To me, it is unfortunate but when an artist is at the deepest of their depression/lows in life, they produce some of their most beautiful works. And yet what rings most with me is that, at their lowest moment, they seem to be most honest, and produce their masterpieces.
just an fyi. this scene was filmed in the Nostiz Theatre (Estates) in Prague. Mozart stood in that very spot , in this very opera house during the debut of Don Giovanni in Oct 29, 1787. talk about production value.
yes, i remember the angst of the owners with the use of hundreds of candles and torches everywhere, the place being so old and made completely of wood, they obviously couldn't use electricity... it's amazing that a building like that still survives. niccolo paganini also played there.
One of the greatest opera scenes in cinema history ,,So rose the dreadful ghost from his next and blackest opera. There, on the stage, stood the figure of a dead commander. And I knew, only I understood that the horrifying aparition was Leopold, raised from the dead! Wolfgang had actually summoned up his own father to accuse his son before all the world! It was terrifying and wonderful to watch. And now the madness began in me. The madness of the man splitting in half. Through my influence, I saw to it Don Giovanni was played only five times in Vienna. But in secret, I went to every one of those five, worshipping sounds I alone seem to hear. And hour after hour, as I stood there, understanding how that bitter old man was still possessing his poor son even from beyond the grave. I began to see a way, a terrible way, I could finally triumph over God"
"His blackest opera" was still a comedy. And the reason no one's clapping is the scene isn't over yet -- everyone next comes out and sings the rousing finale!
"I saw to it that don Giovanni was only played five times in Vienna, but in secret i went to every one of those five" That line is one of my absolute favorites in any movie. Its so evil and haunting, but at the same time so sad and desperate. The delivery is just spot on. Here is a man trying desperate to make people not recognize the true genius that got the gift of music which he feels he was denied. His entire character can be summed up with that brilliant sentence.
This movie really left an impression on me, but I constantly find myself coming back to watch this scene. There is just something about this performance that has me allured...
1:43. Thats what I love of this movie, the attention to Mozart's music and detail. They made a sound effect to the statue's footsteps and it sounds just like Leporello described:" Ta, ta, ta, ta". In a way that just adds tension to the opera and fear to The Statue. Gives the viewer goosebumbs, specially me.
It was for this scene that I went to see Amadeus in the movie theater three times in the summer of 1985. It planted the seed that blossomed into my love of opera. Grazie a Lei.
That he made this in dedication to his father..who was a demon in his life..but still in his mind rose up to accept his redemption..the basis of Luke vs Vader..this is beauty of music at it's finest..
I seen Don Giovanni on stage at the opera live, What a Experience of Joy and Terror I felt when He got what he deserved in the end!!! He was a evil character and he was doomed because of his ego!!!
Went to go Amadeus when I was seven and thus began my love affair with Mozart and classic music. Decades later this version of il Commandatore still gives me chills.
1:41 I've watched pretty much every Don Giovanni performance available on RUclips, and still NONE of them managed to do better than Milos Forman. The winged helmet, the one big, dark eye, the supremely ominous sound of the footsteps accompanying the music... damn.
Shame it's not real though. The scene here is just actors mouthing along to a studio recording. There are a lot of things that just wouldn't work acoustically in a real opera in this scene. The helmet for one!
@@sortofcephalopod8972 I've no idea but the people acting in the opera are all actors and in the screen actors guild (as is the Hollywood rule). This information is on IMDB, I've no idea which studio recording it is.
If you love this scene then PLEASE go to the theatre and see the scene in the context of the whole opera which is sublime, utterly brilliant and one of the best operas ever written... the others being Marriage of Figaro and Magic Flute! People who have sought to play down Mozart's place in the pantheon of composers say that he wasn't an innovator yet here, for the very first time, we hear a depiction of terror... a totally new experience for 18th century audiences. Mozart did it time and time again, his music describes every emotion that a human being has ever had. That, for me, is what makes him not only great but the greatest, because he teaches us what it means to be human!!
230 years ago today (October 29, 1787) this opera debuted in the Tyl (then called the Nostiz) Theatre in Prague, and this scene is shown in the actual location of Don Giovanni's debut.
I have THE worst luck when it comes to operas. The operas themselves are classics but they get lazy on the production value and make them "modern interpretations" instead of costuming and set designing them for the era they were set in. Same with Shakespearean plays. I want the Viking helmets! I want to see operas like this! Vintage authenticity! Puffy sleeves and all!
I know what you mean. I want a classical setting, but I guess directors fear that they need to make a contemporary interpretation to make people interested in seeing it.
Completely agree. Some modern productions are laughable, and cartoonish. Wotan did not, in spite of some moron of a director, sit at a kitchen table wearing a wife beater.
Bear in mind that what we think of as the classical settings are how people would have dressed and appeared in the day that the plays/operas were made. In Shakespeare's time, when his plays were being performed while he was still alive, they were done in Elizabethan garb because that is how everyone would have dressed. The idea of doing current dress in these plays is to both realize that tradition and to demonstrate that, in the best of these, the themes are universal and applicable to any time period. That said, I do concur that too many directors/producers get so enamored of doing modern interpretations of these works that they wind up fetishizing the costumes and props, instead of treating them as just a means to an end. If everyone is focused on catching the updated references, the words and music risk being lost and the whole affair becomes pointless.
Sure, but for them it's something completely different than it is for us. For them, the music was contemporary as well. Even though we might enjoy the music as much as hundreds of years ago, we do know that we're looking back at very different world, a long time ago. That is enough to throw me off a bit when I see modern settings in classical works, it just doesn't ruins the immersion for me. Maybe, if I had seen Don Giovanni dozens of times, like I'm sure all these directors/producers have, I would also want take it apart and adapt it to a new setting, just to see if it would work, but I'm just a simple spectator that has yet to see the original piece performed.
La Statua Don Giovanni, a cenar teco m’invitasti e son venuto! Don Giovanni Non l’avrei giammai creduto; ma farò quel che potrò. Leporello, un' altra cena fa che subito si porti! Leporello Ah padron! Siam tutti morti. Don Giovanni Vanne dico! La Statua Ferma un po’! Non si pasce di cibo mortale chi si pasce di cibo celeste; altra cure più gravi di queste, altra brama quaggiù mi guidò! Leporello (La terzana d’avere mi sembra e le membra fermar più non so.) Don Giovanni Parla dunque! Che chiedi! Che vuoi? La Statua Parlo; ascolta! Più tempo non ho! Don Giovanni Parla, parla, ascoltando ti sto. Leporello (La terzana d’avere mi sembra e le membra fermar più non so.) Don Giovanni Parla, parla, ascoltando ti sto. La Statua Tu m’invitasti a cena, il tuo dover or sai. Rispondimi, verrai tu a cenar meco? Leporello Oibò oibò; tempo non ha, scusate. Don Giovanni A torto di viltate, tacciato mai sarò. La Statua Risolvi! Don Giovanni Ho già risolto! La Statua Verrai? Leporello Dite di no! Dite di no! Don Giovanni Ho fermo il cuore in petto, non ho timor verrò! La Statua Dammi la mano in pegno! Don Giovanni Eccola! Ohimé! La Statua Cos’hai? Don Giovanni Che gelo è questo mai? La Statua Pentiti, cangia vita! È l’ultimo momento! Don Giovanni No, no, ch’io non mi pento, vanne lontan da me! La Statua Pentiti, scellerato! Don Giovanni No, vecchio infatuato! La Statua Pentiti! Don Giovanni No! Pentiti! Don Giovanni No! La Statua Sì! Don Giovanni No! La Statua Ah! tempo più non v’è! Don Giovanni Da qual tremore insolito...Sento assalir gli spiriti! Dond’escono quei vortici? Di foco pien d’orror? Coro di diavoli Tutto a tue colpe è poco! Vieni, c’è un mal peggior! Don Giovanni Chi l’anima mi lacera? Chi m’agita le viscere? Che strazio, ohimé, che smania! Che inferno, che terror! Leporello (Che ceffo disperato! Che gesti da dannato! Che gridi, che lamenti! Come mi fa terror!)
This is one of the few times in the film that we see Mozart's passion for the music he's creating. That's important because the early scenes make him seem frivolous about his gift, and that's too closely in line with Salieri's view of him as a passive instrument of God, and in the composition scene at the end we get still more. Yes, the movie is filtered through Salieri's demented perspective, but we still have bits of the more likely actuality shining through. Great movie on second viewing; certain scenes (like Salieri hidden behind a mask and the funeral) have stuck with me since I saw it as a child shortly after it came out.
...that the horrifying apparition was Leopold......raised from the dead! Wolfgang had summoned up his own father to accuse his son before all the world! lt was terrifying and wonderful to watch. As l stood there, understanding......how that bitter old man still possessed his poor son... ...even from beyond the grave... ...l began to see a way......a terrible way.....l could finally triumph......over God.
Here we see Salieri playing the role of Satan, jealous of God's creation with his face set towards destroying it. This scene really cements that theme.
JL-CptAtom Thanks for the references, I am getting an education on the Jews I was not aware of. I don’t know if I’ll end up in heaven or hell , but after reading some of the references, I made an appointment to see my proctologist ! Thanks.
Through my influence, I saw to it Don Giovanni was played five times in Vienna. But in secret, I went to every one of those five - all alone - unable to help myself, worshiping sound I alone seem to hear.
Ricard de Virgo One of the major fallacies of this film is the idea that Salieri had a unique insight into the talents of Mozart. It just isn't true. Mozart was widely appreciated in his day and by composers far greater than Salieri. He was firm friends with J. C. Bach (son of J. S.) and was lauded by Haydn; to name just two. This sort of imagined conflict makes good cinema but if you want to learn the real story of Mozart's life, please do some reading too, the truth is far more interesting.
Not really. Mozart was really liked at that time and was really well paid for his works. The problem was his lifestyle, he was really burning money for leisure and outstanding clothes. I would say it was a bit like some very famous rock stars nowadays!
2 fun facts 1. On July 4th 1983, the crew was filming in this theatre. The crew was mostly European, but they managed to get a large American flag and hung it from the rafters. The orchestra then launched into " The Star Spangled Banner" as a tribute to the 2 American leads.2. During filming of this scene the actor playing Giovanni had his hat catch on fire because of the candles. He was unaware of it and the crew had to put it out. All of these things can be seen on the making of documentary.
For those who do not know, Czechoslovakia was still a Communist state and part of the Warsaw Pact. So playing or singing the opposing party's national anthem: *No.*
@@AudieHolland This did happen it wan in the making of documentary and there's a picture of the large American flag. The US wasn't an opposing party and the musicians were not all Czech. They were from all over Europe.
@@cvonbarron Still, it was a Communist nation and in the documentary it is told how they suspected some cast members/extras to be secret police because they didn't sing (as much).
@@fritzjackson4336 The problem with relying on live pulse is that a misalignment of a quarter of a beat can sound awful. The issue is exarcabated when the orchestra play alot of different pieces, each with different time. The conductor is there to make sure; A: Everyone plays the notes at the same time, B: To rectify any timing mistakes that might happen, and C: To set the tempo and appropriate bombasticness.
Remember this is the finale of the Opera, and this scene in particular means a lot to Mozart (if this movie is to be believed) so his conducting would naturally be more passionate during this part.
2:32 "And now... the madness began in me. The madness of a man splitting in half..." Gives me chills to this day. It is also so appropriate to be said during while Don Giovanni is being played, as Don Giovanni is given many chances to stop his wicked life, but does not, and is taken to the grave because of it.
I saw yesterday evening this opera at Teatro La Fenice in Venice. I was excited to see this scene performed finally. Great film but this scene is the best one in the entire film. Bravo!
I remember watching this with four of my good friends. Five dudes and a girl - all nerdy Mathematics / Comp Sci students attending San Diego State during our weekly Dinner and movie. What a great movie - what a great time. I miss college. I miss my friends. Thank you, lemonjelly.
The basedrum coinciding with the steps adds a layer to the drama in this scene. One doesn't find it in other productions, possibly it wasn't in the original score but added by the film's artistic director.
If there’s only something I should say about this opera I find the most incredible and dark of all the operas that I’ve ever known since my sister was into that sort of thing
To add to the drama, Forman omits the moralizing ending of the opera in which the other characters come out to comment (almost light-heartedly) on Don Giovanni’s fate.
I don't know how they did it, but they somehow made a pretty over the top reenactment of this opera, and still had me take it so seriously. The ending still manages to make me laugh though.
Ironically, this small part out of an 2+ hour long opera is the best interpretation musically and performance-wise. It was sticking to the gravity of the music, very solidly sung, no weird over the top acting or putting unnecessary emotion like modern ones do. Too bad you can’t see this kind of production anymore. Only recordings now.
"So rose the dreadful ghost from his next and blackest opera. There, on the stage, stood the figure of a dead commander. And I knew, only I understood that the horrifying aparition was Leopold, raised from the dead! Wolfgang had actually summoned up his own father to accuse his son before all the world! It was terrifying and wonderful to watch. And now the madness began in me. The madness of the man splitting in half. Through my influence, I saw to it Don Giovanni was played only five times in Vienna. But in secret, I went to every one of those five, worshipping sounds I alone seem to hear. And as I stood there, understanding how that bitter old man was still possessing his poor son even from beyond the grave. I began to see a way, a terrible way, I could finally triumph over God." -Antonio Salieri
The opera house depicted here is the ACTUAL opera house that Mozart conducted Don Giovanni back in the 1780s. That is insane.
Frederico Pinto u mean Stavovské divadlo
Dedication.
To me, it is unfortunate but when an artist is at the deepest of their depression/lows in life, they produce some of their most beautiful works. And yet what rings most with me is that, at their lowest moment, they seem to be most honest, and produce their masterpieces.
F.Murrays performance was enchanting and flawless. One if my very favorites.
yes the greatest
He's terrifying and wonderful to watch!
just an fyi. this scene was filmed in the Nostiz Theatre (Estates) in Prague. Mozart stood in that very spot , in this very opera house during the debut of Don Giovanni in Oct 29, 1787. talk about production value.
On top of that, the costumes and set are based off of the original designs. Incredible detail.
G. Al le guépard décoré
Major W from the producers
yes, i remember the angst of the owners with the use of hundreds of candles and torches everywhere, the place being so old and made completely of wood, they obviously couldn't use electricity... it's amazing that a building like that still survives. niccolo paganini also played there.
I saw Don Giovanni there in 2005. What an amazing experience.
One of the greatest opera scenes in cinema history
,,So rose the dreadful ghost from his next and blackest opera. There, on the stage, stood the figure of a dead commander. And I knew, only I understood that the horrifying aparition was Leopold, raised from the dead! Wolfgang had actually summoned up his own father to accuse his son before all the world! It was terrifying and wonderful to watch. And now the madness began in me. The madness of the man splitting in half. Through my influence, I saw to it Don Giovanni was played only five times in Vienna. But in secret, I went to every one of those five, worshipping sounds I alone seem to hear. And hour after hour, as I stood there, understanding how that bitter old man was still possessing his poor son even from beyond the grave. I began to see a way, a terrible way, I could finally triumph over God"
Oo
"His blackest opera" was still a comedy. And the reason no one's clapping is the scene isn't over yet -- everyone next comes out and sings the rousing finale!
"I saw to it that don Giovanni was only played five times in Vienna, but in secret i went to every one of those five"
That line is one of my absolute favorites in any movie. Its so evil and haunting, but at the same time so sad and desperate. The delivery is just spot on. Here is a man trying desperate to make people not recognize the true genius that got the gift of music which he feels he was denied. His entire character can be summed up with that brilliant sentence.
I agree. That line still haunts me, along with "I'm the patron saint of mediocrities"
MrJL1995 I agree with that statement... that line still haunts me even to this day plus I have the movie on VHS still
Spot on. And I love how in each succeeding shot of Salieri in the balcony, he shrinks further and further back n his seat.
That's one of the inaccuracies in the movie. He was not a second rate composure, he was a beloved teacher, he taught Beethoven and many others.
It is not an inaccuracy of the movie, because it never claims to be aiming for historical accuracy, it is based on the play with the same name!
"Amadeus". Breathtaking from start to finish and this, by far, is the best scene in the movie. Gives me chills every time.
TheaterRaven it is one of my absolute favorite scenes of the movie too and I to get chills down my spine
Aside from that awkward ending lol
@@samfilmkid
It's hilarious! 🤡🤪😜😂😅
Mozart would have loved it!
What a magnificent scene, everything about it.
God, this scene gives me chills every single time without fail.
Salieri said the same thing.
YES! COULD NOT AGREE MORE!🎉
This movie really left an impression on me, but I constantly find myself coming back to watch this scene. There is just something about this performance that has me allured...
I love the _relish_ in Salieri's voice as he narrates Mozart's torment
from the vision of his disapproving father. *This scene is chilling!*
🎭
1:43. Thats what I love of this movie, the attention to Mozart's music and detail. They made a sound effect to the statue's footsteps and it sounds just like Leporello described:" Ta, ta, ta, ta". In a way that just adds tension to the opera and fear to The Statue. Gives the viewer goosebumbs, specially me.
It was for this scene that I went to see Amadeus in the movie theater three times in the summer of 1985. It planted the seed that blossomed into my love of opera. Grazie a Lei.
私は当時まだ子供だったため、街角に貼られた映画のポスターを登校のたびに見ていました。
That he made this in dedication to his father..who was a demon in his life..but still in his mind rose up to accept his redemption..the basis of Luke vs Vader..this is beauty of music at it's finest..
I'm in freacking tears here. What a beauty ❤
I watch this opera yesterday. So many chills during this part.
I know what you mean. Watching this in person is a totally different experience!
I seen Don Giovanni on stage at the opera live, What a Experience of Joy and Terror I felt when He got what he deserved in the end!!! He was a evil character and he was doomed because of his ego!!!
Went to go Amadeus when I was seven and thus began my love affair with Mozart and classic music. Decades later this version of il Commandatore still gives me chills.
1:41 I've watched pretty much every Don Giovanni performance available on RUclips, and still NONE of them managed to do better than Milos Forman. The winged helmet, the one big, dark eye, the supremely ominous sound of the footsteps accompanying the music... damn.
Shame it's not real though. The scene here is just actors mouthing along to a studio recording. There are a lot of things that just wouldn't work acoustically in a real opera in this scene. The helmet for one!
@@multitrackjake8698 any source on the studio recording?
@@sortofcephalopod8972 I've no idea but the people acting in the opera are all actors and in the screen actors guild (as is the Hollywood rule). This information is on IMDB, I've no idea which studio recording it is.
This part of Don Giovanni's Opera is so powerful and deep blacked ! I love the melodies in it
Best scene
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was beyond genius.
The most eery and hipnotic scene from the movie. Absolutely fantastic.
If you love this scene then PLEASE go to the theatre and see the scene in the context of the whole opera which is sublime, utterly brilliant and one of the best operas ever written... the others being Marriage of Figaro and Magic Flute! People who have sought to play down Mozart's place in the pantheon of composers say that he wasn't an innovator yet here, for the very first time, we hear a depiction of terror... a totally new experience for 18th century audiences. Mozart did it time and time again, his music describes every emotion that a human being has ever had. That, for me, is what makes him not only great but the greatest, because he teaches us what it means to be human!!
ConstanzeWeber the greatest is Bach... of all.
Rach Sky I think Wagner's Ring Cycle is the best opera ever made.
Dylan Tennant mmmm no way. Turandot and nozze di figaro. Compositionally speaking. Bach is just above all the others
All good stuff.....but for me...its Mozart everytime !
David Blackburn nah
1:42 Jesús.. every step sends chills down my Spine..
Notice that when Salieri says "five times", Mozart's right hand opens up to gesture five digits for a moment
Damn. o__o It may be a total coincidence, but I don't think it is. Now that I see it, it's kinda too obvious. And it's awesome.
NINE times
230 years ago today (October 29, 1787) this opera debuted in the Tyl (then called the Nostiz) Theatre in Prague, and this scene is shown in the actual location of Don Giovanni's debut.
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"Amadeus" took over my life
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Or not, as the case may be.
"Account suspended."
Another one bites the dust.
That is also a good song...
The way the music comes out at you in the last couple minutes of this piece, is like just "wow"
I have THE worst luck when it comes to operas. The operas themselves are classics but they get lazy on the production value and make them "modern interpretations" instead of costuming and set designing them for the era they were set in. Same with Shakespearean plays. I want the Viking helmets! I want to see operas like this! Vintage authenticity! Puffy sleeves and all!
I know what you mean. I want a classical setting, but I guess directors fear that they need to make a contemporary interpretation to make people interested in seeing it.
Completely agree. Some modern productions are laughable, and cartoonish. Wotan did not, in spite of some moron of a director, sit at a kitchen table wearing a wife beater.
Bear in mind that what we think of as the classical settings are how people would have dressed and appeared in the day that the plays/operas were made. In Shakespeare's time, when his plays were being performed while he was still alive, they were done in Elizabethan garb because that is how everyone would have dressed. The idea of doing current dress in these plays is to both realize that tradition and to demonstrate that, in the best of these, the themes are universal and applicable to any time period.
That said, I do concur that too many directors/producers get so enamored of doing modern interpretations of these works that they wind up fetishizing the costumes and props, instead of treating them as just a means to an end. If everyone is focused on catching the updated references, the words and music risk being lost and the whole affair becomes pointless.
Sure, but for them it's something completely different than it is for us. For them, the music was contemporary as well. Even though we might enjoy the music as much as hundreds of years ago, we do know that we're looking back at very different world, a long time ago. That is enough to throw me off a bit when I see modern settings in classical works, it just doesn't ruins the immersion for me. Maybe, if I had seen Don Giovanni dozens of times, like I'm sure all these directors/producers have, I would also want take it apart and adapt it to a new setting, just to see if it would work, but I'm just a simple spectator that has yet to see the original piece performed.
I think they like the budget to do so. Opera isn't funded well in America you have to understand that
Cena marailhosa! Só a cena em si merece um Oscar!
The basso. My God ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Il Commendatore's steps follow the music. Pure goosebumps.
La Statua
Don Giovanni, a cenar teco m’invitasti e son venuto!
Don Giovanni
Non l’avrei giammai creduto; ma farò quel che potrò. Leporello, un' altra cena fa che subito si porti!
Leporello
Ah padron! Siam tutti morti.
Don Giovanni
Vanne dico!
La Statua
Ferma un po’! Non si pasce di cibo mortale chi si pasce di cibo celeste; altra cure più gravi di queste, altra brama quaggiù mi guidò!
Leporello
(La terzana d’avere mi sembra e le membra fermar più non so.)
Don Giovanni
Parla dunque! Che chiedi! Che vuoi?
La Statua
Parlo; ascolta! Più tempo non ho!
Don Giovanni
Parla, parla, ascoltando ti sto.
Leporello
(La terzana d’avere mi sembra e le membra fermar più non so.)
Don Giovanni
Parla, parla, ascoltando ti sto.
La Statua
Tu m’invitasti a cena, il tuo dover or sai. Rispondimi, verrai tu a cenar meco?
Leporello
Oibò oibò; tempo non ha, scusate.
Don Giovanni
A torto di viltate, tacciato mai sarò.
La Statua
Risolvi!
Don Giovanni
Ho già risolto!
La Statua
Verrai?
Leporello
Dite di no! Dite di no!
Don Giovanni
Ho fermo il cuore in petto, non ho timor verrò!
La Statua
Dammi la mano in pegno!
Don Giovanni
Eccola! Ohimé!
La Statua
Cos’hai?
Don Giovanni
Che gelo è questo mai?
La Statua
Pentiti, cangia vita! È l’ultimo momento!
Don Giovanni
No, no, ch’io non mi pento, vanne lontan da me!
La Statua
Pentiti, scellerato!
Don Giovanni
No, vecchio infatuato!
La Statua
Pentiti!
Don Giovanni
No!
Pentiti!
Don Giovanni
No!
La Statua
Sì!
Don Giovanni
No!
La Statua
Ah! tempo più non v’è!
Don Giovanni
Da qual tremore insolito...Sento assalir gli spiriti! Dond’escono quei vortici? Di foco pien d’orror?
Coro di diavoli
Tutto a tue colpe è poco! Vieni, c’è un mal peggior!
Don Giovanni
Chi l’anima mi lacera? Chi m’agita le viscere? Che strazio, ohimé, che smania! Che inferno, che terror!
Leporello
(Che ceffo disperato!
Che gesti da dannato!
Che gridi, che lamenti!
Come mi fa terror!)
Underrated comment. Thank you, sir.
Dany Lanz bravo 👏
Ehehe
BRAVO, tante grazie!
This is one of the few times in the film that we see Mozart's passion for the music he's creating. That's important because the early scenes make him seem frivolous about his gift, and that's too closely in line with Salieri's view of him as a passive instrument of God, and in the composition scene at the end we get still more. Yes, the movie is filtered through Salieri's demented perspective, but we still have bits of the more likely actuality shining through. Great movie on second viewing; certain scenes (like Salieri hidden behind a mask and the funeral) have stuck with me since I saw it as a child shortly after it came out.
There' is no doubt as to why F. Murray Abraham won the Oscar for this role.! The movie itself is an absolute icon!
...that the horrifying apparition was Leopold......raised from the dead!
Wolfgang had summoned up his own father to accuse his son before all the world!
lt was terrifying and wonderful to watch.
As l stood there, understanding......how that bitter old man still possessed his poor son... ...even from beyond the grave... ...l began to see a way......a terrible way.....l could finally triumph......over God.
Ferruccio Guicciardi that whole line would always and still does always send chills down my spine
Mozart Don juan. N°10 a
Here we see Salieri playing the role of Satan, jealous of God's creation with his face set towards destroying it. This scene really cements that theme.
theproplady Ya but they were real and god and Satan weren’t so....
Ranch Smith you really couldn’t hold it in huh💀💀💀
Aaron Castaneda Haha ya I’m sorry.
JL-CptAtom I’m going to heaven and your going to hell
JL-CptAtom
Thanks for the references, I am getting an education on the Jews I was not aware of.
I don’t know if I’ll end up in heaven or hell , but after reading some of the references, I made an appointment to see my proctologist !
Thanks.
Through my influence, I saw to it Don Giovanni was played five times in Vienna. But in secret, I went to every one of those five - all alone - unable to help myself, worshiping sound I alone seem to hear.
Kaiser Wilhelm that sums up Salieri's character
Salieri was the only one who was capable of appreciating and understanding Mozart's work.
Salieri had to step down to the next generation when Motzart came along and it was a bitter pill to swallow, that sums up the movie Amadeus
Ricard de Virgo One of the major fallacies of this film is the idea that Salieri had a unique insight into the talents of Mozart. It just isn't true. Mozart was widely appreciated in his day and by composers far greater than Salieri. He was firm friends with J. C. Bach (son of J. S.) and was lauded by Haydn; to name just two. This sort of imagined conflict makes good cinema but if you want to learn the real story of Mozart's life, please do some reading too, the truth is far more interesting.
ConstanzeWeber He was a friend of Bach?
For me, I see it as Peter Shaffer projected his feelings onto Salieri's character
Not really. Mozart was really liked at that time and was really well paid for his works. The problem was his lifestyle, he was really burning money for leisure and outstanding clothes. I would say it was a bit like some very famous rock stars nowadays!
Perfect scene to a perfect movie. Unbelievable
Chills down my spine every time.
This is so dramatic, I love it
I love this movie so much I watched it a thousand times
Sublime. Sorprendentemente elevado y profundo. Mozart, gran genio...
2 fun facts 1. On July 4th 1983, the crew was filming in this theatre. The crew was mostly European, but they managed to get a large American flag and hung it from the rafters. The orchestra then launched into " The Star Spangled Banner" as a tribute to the 2 American leads.2. During filming of this scene the actor playing Giovanni had his hat catch on fire because of the candles. He was unaware of it and the crew had to put it out. All of these things can be seen on the making of documentary.
For those who do not know, Czechoslovakia was still a Communist state and part of the Warsaw Pact.
So playing or singing the opposing party's national anthem: *No.*
@@AudieHolland This did happen it wan in the making of documentary and there's a picture of the large American flag. The US wasn't an opposing party and the musicians were not all Czech. They were from all over Europe.
@@cvonbarron Still, it was a Communist nation and in the documentary it is told how they suspected some cast members/extras to be secret police because they didn't sing (as much).
Hulce does some very adept conducting in this movie, but I have to say that his style would be exhausting over the course of an opera
I find most conductors can't conduct actually. I'd prefer it if classical music relied more on live pulse and less on reaction to waving arms.
@@fritzjackson4336 The problem with relying on live pulse is that a misalignment of a quarter of a beat can sound awful. The issue is exarcabated when the orchestra play alot of different pieces, each with different time. The conductor is there to make sure; A: Everyone plays the notes at the same time, B: To rectify any timing mistakes that might happen, and C: To set the tempo and appropriate bombasticness.
Remember this is the finale of the Opera, and this scene in particular means a lot to Mozart (if this movie is to be believed) so his conducting would naturally be more passionate during this part.
The gretaest work of art ever created.
Tom Hulce’s expressions and acting the feeling of anguish of what this scene meant to him leaves me in awe every time
Other than Amadeus being a near perfect film, this is a superb version of this part of Don Giovanni.
The picture quality on this video is exceptional.
2:32 "And now... the madness began in me. The madness of a man splitting in half..."
Gives me chills to this day. It is also so appropriate to be said during while Don Giovanni is being played, as Don Giovanni is given many chances to stop his wicked life, but does not, and is taken to the grave because of it.
Eeeeek! Pretty good horror production for the 18th century.
McGrath 79 Classical, although Mozart was ahead of his time.
I just went to see Don Giovanni at the Met. I couldn't wait for this scene.
Honestly, as good as F Murray Abraham was, I feel Tom Hulce should have won the Oscar almost for this scene alone. The music just flows through him.
I saw yesterday evening this opera at Teatro La Fenice in Venice. I was excited to see this scene performed finally. Great film but this scene is the best one in the entire film. Bravo!
this is the best version of this scene
Scarier than any horror movie ever made.
+Tyler Hale ikr, i used to be terrified of this when i was little
and yet also hilarious, and tragic
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lalakuma9 sounds like life itself
I've seen horny 300 pound women that are scarier.
2:59 - these words sounds like only one true confession of Salieri to priest during whole movie
omg can you imagine watching that live!
Wow, just WOW 😳
what a movie. top 10!
It saddens me to think that such a colossal masterpiece like Amadeus wouldn't have been made today.
It is an utterly terrifying scene that, and masterfully edited and directed.
I remember watching this with four of my good friends. Five dudes and a girl - all nerdy Mathematics / Comp Sci students attending San Diego State during our weekly Dinner and movie.
What a great movie - what a great time. I miss college. I miss my friends. Thank you, lemonjelly.
God this movie was so good lol
The basedrum coinciding with the steps adds a layer to the drama in this scene. One doesn't find it in other productions, possibly it wasn't in the original score but added by the film's artistic director.
3:28 Maybe best moment in music for me, chills :O
It was terrifying and wonderful to watch.My God those words have such a heavy meaning
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If there’s only something I should say about this opera I find the most incredible and dark of all the operas that I’ve ever known since my sister was into that sort of thing
I love the whole film,music come from God and Abraham Murray deserve more than 1 oscar.He is really fantastic.
Best version of Leporello in my opinion!!!!😂😂😂
This is the best scene in the entire movie
1:13 It was terrifying and wonderful to watch
To add to the drama, Forman omits the moralizing ending of the opera in which the other characters come out to comment (almost light-heartedly) on Don Giovanni’s fate.
Magnifico!!!!!
Easily my favorite scene
I love Amadeus!
I don't know how they did it, but they somehow made a pretty over the top reenactment of this opera, and still had me take it so seriously. The ending still manages to make me laugh though.
❤❤stupendo,meraviglioso bellissimo❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
fANTASTIC
Good work.
You can just imagine the real Mozart standing in this exact same spot while the same notes are playing, incredible
outstanding !!
Darth Giovanni
Beyong genius.
Ironically, this small part out of an 2+ hour long opera is the best interpretation musically and performance-wise. It was sticking to the gravity of the music, very solidly sung, no weird over the top acting or putting unnecessary emotion like modern ones do. Too bad you can’t see this kind of production anymore. Only recordings now.
"So rose the dreadful ghost from his next and blackest opera. There, on the stage, stood the figure of a dead commander. And I knew, only I understood that the horrifying aparition was Leopold, raised from the dead! Wolfgang had actually summoned up his own father to accuse his son before all the world! It was terrifying and wonderful to watch. And now the madness began in me. The madness of the man splitting in half. Through my influence, I saw to it Don Giovanni was played only five times in Vienna. But in secret, I went to every one of those five, worshipping sounds I alone seem to hear. And as I stood there, understanding how that bitter old man was still possessing his poor son even from beyond the grave. I began to see a way, a terrible way, I could finally triumph over God."
-Antonio Salieri
This is such big scene. I think that with Don Giovanni Mozart just asked his father to forgive him 🥹
I love the look of awe Salieri has at 1:29.
so rose the dreadful ghost... priceless
Nobody has daddy issues like Wolfy
Michael Jackson?
First 10 secs: the statue enter through the wall. fucking epic!
This scene is amazing!!!!
We're all here in agreement that this movie was damn good, I'm so glad my parents showed me this movie.
This was a time when acting was actually GOOD
I'm no much of an opera fan but this scene gives me the chills.
This music transcends all genres, you don’t have to be a fan of a genre to appreciate the brilliance of this piece of music at all.
Uma das mais impressionantes películas do gênero das que já assisti.
Terrifying