I work in the movie business, and I can guarantee we'll never see a movie made like this again. Every aspect of the sound and cinematography, the costuming and design, the acting... If I ever work on anything a tenth as good as Amadeus, I'll retire fulfilled.
@@DEWwords just like Salierei, the patron saint of mediocrities? 😀 When I first saw this i was 13 and didnt quite get all the subtext. Now, i love it and how dark a picture it is. Abraham deserved that Oscar. And this is why you wont see a .ovie like thjs again, a movie for adults written by adults rather than overgrown children.
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Someone asked me, what my fav. movie is, and i said "Amadeus" Then I was asked why, and I said "ive never seen such a mix of drama, comedy and tragedy all in one movie" Yup, still stands
Strange to say, structurally speaking, even though Salieri is the villain of the piece, because the story is told from his point of view, Salieri is the protagonist and Mozart the antagonist.
This movie got Mozart into my blood at the age of eight. To this day I have never connected with any classical composer as deeply as I have with Mozart.
I was learning to play piano and listening to quite a few of the operas at the age of seven to eight-ish. My first one was The Magic Flute so watching this at about the same time was amazing.
This movie is nothing without Salieri's passion and appreciation of great music. He is our guide to Mozart. The love/hate going on inside of him is perfect. F. Murray Abraham's performance is equal to the Mozart's music. One of the greatest acting performance ever in film.
A great performance, undeniably. At the same time, it's pretty grossly unfair to Salieri that he is turned into a cartoon villain as that's not at all accurate. Most people who have heard of him now will have done so because of that portrayal.
@@steeltrap3800 The legend is definitely unfair to Salieri, But I protest the idea that this script renders him as a cartoon villain: here he is a great, sensitive intelligence that becomes entangled very early in a sort of pathology. This is a dangerously human trait. I feel that Abraham understands this delicate, frightening balance and gives it both us and Salieri,
@@steeltrap3800 I'm a huge classical music fan and know quite a bit about the history this film portrays. It's not and wasn't meant to be a biopic; it's a thoroughly fictionalized version of the characters and events it portrays. If people watch this and get the wrong idea about them... well, that's just their stupidity.
@@jonathanhenderson9422 With all due respect, calling people "stupid" because they don't know to trust film makers on something as basic as "did this person set out to KILL a very famous person", all the while backed up by your own situation of knowing "quite a bit about the history this film portrays", strikes me as rather ungenerous at the very least. But perhaps I'm simply peculiar. Cheers
@@steeltrap3800 Let me be more generous then. Anyone whose first instinct is to believe any film is historically reliable/accurate is terribly naive. For one thing, even actual history is fraught with epistemic complications, meaning it's often very difficult to know what happened in the past as evidence is often sparse and in itself unreliable. Second, the job of filmmakers and writers is to make entertainment, not to get things as historically accurate as possible. In the case of Amadeus it doesn't even pretend to be based on a true story.
Winner of 8 Oscars including Best Picture. Though the film is historically inaccurate, it's a pretty impressive motion picture about the life, death and legacy of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The playwright/screenwriter Peter Shaffer himself admitted that this was essentially a fantasy based on fact, as related in the storyline by an embittered elderly man some thirty-two years onward whereby memory alters and fades.
I kinda felt sorry for the emperor. He was asked for his feedback and had to say something critical, something that needed improvement, anything, lest he appear as a musical imposter. Unfortunately, many professional critics have the same impulse. They can't simply say they like a piece, they have to find something wrong, or else they'll look like they're not doing their job.
When Freddie Mercury was ill and in the last months of his life, according to his friend Reinholdt Mack, Freddie watched the movie Amadeus over and over again. At the end of the film when Mozart died, Freddie would say “That’s going to happen to me,soon”. (I think it was Freddie’s way of trying to “prepare” Mack’s children (including Freddie’s Godson, little Freddie Mack) for the fact he would be gone soon.)
Not based on true history, but on Peter Schaeffer's own theater play, which is in turn based on a Pushkin short tale. The story is in fact more of a study and reflection on genius and jealousy, not intended to be taken as a biography of any sort. True fact is that Mozart likely died because of some inflammatory disease that afflicted him from a very young age, and affected his kidneys. Salieri was a friendly rival on the Vienna musical scene, and was kind and civil to Mozart. He was admired by other composers and musicians because of his good and generous nature. BTW, he was no mediocrity at all, he was a great musician, a very competent composer, and the master and teacher of many famous composers, including Beethoven. Said that, I love this film, and I love the music and how music inspires the whole affair.
Years ago I read that “experts” hypothesized that Mozart died of Trichinosis. They referred to a letter he had written days before his death where he wrote he was looking forward to a pork dinner. Apparently, his symptoms seemed to match.
The story goes that the filmmakers started going through Salieri's music expecting, on the basis of the play, to find some obviously poor music but were rather dismayed when they didn't find anything that sounded remotely bad.
As a classically-trained musician I must say that you had me after only six seconds of watching this video. As the old Southern US saying goes: you're my kind of people. 💛☮
I was in Prague (where the film was shot) and visited the wonderful gold jewel box of the theater used in the filming--saw "Don Giovanni" performed there. As I walked around Prague, I kept experiencing a sense of deja vu passing streets and buildings used in the filming. It was delightful.
I'm so happy for you that you've now experienced "Amadeus." Thank you for the delightful reaction. Please consider "The Red Violin," and "The Last Emperor."
@@TylerD288 I agree. It dropped off the radar for some reason. Brilliant film. With one of the most beautiful and enchanting actresses of her time: Joan Chen. Who also dropped off the radar.
I enjoyed this reaction video so much. I think the thing that makes it special is that you have both a knowledge of the music but also and understanding of it and this shows through during your reaction. Thank you!
Cheered Emma for the bravery to pull this out for review! Simply a great movie that very few brave to revisit. Your viewers have made great comments, but I thank you for the effort!
I kind of liked what Milos Forman did with the opera scenes in this movie. For the Italian operas, they were sung in Italian; yet for the Singspiels like Die Entfürung aus dem Seraglio (Abduction of the Seraglio) and Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), which are normally sung in German, they are sung in English. Oh btw, another thing to notice in the movie: Characters from the upper class speak in English accents, while Characters from the lower class speak in American accents.
Watching you conducting to the music at the very beginning, I thought: "Wow, she's not only musician, she's a good conductor, with great independent hand control." And then you said, you studied conducting. Great job!
About the burial; that was Mozart's wish to be buried in a mass grave. He, along with a lot of Vienna in the late 18th century, followed the city's custom of being buried in mass graves. And besides, Mozart was not one for ostentatious funeral ceremonies and rites, which he viewed as "superstitious".
The Emperor encouraged this greatly. The city was short of good wood and of space, and he was a good utilitarian leader. A great man, actually, and this film does him a kind of backhanded justice as, well, a nerd. 😂
The title of the movie also could have been "Wolfgang" or "Mozart", but instead they chose "Amadeus", which means "loved by God". This perfectly sums up what the movie is about. It is about Salieri and his flawed ideas about God. Salieri thiks that God prefers Mozart and gifted him with His blessing, while he left Salieri with nothing. Perfect title for this movie!
I play the harpsichord and sometimes when I try to sight-read Mozart, I get upset at the utter overwhelming sweetness and playfulness of the music and I think "This sounds like it was written by child.." then I realize "Oh wait, it was! Now THAT"S impressive!" hahaha. Great and entertaining reaction, by the way, Emma! :)
Many years ago, I read that Beethoven always carried with him a drawing of Mozart's funeral, which was basically a horse drawn wagon with a single mourner following behind.
Mozart was buried in an unmarked grave in St Mark's Cemetery in Vienna. This was actually common at the time. It was likely not a mass grave as depicted purely for dramatic purposes in this film. The exact location of his remains is unknown to this day but that cemetery does have a monument to Mozart that was erected years later in a spot believed to have been where he was burried. The monument was moved after that to an area of the cemetery with monuments to other famous composers of Vienna.
From what I've read, they put in a 'tomb' in 1859 at the area where they believed he was located in St. Mark's. Later in 1891 (the 100th anniversary of his death), that 'tomb' was moved to the location of where the famous composers are buried (the Central Cemetery, the 'Zentralfriedhof'). The people in charge of Mozart's actual grave at St. Mark's put up a 'new' headstone on the spot where the original 'tomb' was located shortly thereafter. When I went to Vienna in the mid 90's, I went to both locations. At Mozart's gravesite, his marker is a 'broken column' with a crying cherub. Mozart was a Freemason (he inspired me to become one myself), and the broken column is a well-known symbol regarding the death of a well-beloved brother.
Love to watch the classical musician's reaction on Confutatis scene. You do know the background of this music that we don't. So, we can understand it and feel it more deeply. Cried again on Lacrimosa, this time with you. Thank you very much.
Interesting thing about the Baron von Swieten (the court member with the long brown wig): IRL Mozart wound up becoming chummy with him, and through him he was introduced to Handel's work. This is why Mozart's later works had a lot of counterpoint like Baroque pieces like Handel's.
You know Emma, what I found most delightful about your reaction was how well versed you are with Mozart! Truly impressed. I know this film took a few liberties, but what an amazing movie. One of my all time favorites. You're the best!!
F Murray Abraham’s Salieri was the character we can all actually relate too. There’s always somebody in all walks of life who is simply better than you no matter how hard you try to best them. And as a composer he had the worst luck in the world when his contemporary was the greatest genius in music ever known.
The great director Miloš Forman also made "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest." There's more than just the connection of the scary asylum setting. Forman loved to tell stories about free-spirited wild-child characters who rub the powers that be the wrong way--- and end up paying a terrible sacrificial price for it in the end. (See also "Man on the Moon," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," and "Hair.")
I love this movie. My mother dragged me to it when I was seven. I left it in love with all classical music except opera. I love opera in short amounts but the only opera I've stayed awake for is Wagner.
Mozart was buried in a common plot in a cemetery in Vienna. It's just a myth that he was buried in a pauper's grave. Common plots were the fate of the middle classes, unlike the poor and the paupers' mass graves and the upper class who could afford single graves with individual headstones or even mausoleums.
First class reaction, from a person who knows her stuff. Bravo! The film was shot in Prague. Director Milos Forman returned after years in the States because of indifferences with the communist regime. The producer was Saul Zaentz, a former music producer (jazz). The Line Producer was Branko Lustig (Croatian/Israeli) who later produced Schindlers List for Steven Spielberg. AMADEUS is one of my five most favorable movies - a true masterpiece.
It made me happy that you recognised Vincent Schiavelli (Salieri's Valet) at the start of the movie. One of my all time favourite supporting actors. He's one of those that shows up in tiny parts in movies and so many TV shows where he plays a one off character in a single episode. He never disappoints.
This movie was my introduction to classical music, and helped vaccinate me from such horrors as Skeltonic verse (aka, "rap"). I've never been to an opera, but I would love to go see "Marriage of Figaro" and "The Magic Flute". When I worked at Walmart, we had these huge, boxy, electric floor buffers. I would put Mozart on my headphones and unbeknownst to me, a co-worker got video of me dancing with my buffer. A customer once stopped me to compliment me on my strong whistle, as I could never resist whistling the entrance of the Queen of the Night as I listened to The Magic Flute.
I love "The Magic Flute", back in college I used to listen to various movements over and over. I've been lucky enough to see "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Don Giovanni" in person, but I'd really love to see "The Magic Flute" too.
Ken Russell made a film in 1974 "Mahler" that's interesting. In 1994 a film "Immortal Beloved" was made about Beethoven, starring Gary Oldman and Isabella Rossellini.
Excellent reaction video! This is one of my all-time favourite movies - and it was so nice to be able to "watch it with you" via your reaction video. I loved your random comments and thoughts! Well done!
This is one of those plays (and films) where the title itself has multiple meanings: the Latin "Amadeus" is not only Mozart's middle name but means "beloved of God" - itself the very ironic theme of the piece.
Such a great role for F Murray Abraham. Pretty clever premise to showcase Mozart’s brilliance, too. Love the “orgasm” Salieri has as he sight reads Mozart’s drafts.
This is the first time I have seen a RUclips reaction to Amadeus where the person actually understands and appreciates the movie. I’m also a classical musician and it makes it even better. Such a good reaction and such a good movie ❤️
I loved this movie even more when I learned that, as much as they played up his life, Mozart actually was a "rockstar" of his day with his love of parties, drinking and dirty jokes (he wrote a piece called "Leck mich im Arsch", which needs no translation)
As it has been noted by others, there are a number of historical inaccuracies. This film and the play it is based on is not about Mozart as such, which is why it is not called Mozart but Amadeus(beloved of God). This is about the mystery of genius. It pops up in places you lest expect.
My favorite classical composers are Modest Mussorgsky (Russian) and Amy Beach (American). Mussorgsky you know by his piece "Night on Bald Mountain" and the "Promenade" theme which sort of divide the rest of the pieces in his work "Pictures at an Exhibition". Today we know "Pictures at an Exhibition" in it's orchestral form but the work was originally for solo piano. Amy Beach is sadly an overlooked genius, a child prodigy just like Mozart, being able to compose symphonies in her head at the age of 7. If you want to get a feel for her style a nice song to ease you in might be "Hermit Thrush at Eve, Op 92". As for people in this film saying "too many notes" give Mussorgsky's "Catacombs of Paris" a listen which is one of the pieces in his "Pictures at an Exhibition". The piece is very slow and is composed of sparse eerie chords. Every chord is like a jump scare. In the end you might pick up on the formerly mentioned "Promenade" theme that is central to the whole composition. I love films about artists. I hope you react to more. "Winter Night in Gagra" (1985) a Russian film about a once famous tap dancer now working as a dance instructor for a modern dance theatre production and he is asked by a very talentless but very passionate young man to teach him how to tap-dance. Sadly it would probably be a little difficult to find a copy with English subtitles. And of course "Andrei Rublev" (1966 ) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (the original 205 minute version) about the famous Russian icon painter. This film is very easy to view with great subtitles thanks to the Criterion Collection.
At 2:20 "I remember this actor." Yes Vincent Schiavelli was one of the most memorable character actors. He also wrote several Italian cookbooks with his family recipes, so it isn't standard fare. He is buried in Sicily.
Mozart and Salieri were professional rivals to a certain extent, but it never descended to the level of viciousness, of undermining each other. In fact, Salieri helped Mozart to expand his audience.
Mozart's 'Requiem' is probably my favorite piece in my time. I love other of his works, but I remain transfixed to his "death mass!" It is especially elevating while driving through downtown Los Angeles surrounded by monoliths of "failure!"
The film version did not include Salieri propositioning Constanza or her returning. That is the director's cut. In 1984 Constanza says, "You will help us?" and Salieri simply walks out without a word and says to his confessor, "From now on we are enemies," etc. Then we see Constanza crying.
This movie is one of those miracles. The project was already thought of, paid preproduction by just the guys that developed the movie without any company knowing about it, no companies being involved in any way. This has happened just a few times in history, lord of the rings, matrix 1, fury road, star Wars, etc... And that's why it's so pure and unique and so good. No greed trying to fit a script into the commercial formula. Only when it was finished and packaged in a beautiful sealed hole, it was presented to companies to fund.
One of the best movies ever made. Every aspect is flawless. For me, what makes it so memorable and relatable is the character of Salieri. Aren't we all like that? Mediocrities, feeling small and insignificant in the face of greatness? Bargaining with God over our fate? I find it deeply touching.
I saw the Requiem performed earlier this year with the University of Michigan choir. It was amazing to hear it live. The Dies Irae was my favorite part. I couldn't stop listening to it for several weeks afterward.
I come from the Czech republic and got to see this movie almost 2 decades ago in high school - they played it to us in our music lessons, actually. I know it can be long and heavy for many, but I am still in awe personally. Only other big movie about a musician I saw was Gainsbourg: Vie héroique. I saw that one with high school as well, though a bit later. And once again, it was long, but interesting. Come to think of it, I was lucky to have such high school education. I got to see several movies I would probably never come to see on my own. But now that I did see them, I am glad it happened.
Since you asked... Salieri reading Mozart's drafts, "Displace one note and there would be diminishment," and Salieri taking dictation from Mozart towards the end are two of my favorite scenes in all of cinema.
You just made a classic reaction video. You are the only person to have ever captured the tides of emotions that I also felt watching this movie for the first time, then many times afterward. All with equal emotional impact. Thank you for that. You should watch a great movie about the alleged love and life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Immortal Beloved. Especially the scene showing the playing of his last symphony, the 9th.
This is one of my absolute favorite movies! I remember seeing it in a packed theater in Dallas, TX the weekend it opened. When that crucifix went into the fire, Emma, you should have heard the collective gasp of the audience! Thank you so much for sharing this one. If you are interested, the soundtrack is available in two volumes, 3 cd's altogether. It's a keeper! Also, another wonderful movie about music that I think you would enjoy is the 1988 film The Music Teacher (Le maître de musique) with José van Dam. That one has some wonderful music as well, lots of Mahler. That's the "sing with your eyes" movie I was telling you of. Thanks again for this one. 💕
Thank you Emma for such a beautiful reaction to such a majestic and lovely piece of art. I won’t stop saying it, you’re so natural and charming ♥, and you truly deserve for your channel to keep growing!
The movie is set in Vienna and it's implied that all the characters are speaking German, but since it's an English film, all the dialogue is actually in English. The Queen of the Night aria, and actually all of the German music, is translated into English for this reason, but interestingly all the Italian music is still in Italian since it's a foreign language anyway.
I work in the movie business, and I can guarantee we'll never see a movie made like this again. Every aspect of the sound and cinematography, the costuming and design, the acting... If I ever work on anything a tenth as good as Amadeus, I'll retire fulfilled.
It's an age that puts the mediocre and the substandard on a pedestal and worships it.
@@DEWwords just like Salierei, the patron saint of mediocrities? 😀 When I first saw this i was 13 and didnt quite get all the subtext. Now, i love it and how dark a picture it is. Abraham deserved that Oscar. And this is why you wont see a .ovie like thjs again, a movie for adults written by adults rather than overgrown children.
@@DEWwords whatever you say, sweetie 🙄
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I'd be too stressed to work on a film like this, even as a PA. The pressure to not fuck it up would be too great for me to function properly.
Someone asked me, what my fav. movie is, and i said "Amadeus"
Then I was asked why, and I said "ive never seen such a mix of drama, comedy and tragedy all in one movie"
Yup, still stands
Literally one of the best films of all time. Nice reaction.
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Its definitely up there, not many better.
The requiem composition scene is a masterpiece.
Top best 5 scenes in movie history. The dynamics are astounding.
The directors cut is MUCH darker than the other. And F. Murray Abraham is incredible. The layers!
The director's cut IS the film as far as I'm concerned. It's complete.
F. Murray Abraham won here the Oscar for Best Actor (playing an antagonist). But his performance of Salieri was simply... beyond amazing.
Strange to say, structurally speaking, even though Salieri is the villain of the piece, because the story is told from his point of view, Salieri is the protagonist and Mozart the antagonist.
This movie got Mozart into my blood at the age of eight. To this day I have never connected with any classical composer as deeply as I have with Mozart.
Same! From 8-12 I pretty much only listened to Mozart.
I was learning to play piano and listening to quite a few of the operas at the age of seven to eight-ish. My first one was The Magic Flute so watching this at about the same time was amazing.
This movie is nothing without Salieri's passion and appreciation of great music. He is our guide to Mozart. The love/hate going on inside of him is perfect. F. Murray Abraham's performance is equal to the Mozart's music. One of the greatest acting performance ever in film.
A great performance, undeniably.
At the same time, it's pretty grossly unfair to Salieri that he is turned into a cartoon villain as that's not at all accurate. Most people who have heard of him now will have done so because of that portrayal.
@@steeltrap3800 The legend is definitely unfair to Salieri, But I protest the idea that this script renders him as a cartoon villain: here he is a great, sensitive intelligence that becomes entangled very early in a sort of pathology. This is a dangerously human trait. I feel that Abraham understands this delicate, frightening balance and gives it both us and Salieri,
@@steeltrap3800 I'm a huge classical music fan and know quite a bit about the history this film portrays. It's not and wasn't meant to be a biopic; it's a thoroughly fictionalized version of the characters and events it portrays. If people watch this and get the wrong idea about them... well, that's just their stupidity.
@@jonathanhenderson9422 With all due respect, calling people "stupid" because they don't know to trust film makers on something as basic as "did this person set out to KILL a very famous person", all the while backed up by your own situation of knowing "quite a bit about the history this film portrays", strikes me as rather ungenerous at the very least.
But perhaps I'm simply peculiar.
Cheers
@@steeltrap3800 Let me be more generous then. Anyone whose first instinct is to believe any film is historically reliable/accurate is terribly naive. For one thing, even actual history is fraught with epistemic complications, meaning it's often very difficult to know what happened in the past as evidence is often sparse and in itself unreliable. Second, the job of filmmakers and writers is to make entertainment, not to get things as historically accurate as possible. In the case of Amadeus it doesn't even pretend to be based on a true story.
Winner of 8 Oscars including Best Picture. Though the film is historically inaccurate, it's a pretty impressive motion picture about the life, death and legacy of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
It is not historically inaccurate. It is a story of its own.
Two words: unreliable narrator.
It wasn't meant to be historically accurate. It's fictionalized history... kinda like Inglorious Basterds.
The playwright/screenwriter Peter Shaffer himself admitted that this was essentially a fantasy based on fact, as related in the storyline by an embittered elderly man some thirty-two years onward whereby memory alters and fades.
The Don Giovanni sequence was shot on the same stage and theater where Mozart first premiered it.
The production damn near burned it down when part of an actor's costume caught fire.
Not surprising what with waving all those huge torches around
If you think the "too many notes" remark is crazy, apparently Joseph II also told him after one of his other operas "the bass is too low".
I kinda felt sorry for the emperor. He was asked for his feedback and had to say something critical, something that needed improvement, anything, lest he appear as a musical imposter. Unfortunately, many professional critics have the same impulse. They can't simply say they like a piece, they have to find something wrong, or else they'll look like they're not doing their job.
Mozart asking him to choose which notes to remove has bad ass.
@@Randsurferhonestly if the right ones WERE removed you'd be left with a prog metal jazz masterpiece.
One of the top 10 best films ever made. It deserved every award it won.
Though I think "A Soldier's Story" should have won for Best Picture
When Freddie Mercury was ill and in the last months of his life, according to his friend Reinholdt Mack, Freddie watched the movie Amadeus over and over again. At the end of the film when Mozart died, Freddie would say “That’s going to happen to me,soon”. (I think it was Freddie’s way of trying to “prepare” Mack’s children (including Freddie’s Godson, little Freddie Mack) for the fact he would be gone soon.)
“Immortal Beloved” (1994) is another movie of a great composer, Beethoven. Gary Oldman’s portrayal was just mesmerizing.
We need more composer movies. Bach, Liszt, Chopin, etc.
You should react to “Immortal Beloved” . Another great movie Beethoven’s , it is about his love life.
@@revo1336The Music Lovers is Tchaikovsky
Fun trivia: The little person at 51:44 is Kenny Baker, the man inside R2-D2 in the Star Wars movies.
Not based on true history, but on Peter Schaeffer's own theater play, which is in turn based on a Pushkin short tale. The story is in fact more of a study and reflection on genius and jealousy, not intended to be taken as a biography of any sort. True fact is that Mozart likely died because of some inflammatory disease that afflicted him from a very young age, and affected his kidneys. Salieri was a friendly rival on the Vienna musical scene, and was kind and civil to Mozart. He was admired by other composers and musicians because of his good and generous nature. BTW, he was no mediocrity at all, he was a great musician, a very competent composer, and the master and teacher of many famous composers, including Beethoven. Said that, I love this film, and I love the music and how music inspires the whole affair.
Years ago I read that “experts” hypothesized that Mozart died of Trichinosis. They referred to a letter he had written days before his death where he wrote he was looking forward to a pork dinner. Apparently, his symptoms seemed to match.
The story goes that the filmmakers started going through Salieri's music expecting, on the basis of the play, to find some obviously poor music but were rather dismayed when they didn't find anything that sounded remotely bad.
-"No corrections of any kind!"....What a powerful line!
Can`t imagine a better person to react to this than You! Love it!
As a classically-trained musician I must say that you had me after only six seconds of watching this video. As the old Southern US saying goes: you're my kind of people. 💛☮
"There's a lot of farting during the night,
And the farts resound with thunderous might."
-- W.A. Mozart
His humor is a lot of fun! 😂
I was in Prague (where the film was shot) and visited the wonderful gold jewel box of the theater used in the filming--saw "Don Giovanni" performed there. As I walked around Prague, I kept experiencing a sense of deja vu passing streets and buildings used in the filming. It was delightful.
There have been many great composers, but I'm convinced that Mozart wrote the music that plays when the gates of heaven open.
They took liberties with history but the movie is exceptional.
considerable liberties ....
Real history is usually boring.
@@normandrolland not true at all!
It's not liberties. It's a fictional work with only a few details true to the real story. And that's the beauty of it.
Makes me happy to see people appreciate this movie. This was excellent! The 70 minutes went by fast.
I'm so happy for you that you've now experienced "Amadeus." Thank you for the delightful reaction. Please consider "The Red Violin," and "The Last Emperor."
The Red Violin is an amazing movie. A must watch for a musician.
Also "The Red Shoes" by the Archers.
I haven't seen any reactions to "The Last Emperor", such a great film.
@@TylerD288 I agree. It dropped off the radar for some reason. Brilliant film. With one of the most beautiful and enchanting actresses of her time: Joan Chen. Who also dropped off the radar.
It broke my heart to see someone who enjoys life so much weeping, but it demonstrates the depths of your humanity.
I enjoyed this reaction video so much.
I think the thing that makes it special is that you have both a knowledge of the music but also and understanding of it and this shows through during your reaction.
Thank you!
Cheered Emma for the bravery to pull this out for review! Simply a great movie that very few brave to revisit. Your viewers have made great comments, but I thank you for the effort!
I kind of liked what Milos Forman did with the opera scenes in this movie. For the Italian operas, they were sung in Italian; yet for the Singspiels like Die Entfürung aus dem Seraglio (Abduction of the Seraglio) and Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), which are normally sung in German, they are sung in English.
Oh btw, another thing to notice in the movie: Characters from the upper class speak in English accents, while Characters from the lower class speak in American accents.
My favorite part is watching you conduct, Emma. We need to see more of your talents.
Watching you conducting to the music at the very beginning, I thought: "Wow, she's not only musician, she's a good conductor, with great independent hand control." And then you said, you studied conducting. Great job!
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About the burial; that was Mozart's wish to be buried in a mass grave. He, along with a lot of Vienna in the late 18th century, followed the city's custom of being buried in mass graves. And besides, Mozart was not one for ostentatious funeral ceremonies and rites, which he viewed as "superstitious".
The Emperor encouraged this greatly. The city was short of good wood and of space, and he was a good utilitarian leader. A great man, actually, and this film does him a kind of backhanded justice as, well, a nerd. 😂
The title of the movie also could have been "Wolfgang" or "Mozart", but instead they chose "Amadeus", which means "loved by God". This perfectly sums up what the movie is about. It is about Salieri and his flawed ideas about God. Salieri thiks that God prefers Mozart and gifted him with His blessing, while he left Salieri with nothing. Perfect title for this movie!
Fantastic...a true musical genius. His body ended up in a mass grave...his memory will live on for eternity. Wonderful movie
I knew you would enjoy this movie, but also your tender heart would be pierced.
Great reaction as usual.
Oh thank you!
I play the harpsichord and sometimes when I try to sight-read Mozart, I get upset at the utter overwhelming sweetness and playfulness of the music and I think "This sounds like it was written by child.." then I realize "Oh wait, it was! Now THAT"S impressive!" hahaha. Great and entertaining reaction, by the way, Emma! :)
Many years ago, I read that Beethoven always carried with him a drawing of Mozart's funeral, which was basically a horse drawn wagon with a single mourner following behind.
Beautiful woman. Love the intro
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Mozart was buried in an unmarked grave in St Mark's Cemetery in Vienna. This was actually common at the time. It was likely not a mass grave as depicted purely for dramatic purposes in this film. The exact location of his remains is unknown to this day but that cemetery does have a monument to Mozart that was erected years later in a spot believed to have been where he was burried. The monument was moved after that to an area of the cemetery with monuments to other famous composers of Vienna.
From what I've read, they put in a 'tomb' in 1859 at the area where they believed he was located in St. Mark's. Later in 1891 (the 100th anniversary of his death), that 'tomb' was moved to the location of where the famous composers are buried (the Central Cemetery, the 'Zentralfriedhof'). The people in charge of Mozart's actual grave at St. Mark's put up a 'new' headstone on the spot where the original 'tomb' was located shortly thereafter.
When I went to Vienna in the mid 90's, I went to both locations. At Mozart's gravesite, his marker is a 'broken column' with a crying cherub. Mozart was a Freemason (he inspired me to become one myself), and the broken column is a well-known symbol regarding the death of a well-beloved brother.
The soundtrack to this movie was my first classical album. I loved this movie.
Love to watch the classical musician's reaction on Confutatis scene. You do know the background of this music that we don't. So, we can understand it and feel it more deeply. Cried again on Lacrimosa, this time with you. Thank you very much.
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Interesting thing about the Baron von Swieten (the court member with the long brown wig): IRL Mozart wound up becoming chummy with him, and through him he was introduced to Handel's work. This is why Mozart's later works had a lot of counterpoint like Baroque pieces like Handel's.
You know Emma, what I found most delightful about your reaction was how well versed you are with Mozart! Truly impressed. I know this film took a few liberties, but what an amazing movie. One of my all time favorites. You're the best!!
Wow, thank you!
I have no proof but I heard one of the reasons this movie is spectacular is they made the movie fit the music, not the other way around.
F Murray Abraham’s Salieri was the character we can all actually relate too.
There’s always somebody in all walks of life who is simply better than you no matter how hard you try to best them.
And as a composer he had the worst luck in the world when his contemporary was the greatest genius in music ever known.
The great director Miloš Forman also made "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest."
There's more than just the connection of the scary asylum setting. Forman loved to tell stories about free-spirited wild-child characters who rub the powers that be the wrong way--- and end up paying a terrible sacrificial price for it in the end.
(See also "Man on the Moon," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," and "Hair.")
I love this movie. My mother dragged me to it when I was seven. I left it in love with all classical music except opera. I love opera in short amounts but the only opera I've stayed awake for is Wagner.
Mozart was buried in a common plot in a cemetery in Vienna. It's just a myth that he was buried in a pauper's grave. Common plots were the fate of the middle classes, unlike the poor and the paupers' mass graves and the upper class who could afford single graves with individual headstones or even mausoleums.
First class reaction, from a person who knows her stuff. Bravo! The film was shot in Prague. Director Milos Forman returned after years in the States because of indifferences with the communist regime. The producer was Saul Zaentz, a former music producer (jazz). The Line Producer was Branko Lustig (Croatian/Israeli) who later produced Schindlers List for Steven Spielberg. AMADEUS is one of my five most favorable movies - a true masterpiece.
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It made me happy that you recognised Vincent Schiavelli (Salieri's Valet) at the start of the movie. One of my all time favourite supporting actors. He's one of those that shows up in tiny parts in movies and so many TV shows where he plays a one off character in a single episode. He never disappoints.
This movie was my introduction to classical music, and helped vaccinate me from such horrors as Skeltonic verse (aka, "rap").
I've never been to an opera, but I would love to go see "Marriage of Figaro" and "The Magic Flute".
When I worked at Walmart, we had these huge, boxy, electric floor buffers. I would put Mozart on my headphones and unbeknownst to me, a co-worker got video of me dancing with my buffer. A customer once stopped me to compliment me on my strong whistle, as I could never resist whistling the entrance of the Queen of the Night as I listened to The Magic Flute.
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I love "The Magic Flute", back in college I used to listen to various movements over and over. I've been lucky enough to see "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Don Giovanni" in person, but I'd really love to see "The Magic Flute" too.
Your musicianship impresses me more and more each video!
Ken Russell made a film in 1974 "Mahler" that's interesting. In 1994 a film "Immortal Beloved" was made about Beethoven, starring Gary Oldman and Isabella Rossellini.
Both fantastic films.
Excellent reaction video! This is one of my all-time favourite movies - and it was so nice to be able to "watch it with you" via your reaction video. I loved your random comments and thoughts! Well done!
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This is one of those plays (and films) where the title itself has multiple meanings: the Latin "Amadeus" is not only Mozart's middle name but means "beloved of God" - itself the very ironic theme of the piece.
your joy at that brightened my day
wow Emma so good makes me very happy as you are a great guide to many things i love
Even though it is fiction, the way his music is woven through the film brings me to tears. This is truly a love-letter to Mozart.
Such a great role for F Murray Abraham. Pretty clever premise to showcase Mozart’s brilliance, too. Love the “orgasm” Salieri has as he sight reads Mozart’s drafts.
This is the first time I have seen a RUclips reaction to Amadeus where the person actually understands and appreciates the movie. I’m also a classical musician and it makes it even better. Such a good reaction and such a good movie ❤️
Форман останется в веках, как автор "Амадея" и " Пролетая над гнездом кукушки".
You don't have to make a lot of films if you have a couple like that, so different and so amazing in utterly different ways.
I loved this movie even more when I learned that, as much as they played up his life, Mozart actually was a "rockstar" of his day with his love of parties, drinking and dirty jokes (he wrote a piece called "Leck mich im Arsch", which needs no translation)
As it has been noted by others, there are a number of historical inaccuracies. This film and the play it is based on is not about Mozart as such, which is why it is not called Mozart but Amadeus(beloved of God). This is about the mystery of genius. It pops up in places you lest expect.
Heaven must be missing an angel, so glad you're doing these videos.
Glad you like them!
I highly recommend the "making of" documentary for this film, which is available on this platform.
My favorite classical composers are Modest Mussorgsky (Russian) and Amy Beach (American). Mussorgsky you know by his piece "Night on Bald Mountain" and the "Promenade" theme which sort of divide the rest of the pieces in his work "Pictures at an Exhibition". Today we know "Pictures at an Exhibition" in it's orchestral form but the work was originally for solo piano. Amy Beach is sadly an overlooked genius, a child prodigy just like Mozart, being able to compose symphonies in her head at the age of 7. If you want to get a feel for her style a nice song to ease you in might be "Hermit Thrush at Eve, Op 92".
As for people in this film saying "too many notes" give Mussorgsky's "Catacombs of Paris" a listen which is one of the pieces in his "Pictures at an Exhibition". The piece is very slow and is composed of sparse eerie chords. Every chord is like a jump scare. In the end you might pick up on the formerly mentioned "Promenade" theme that is central to the whole composition.
I love films about artists. I hope you react to more. "Winter Night in Gagra" (1985) a Russian film about a once famous tap dancer now working as a dance instructor for a modern dance theatre production and he is asked by a very talentless but very passionate young man to teach him how to tap-dance. Sadly it would probably be a little difficult to find a copy with English subtitles. And of course "Andrei Rublev" (1966 ) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (the original 205 minute version) about the famous Russian icon painter. This film is very easy to view with great subtitles thanks to the Criterion Collection.
Wow!!! Thank you for this comment!!! It’s so inspiring to see how much you love this music!!! ✨✨✨✨✨✨🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
best reaction yet emma i loved it
Сальери удивлялся, что Бог дал гениальность вот в это 'тело обезьяны'... Бог дышит где хочет. И в этом радость нашей надежды..
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i am enthralled by this time period Emma and women's dresses so beautiful
For the "Game of Thrones" fans out there, the actor playing Leopold Mozart is the same one who played the Wildfire wrangler in season 2 of the show.
An all time great, and it's safe to say the greatest musical score ever. I loved this movie from the first time I watched it when I was a teenager.
The first rock star. And, at least in legend, the first case of the rock star / leechy manager trope.
loving a reaction that's already familiar with the music and not the movie
Being buried with other commoners was quite common in Austria at that time.
At 2:20 "I remember this actor." Yes Vincent Schiavelli was one of the most memorable character actors. He also wrote several Italian cookbooks with his family recipes, so it isn't standard fare. He is buried in Sicily.
Very nice reaction, Emma. Great editing job, as well, which is tough with films containing a lot of music. Thank you.
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Film about Beethoven.
Gary Oldman plays Beethoven.
Mozart and Salieri were professional rivals to a certain extent, but it never descended to the level of viciousness, of undermining each other. In fact, Salieri helped Mozart to expand his audience.
i am always amazed by your knowledge of these composers for exceeding my own knowledge
Mozart's 'Requiem' is probably my favorite piece in my time. I love other of his works, but I remain transfixed to his "death mass!" It is especially elevating while driving through downtown Los Angeles surrounded by monoliths of "failure!"
This is one of those films about a real person done so well, you have to go look up what is fictional.
The film version did not include Salieri propositioning Constanza or her returning. That is the director's cut. In 1984 Constanza says, "You will help us?" and Salieri simply walks out without a word and says to his confessor, "From now on we are enemies," etc. Then we see Constanza crying.
For some more modern biographical movies about musical artists I suggest 'The Buddy Holly Story' and 'Labamba' about Richie Valens.
This is a great idea! I think Emma would enjoy rock and roll from the 50s.
Or "Ray"
This movie is one of those miracles. The project was already thought of, paid preproduction by just the guys that developed the movie without any company knowing about it, no companies being involved in any way. This has happened just a few times in history, lord of the rings, matrix 1, fury road, star Wars, etc... And that's why it's so pure and unique and so good. No greed trying to fit a script into the commercial formula.
Only when it was finished and packaged in a beautiful sealed hole, it was presented to companies to fund.
You are the real deal. As a classical trumpeter myself, you nailed this.
I grew up watching this movie with my Dad. One of my favorites.
One of the best movies ever made. Every aspect is flawless. For me, what makes it so memorable and relatable is the character of Salieri. Aren't we all like that? Mediocrities, feeling small and insignificant in the face of greatness? Bargaining with God over our fate? I find it deeply touching.
Thanks for the video Emma. When you started to cry, I cried too. Great movie. 🇫🇮
An extraordinary movie. Thank you for your wonderful reaction.
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I saw the Requiem performed earlier this year with the University of Michigan choir. It was amazing to hear it live. The Dies Irae was my favorite part. I couldn't stop listening to it for several weeks afterward.
I come from the Czech republic and got to see this movie almost 2 decades ago in high school - they played it to us in our music lessons, actually. I know it can be long and heavy for many, but I am still in awe personally.
Only other big movie about a musician I saw was Gainsbourg: Vie héroique. I saw that one with high school as well, though a bit later. And once again, it was long, but interesting.
Come to think of it, I was lucky to have such high school education. I got to see several movies I would probably never come to see on my own. But now that I did see them, I am glad it happened.
Since you asked...
Salieri reading Mozart's drafts,
"Displace one note and there would be diminishment,"
and Salieri taking dictation from Mozart towards the end are two of my favorite scenes in all of cinema.
A magnificent movie, Emma! I love watching it, usually during Christmas time.
Everybody loves Emma :)
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Have a great weekend Emma. And thanks 😊
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Thank you! 😃
Столкнулисиь талант и Гений... И произошло горе: зависть, боль, ненависть. Творчество вообще опасное минное поле!
You just made a classic reaction video. You are the only person to have ever captured the tides of emotions that I also felt watching this movie for the first time, then many times afterward. All with equal emotional impact. Thank you for that. You should watch a great movie about the alleged love and life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Immortal Beloved. Especially the scene showing the playing of his last symphony, the 9th.
This is one of my absolute favorite movies! I remember seeing it in a packed theater in Dallas, TX the weekend it opened. When that crucifix went into the fire, Emma, you should have heard the collective gasp of the audience! Thank you so much for sharing this one. If you are interested, the soundtrack is available in two volumes, 3 cd's altogether. It's a keeper! Also, another wonderful movie about music that I think you would enjoy is the 1988 film The Music Teacher (Le maître de musique) with José van Dam. That one has some wonderful music as well, lots of Mahler. That's the "sing with your eyes" movie I was telling you of. Thanks again for this one. 💕
That's a crucial moment showing his loss of faith. It's supposed to hit deep.
One of my mom's favorites.
Thank you Emma for such a beautiful reaction to such a majestic and lovely piece of art. I won’t stop saying it, you’re so natural and charming ♥, and you truly deserve for your channel to keep growing!
The movie is set in Vienna and it's implied that all the characters are speaking German, but since it's an English film, all the dialogue is actually in English. The Queen of the Night aria, and actually all of the German music, is translated into English for this reason, but interestingly all the Italian music is still in Italian since it's a foreign language anyway.