It is a great achievement to connect so many masterpieces together

Godfrey 2021-10-18 19:51:57

When it was time to learn to appreciate classical music, when it came to the Mozart section, I found out this 1984 Oscar best film for combined appreciation. It won 8 Oscars, and two rare male protagonists (Salieri and Mozart) were nominated for the actor, and finally Salieri's actor F. Murray Abraham won the actor's crown.

Although this film is a biographical film, it is adapted from the drama "Amadeus" of the same name, which is quite different from historical facts. In history, Salieri has sincerely appreciated and helped Mozart. This change is obviously for the drama of the plot, just like Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The whole movie uses jealousy to support the plot, which is actually a bit thin, and the narrative style is a bit too American (for example, the symbolic use of father as an unexplained shadow, and the part where Mozart appears is a little Hitchcock fan), The addition of dialogue in English (not German) gives people a sense of classical European style that is not particularly original, which is a pity. Mrs. Mozart, with her childlike face and big breasts, is beautiful and delicious, although she is also American, but she is back from a personal emotional point of view. :

The soundtrack of the film is naturally the same as Mozart's work, but not having to re-compose does not necessarily mean easy. How to arrange this large number of masterpieces in the film is a difficult problem. After all, they may be the real protagonists of the film. This film has achieved this point. The mood and plot of the soundtrack are quite compatible, especially the several major operas "Le Figaro's Wedding", "Don Giovanni", "Harem Escape", "Magic Flute" directly integrated into the plot (mother-in-law reprimands and The connection of the night queen aria in "Magic Flute" can be called God), the final posthumous "Requiem" which is directly related to death, and the "Piano Concerto No. 20", which echoed several times when Salieri was jealous of Mozart's talent. It's a pity that the symphony doesn't have much use.

In the classical era that Mozart lived in, music was no longer exclusive to churches and courts. It entered thousands of households and everyone's heart. The emotions and drama expressed in Mozart's music are so vivid and brilliant, even close to the emotional concentration of later romantic music, but they retain an amazing sense of balance and rhythm. In a word, it sounds very pleasing at first, and then can be infected by its emotions and never get tired of it. Fresh and tactful like "Serenade", colorful like Piano Concerto No. 20 and No. 23, nervous and exhilarating like "Symphony No. 40", comedy is better than normal drama like "The Wedding of Figaro", magical and supernatural like "The Magic Flute" , As heavy as "Requiem", his creation speed is so fast, this dexterous music thought seems to be played by God in his mind, and he just recorded it. Just by looking at the dazzling music score, you know that human notation is clumsy in front of his music thinking.

Many music movies have a problem, that is, how to make a sound for a long time, and when the music comes on stage, it sounds terrible. But Mozart's music has no such pressure at all, such as the author's ordinary ears can feel the praise in the film. Although the filming is a bit too American, this movie can connect so many masterpieces together is a great achievement. The plot is too complicated and affects music appreciation. Close your eyes and listen to this movie, it deserves five stars. The 1980s were great, and I could make a three-hour movie well, leaving enough time for music. It is recommended to familiarize yourself with Mozart's works before watching a movie.

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  • Kassandra 2022-03-24 09:01:10

    "All the mediocre people in the world, I forgive you!"

  • Lonnie 2022-03-22 09:01:08

    Great~ Although the movie definitely has fictional elements in it, it is also very good to let people know about Mozart's talent through the movie!

Amadeus quotes

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: I am fed to the teeth with elevated themes! Old dead legends! Why must we go on forever writing about gods and legends?

    Baron Van Swieten: Because they do. They go on forever. Or at least what they represent. The eternal in us. Opera is here to ennoble us. You and me, just the same as His Majesty.

  • Antonio Salieri: [reflecting upon a Mozart score] On the page it looked nothing. The beginning simple, almost comic. Just a pulse. Bassoons and basset horns, like a rusty squeezebox. And then suddenly, high above it, an oboe. A single note, hanging there, unwavering. Until a clarinet took over and sweetened it into a phrase of such delight! This was no composition by a performing monkey! This was a music I'd never heard. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing, it had me trembling. It seemed to me that I was hearing the voice of God.