A brief history:
Sunday, February 14:
Sarah: So, Ben why are you watching a movie instead of doing a review?
Ben (watching Amadeus): I'm doing research.
Sarah: OK, just make sure you get that review to me tonight so I can post it. Your fans are waiting!
time passes...
Sunday, February 21:
Sarah: So, Ben, now that you've had a week to write it, is it ready to post?
Ben: Yes. (He hurredly brings it up and starts working on it for about 5 seconds)
time passes...
Current time:
Sarah: Ben, you'd better have that review ready, or it's going to be a rough week for you!!
Success!
Amadeus (1984)
Directed by Milos Forman
An eloquent, inventive, and lyrical tale imagining what Mozart's life and death may have been like. I don't know how truly it sticks to the facts and, frankly, I don't care. F. Murray Abraham gives an inspired performance and Tom Hulce is delightful in the title role. The real star of this movie, however, is the music of Mozart. It is the music that keeps me (and the main character) spellbound. It is the engine that drives this picture forward and into the minds and hearts of so many. That point is made no more effectively than in one scene in particular: when admiring Mozart's music on the page, just after learning that Mozart is a "dirty minded foul little creature," that the main character, Salieri, engages in a memorable description of the power and beauty of it, beginning with, "it looked simple, almost comical, on the page...," ending with "until a clarinet took it over, and sweetened it into a phrase of such delight!" Impressive movie.
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Sarah: Makes you want to pull out your Mozart and dust off your CD player, doesn't it?
Until next time (and who knows when that will be) be well!
Sarah and Ben
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I remember watching Amadeus as a kid, back in 85 or 86 when it first came out on HBO. Even as a stupid kid I thought the film was mesmerizing. I loved the scene where Salieri broke into Mozart's home and read his music, saw how genius it was.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I don't understand why Hulce never got more props for his portrayal. Too "over the top" perhaps? I loved it and was surprised that I never saw him again till he made a "made for Showtime" movie with Ray Liotta, Dominick and Eugene, or the bit part in Parenthood. Shows what I know about acting that I thought he was better than F. Murray.
Unlike the Triplets of Bellville, I whole-heartedly agree with you on this review.
Haven't seen this since I was wee little tyke, when library videos were the straight shizzle around casa del Fortkamp. The lasting image I have of this is that *amadeus AMADEUS* song, which I probably haven't heard in a decade and still periodically gets stuck in my craw.
ReplyDeleteAre you taking suggestions? How about "Over the Top"? No, not that. What about "Medicine for Melancholy"? Also no, Netflix just suggested that to me and I heartily despised it. Maybe the best Bruce Willis movie of all time, "Hudson Hawk"?