards that were won by people of color. So what are you talking about?
Damn.
This scene is intense!
I think unparalleled performance. Such artistry.
He really deserved that Oscar... Such phenomenal acting!
great great great great , Murray Abraham you are so great , all my best wishes for you , a fan from saudi arabia ❤️
This is such an amazing movie, incredible in so many different ways, it really fulfills every aspect of cinematic storytelling at its highest level.
Thank you, Miloš thank you to the entire cast and crew...and of course, Amadeus.
"Watch it, Jack! He killed Mozart!"
"Danny told me not to tust you... he said you killed Moe Zart."
Mo who? I love that part. and F M Abraham who says "I've killed many, I don't remember them all..."
One of the best movie lines ever. And then “mo who? I’ve killed lots of guys I don’t remember them all.”
In hindsight I have to admire Danny's taste in movies at his age for knowing F. Murray Abraham from Amadeus. When I was his age watching Last Action Hero, I had no idea what he was talking about.
@@Wurzelknecht I first saw it in my history class I think, so I'd seen it in school.
The internal struggle and the end death. The passion takes over and revenge is the cure. A beautiful funeral.
When I saw this guy in scar face I thought he was an average actor but this role is out of this world & really opened my eyes to his talent
First time watching it, him unraveling that plan when Requiem was playing was such a chill down my spin.
Towards the end of Salieri's life, in one of his senile rants, he made some remark about killing Mozart. And thats what they made the movie about. Adding the whole plot of him being jealous and what not.
Source: trust me bro.
He gives so much new power to already perfect music. Thanx dude!
all the scenes of old sallieri are wonderful. A well deserved Oscar.
the script of this scene is just so brilliant
The passion is his voice and his mannerism, god that actor is brilliant
The priest's reaction at how much Salieri compared himself to Mozart and planned his annihilation from the beginning.
Longest confession ever!!!
*1:04** He no joke sounded like Voldemort speaking snake.*
And Just a touch of Hannibal Lector... "fava beans and a nice Chianti. Ffafffaffft"
This makes an excellent choice for my monologue
The priest is like wtf
We just watched it for the first time in a long time. Fantastic movie and F Murray Abraham was excellent.
Masterful and sublime acting. This scene literally gave me chills.
The Requiem is my favorite of Mozart’s masterpieces. Particularly Requiem Aeternam through Lacrimosa. I fell in love with it after watching Amadeus in 7th grade music class.
It’s dark, brooding, heavy and sounds like metal if it had existed in 1791.
This speech... It is terrifying and wonderful to watch
Perfection from everyone involved in creating this scene.
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That was PERFECT, the music rising when Salieri said, ' A great Mass of Death,' his arms raised up.
I love this monologue. Oh so much.
This scene, goosebumps, every time!
Questo film doppiato in italiano,l'avro' visto almeno 10 volte,e questa scena da sola,varrebbe un premio Oscar.
For anybody wondering the piece in this clip it's the ending part of introitus.
This is one of the changes made for the film adaptation that I really like. There are a few other minor things, but in the original stage play (as in real life) Salieri had nothing to do with the Requiem - it was entirely a coincidence, some nobleman who wanted to pass it off as his own work. The movie makes it Salieri himself, and I think it a much tighter story for it.
Oh what sublimity, what depth, what passion in the “film”!
What a actor, what a performance
Chilling... I love it. Bravo 👏🏼 signore.
GRAZIAS........... Signore.
Right up with the greatest performance ever given in a movie. You believe every word he is saying, and he is the person he is portraying completely!
the priest's face.... 😈
La fusión de la música y el verbo de Salieri es magistral
One of the greatest scenes ever
One of the best performances in the movies history