Yes!

Yup, instantly

rock me Dr. Zaius

Er war ein Superstar, Er war populär Er war exaltiert Because er hatte Flair. Er war eine Virtuose War 'n Rockidol und alles rief: "Come and rock me Amadeus"

As soon as I clicked on it. Most definitely.

True. It gets the feel right and sometimes that matters just as much

@@lanagievski1540 yeah it's historically inaccurate but the story is great.

GMontag Agreed!

NOt really an accurate film, but Mozart and his genius? Absolutely 100% true. Yes, he did write music "from his head." It's truly astounding.

It works for this film specifically because Salieri is relating a "secret" history to us, essentially saying that the history books are and ever will be wrong. Real history records that Salieri and Mozart were friends and colleagues...and as far as most people in the movie are concerned, that is still the case.

He did a great job but they were stretching on the rivalry and hate. They were actually friends.

I almost want to say this movie was perfection. The fact that this was ever made from Broadway, to be an epic period piece to psychological drama and know how to fit it's tone perfectly just amazes me. Even when mixing themes of devotion and religion, gives it a more twisted vibe of the Story of Job from the Hebrew Bible. The fact that this was ever made still impresses me. However, if you notice, this is the Director's Cut, which was released in 2002 and runs for 180 minutes. Meaning that there's a theatrical cut. But that one was only 160 minutes and was Rated PG, which I happen to have. I saw the Director's Cut much later online and I have to say, it's really hard to pick which is better because while I see why they chose to cut the runtime down, the director's cut had some very important moments (though there were a few that dragged for a bit, but I digress). In the PG version, it took out one scene that I think really should have stayed and that's the scene with Salieri and Constanze (8:05 - 9:00). In the PG version, when Constanze asks if he will give Mozart the shot, he just gives the folder back to her and leaves. And the only other time they meet is near the climax. But it doesn't feel really earned seeing how in that version, we never really saw how this impact her into doing what does does later. But when you add the scene where we learn that Salieri attempted to blackmail her for sexual favors, and he later shown to be bluffing only for Constanze to actually return and strip, it shows why she hates Salieri more. Because after being humiliated like that, you'll never view a person the same way. Seriously, they could have just added the scene and re-edit it, if they didn't want to show nudity. But that scene should have stayed.

Yeah, I got the impression that this wasn’t her thing. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend any more period dramas for her channel. But this film is most definitely a masterpiece. I loved it when I was younger and I wasn’t really into period dramas either. Maybe if she had gotten a short blurb or historical reference first instead of watching it cold, she might’ve enjoyed it more.

I actually dont care for Mozart that much in comparison to other composers...

@@marianne5055 - What does that have to do with anything? Especially in regards to the film.

@@Parker-930 Well its about Mozart and his music....so its not like its a totally random comment to make.

@@marianne5055 - Not Random, just totally unnecessary and unimportant. I’m not personally a fan of many historical figures but have still managed to watch films about them, if they were well done. (Hitler, Mussolini, Wagner, Stalin and many others)

Not true, early pianos including those of Mozart's era, had the coloring that way. They were changed eventually because the line between the keys was easier to see when the keys were white and not black. True story, you can look it up

@@frednich9603 I didn't think it sounded like a harpsichord. Also, you don't see or hear harpsichords anymore...

it has been said, written that the harpsichord was Mozart preferred instrument.

@@darindonahue5901 23 piano Concertos, only 4 for harpsichord.

@@frednich9603 yes, very true, but harpsichords were in more proper use at the time, and were more likely to be older. More than likely, it would be a harpsichord

Also, you *could* call that a mental hospital, but it would be more accurate to call it a prison, where the mentally ill were just dumped and were frequently subject to horrible abuse

Yes, 😅This should become a thing 👍

surprise butts and murder

Well, there's Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant. But... that isn't a butt.

The Room

But currently plumbers, plumbing engineers, and architects use that term for what most of us call a toilet, while toilet is the room.

The British still use the term "water closet" (WC) or the loo.

@@MichaelScheele Turkey does too.

@@mikejankowski6321 There’s also at least one diner in Queens, NY that also uses it on its signage

@@tconlon251 I've never been there, and since I am not in the market for a queen, I shall not be going to that part of America.

Milos Forman wanted them to worry about the acting so he intentionally told the actors to worry about their various accents.

Actually, at the time Star Wars was originally produced there was a significant quantity of WWII movies and the in vogue casting for those was to cast a certain British accent as Nazi officers. They went for that with Star Wars to get the same "evil" feel. Completely different approach from Amadeus.

@@scottl369 Obi-wan was a Nazi? Also, Leia cops a bit of an accent around Tarkin but drops it when Luke and Han show up.

@@chrisleebowers Nope. Different accent. If you've ever seen the old WWI movies of the time (I've seen loads, I grew up on them) there's a distinct accent they used. Tarkin and the imperials had it, but Obi-wan's was different. And as you saw Leia's was simply an affectation due to her position - one she dropped like a hot potato.

Germany didn't exist at that point in time, it popped into existence in the mid-2-late 19th century. I think this took place in Austria.

Requiem of a Dream is a crazy movie

Perhaps she was looking for "dirge": a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite. a mournful song, piece of music, or poem.

@@Aeroldoth3 what i was bout to say

@@Aeroldoth3, Mozart left his Requiem in D minor (K. 626) unfinished at the time of his death. The murder of Mozart by Salieri was a rumor after his death, but he most likely died of some illness.

Other fun fact: Mark Hamill played Mozart during the run of _Amadeus_ on Broadway; his iconic "Joker Laugh" is based on how he laughed as Mozart.

My favorite description of Mozart's laugh was "the sound of a cobblestone dragged down a length of piano wire." This was the description given by Mozart's wife.

@@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames Citation?

We need to go back to the old ways on that, lol. Who needs a long lifespan anyway.

I was 5 years old and putting my parents through the same thing lol. I talked about my love for this movie to my dad recently and he said "ya, you were a weird kid. You loved Amadeus and found Disney movies boring." 🤣

@@travelchic908 not really disney is overrated shit, so is pixar except like ratatouille

But with a little bit of peanut butter he's pretty good

@@johnhurkett778 ☠

Are you aware who Salieri's pupils were? among them were Beethoven, Liszt, Schubert and many more.

It was a pretty movie!

@@awkwardashleigh Oh yes, especially with Rackzilla playing his wife.

I too saw it in the theater with my parents. I was pretty spellbound. I raided my dad's classical record collection afterwards.

@@awkwardashleigh There's another gorgeous film in a similar vein, "Barry Lyndon" by Stanley Kubrick. It's a historical costume drama and I swear every scene is a work of art. However, it's epic in length and quite slow paced, but the character drama is very compelling if you're in the mood for a film like that.

@@HermanVonPetri I was just thinking that. It is pretty much the ultimate costume drama. Ashleigh, if you watch it, two things: it's directed by Stanley Kubrick, and was done before his movie The Shining, and secondly, it's shot using only natural lighting, including an amazing massive dinner scene lit by candlelight. Kubrick used special lenses developed for satellite photography, and modified the cameras so that the lenses would fit. It is gorgeous: every shot looks like a painting from the period. The story is quite an adventure.

Yeah, the only real possible evidence of rivalry is a letter Mozart wrote complaining that the Italian composers of the town were preventing him from getting work commissioned.

It was the opposite. Dying Salieri said that about Mozart. Otherwise you are correct :)

Who did he actually mean? His father?

So very true. Salieri all thru the movie...I would get tears in my eyes they way he could explain and see the genius.

Wasn’t that amazing???!? Hearing it through his description was just unreal.

In 2016 she starred as Emily Dickinson in "A Quiet Passion" and she ran for governor of New York in 2018 but lost.

@@1nelsondj I bet NYers regret now that she didn't win.

THAT'S why she looked so familiar!!!

@@lisakaz35 Perhaps, neither one should have won.

I was 15 in 1986 when I saw her in The Manhattan Project, and immediately developed a crush.

That's actually a myth. It was the custom in Vienna at the time for people to be buried in common graves. His friends held a special mass at which his music was performed, and if they had thought a special burial was needed they would have paid for it.

@@ThreadBomb Well, Mozart's family has their own burial site and they didn't put him in it, which is sad. Only poor people who couldn't afford to pay for a burial were dumped into mass graves. I guess his "friends" didn't feel the need to ship him back home to his family. Again, sad.

Many thanks. I support her on Patreon (as should we all) and she put out a call for "madness" movies. For me, it was literally a coin flip between this film and DR STRANGELOVE.

That cat is fat. Cute but fat. Needs a few feeding pauses.

I don't think Beans has missed many meals.

That is a myth. It was normal practice in Vienna at that time for people to be buried in common graves.

Same. My parents took me to see this when I was 6, and I’ve loved Mozart ever since. It’s all I listened to from age 6-10 or so.

It's been so long since I saw this movie, but it's always stayed at the back of my mind in one way or another.

Yea, Ashley needs to start a segment of "Historically significant films that may or may not be good". Those movies that defined the culture and generation that they were made in.

Yep! I saw this when I was 9. My dad was a real film buff and I remember loving this movie. He had it on VHS so we'd watch it quite often. One of my favorite movies and one of my favorite scenes is when Wolfie's wife comes to Salieri with scores of his music, and Salieri hears each piece played in his head as he shuffles through the music. Remains one of my favorite films of all time.

I saw this in a theater with my parents. I remember that when the piece of piano music that ends the film concluded, the audience broke into applause. It was just a perfectly constructed ending. (A shame its effect was lessened by the poorly-paced "director's cut".)

"Quirky?" Whatever do you mean?

It’s not a good Monday for me until I hear “hi yes hello and welcome”

Well, I didn't watch this for Amadeus.

She'll fit right at home as an cast member in 70"s dvd stuff; such as little house on the prairie or carrie

it doesn't feel fake so that's why it's so charming.

He was also the vice-principal Ed Rooney in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off".

It's not that he had no money, he was in fact quite rich when he died. The issue was he had so many debts (mainly, he was an excessive spender) that he needed to take on larger and larger projects just to pay them off. Eventually, all that wealth couldn't save him from financial ruin, which is why his widow couldn't afford a burial plot for him, hence him buried in a pauper's grave.

Hulce also appears as Larry "Pinto" Kroger in National Lampoon's Animal House. He also does a wonderful turn as Jason Robards' ne'er-do-well son in Parenthood.

The academy actually got it right that year. I’m biased of course because Amadeus is my favorite movie. But just next year they got it so wrong for robbing many people for “The Color Purple” (which is coincidentally my other favorite movie).

@@doomranger6047 Ghostbusters also should have been nominated and won along with Amadeus.

He is incredible in that movie. At first I thought they were using an actual disabled kid. I mean, they were all good, but Leo completely stole the show.

@@LadyIarConnacht nominated for an Academy Award and should have won.

Huh... "Ama" like amorous and "deus" like deity - it's so obvious after you point it out

His full original given name was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. Theophilus is Greek for 'beloved of God'. As an adult he exchanged Theophilus for Amadeus.

@@davidcardoso3525 Wow, so it's really his rockstar moniker

That´s why it is the title of the play and the movie

@@chrisleebowers - Mozart never went by Amadeus for any practical purpose. That was not until many years after his death, that some publishers cataloging his works, decided to use Amadeus as a middle name, the Latin form of one of his many names (Theophilus) Of course, as well as the filmmakers and the author of the original play (and screenplay) by the same name. Just artistic expression. No one ever referred to him in his lifetime as Amadeus.

Absolutely, Salieri appears in the biographies of so many other composers.... he was like the Timberland or Pitbull of his day (in some ways).

We never actually see Salieri displayed as unliked in the film--quite the opposite, in fact. The film depicts him as having been extremely popular in his day, even more so than Mozart; it's just that Mozart's music had more staying power than his, which is true to life. Film!Salieri's failure to notice his own popularity was a result of his envy of Mozart, who while unpopular was undoubtedly a genius above his own level. Envy makes us forget our own value. And again, unreliable narrator. Virtually all the historical inaccuracies in the film can easily be explained as the product of a failing memory.

He taught Mozart's son as well.

@@dorkandproudofit What a great comment. :)

Correct. What is true is that Salieri in his old age suffered some form of dementia or some other kind of mental illness. And while he was being institutionalized he claimed to have killed Mozart. But he was not quite right in the head when he made that claim. Based on this I believe it was Pushkin who wrote a novel about the fictional idea of a blood rivalry between the two and that is what Peter Shaffer used as the basis for his theater play, which this movie is based on. Accurate or not, it is still super entertaining. One just shouldn't take this as historical facts. I'd say it is about 30% accurate. Many little tidbits are true, but overall it is just a made up story with real life persons. The main plot point about Salieri commissioning Mozart to write a Requiem Mass anonymously is such a half truth. The Mass was indeed commissioned anonymously, but not by Salieri, but by some Count Franz von Walsegg. This dude had the habit of commissioning works through middle-men and then have them performed as his own compositions.

Yep! Came here to say that too lol

A great movie but very much this. ^

Salieri eventually also tutored Mozart's son, who became a composer of his own accord. Ironically, Salieri's music was forgotten over time, until renewed interest in his work was derived from this film.

@Atlantis Rising Agree that the internet is great for research. But it can also be a source of misinformation and conspiracy. Best to be skeptical of it all and get information from more than one source. What really made me mistrust things is when I found out almost everything I learned in history was whitewashed and false.

😂

Oh please yes!!!!!

That movie is one of the best films. Its a must for review

Gotta follow that up with Time Bandits!

@@DanielOrion74 Oh, Hell Yeah!

I think Munchausen is low-key Gilliam's best film, but Ashleigh may be a bit confused by the sprawling, fantastical nature of the story. The Fisher King is a great Gilliam film she would find more accessible.

And he was the voice of Disney's 'Hunchback...'

Excellent. You should pen a draft of a screenplay!

@@conureron3792 I SECOND THE MOTION.

Well, I can at least say the film did a good job of showing that she was a hard ass business woman and good with numbers. Excellent intro for this story of who she was after he passed.

@@Ivy94F EXCELLENT POINT, PUT IN IN THE FIRST DRAFT, YOU SHOULD BE COLLABORATING WITH RYAN, HE'S PENNING THE SCREENPLAY.

It's very hard not to be a footnote to Mozart given the fact he is universally known as the greatest composer in history and one of the most important musical figures of all time, and one of the great geniuses of history... but, sure, let's not lean on that too heavily because Women's Day? Don't be ridiculous. If she was Mozart, nobody would know or care for her husband, either. Of course, she only had a life afterwards because of his music, though, so that's not completely her own doing. You need to give credit where credit is due. Also, don't try so hard with the male feminism thing, it makes you look sad and weird. Mozart was male and the greatest composer of all time. Deal with it, my friend.

Kinda like Adam Sandler and Rob Schneider always being in each other's films.

He’s also in Better Off Dead, my favorite teen comedy that I hope she reacts to.

You forgot to mention the ultimate 80's movie, the Savage Steve production of better off dead with John Cusack and Curtis Armstrong.... lol

@@cclapew I didn't forget to mention it. It's not widely-known enough or good enough.

He was amazing in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Or “Girl Interrupted “👍🏻

Yes! To both!

Madness features in most Terry Gilliam movies, to some extent. But 12 Monkeys is as good a place to start as any.

"I killed so many people Jack, I lost track."

Just imagine Mozart speaking with an Austrian accent like Arnold’s.

@@cbmx1x1 Arnold would never mispronounce Mozart!

Did I vomit? maybe.

The one where Annie watches Love Connection?

@@awkwardashleigh Delicatessen is a French film that is weird but amazing.

I also agree that it is a bit of a shame that only Director's Cut is currently available. The new scenes are all good, but added to the movie they *really* slow it down without adding all that much substance. The movie was perfect before.

In the PG-13 TC, Salieri swoons over Mozart’s sheet music, Constanze asks, “You will not help us?”, Salieri walks out without a word, and the War has begun...Any questions? 😦

I became a convert to Mozart after watching this movie. Before, I admired his genius but didn't care much for his music. Thought it was too light for my taste. Then I came to realize that there are many similarities between his music and that of my favorite composer, Beethoven.

@@Alice_Long I also love that film.

She should definitely check out Animal House...it seems to have become a bit underrated and isn't talked about as much as it used to be or should be.

Cameo in Stranger Than Fiction as well.

Love him in "Parenthood" and "Dominick & Eugene."

" Dominick and Eugene (1988) "

“Parenthood” was great! Definitely worth doing a reaction.

Falco was an Austrian Artist.

@@MakotoAtava My apologies. Austrian. Thank you!

@@MakotoAtava As was Mozart. Falco was pretty proud of his homeland, also did a song called "Wiener Blut" (translation "Viennese Blood", an established expression of national identity).

Be careful. Calling an Austrian a German is comparable to calling an Irishman a Brit.

@@MakotoAtava G’day mate...put another shrimp on the barbie!

We had a student in our school named Amadeus and I could not think of him or say his name without hearing that song in my head.

@@jasondecharleroy4161 LOL...I would have had the same issue! In fact, I have had it stuck in my head since leaving my original comment.

The Falco song was definitely a cash-in on the popularity of the movie.

Now there is a true classic!....

Nah boon dock saints

WHAT ABOUT THE WICKER MAN.......EDWARD WOODWOOD WOULD LOVE HER FOR IT.

@@chamblessrayburn6885 ew!

Yes. Definitely.

I totally disagree. I own both the theatrical release and the directors cut. The directors cut is definitely the best version. At least for adults with a decent attention span. It’s longer but totally worth it.

@@Parker-930 There's No reason for insults. It's not about being an adult with any type of attention span. It's preference based on filmmaking factors. GD. People in the comment section.

@@LA_HA - It wasn’t intended to be an insult. It is however a fact that younger people have much shorter attention spans today due to our current culture. Filmmaking styles have changed a great deal in the last 40 years. Please don’t be offended. It takes someone who is a little more cerebral to appreciate a film like this, either version.

@@Parker-930 Haha. I understand. And I apologize. It looked like an insult, so I was just scratching my head, because people do go off the deep end attacking others. I see what you meant now. And yes, I was also a bit disappointed by the review. However, I honestly don't think that the OP meant it like that. I think the OP genuinely thought the DC had, to borrow a phrase from the movie, "too many notes." A lot of them do. I realize this will probably destroy my credibility, but I kinda think the extended version of The LOTR is fine, but a little much. The theatrical version is perfect to me, and I don't mind a few extra scenes, but they weren't all necessary to me. I prefer the theatrical, but I'll watch the extended no problem. Anyway, apologies for the confusion. Thank you for the clarification.

Yes!!

When architects draw floorplans for houses even today, they will label the bathrooms as "W.C's".

oh wow!

@@awkwardashleigh And it is still called that in german speaking countries.

Lots of older buildings in the uk will have old “WC” signs on the doors. Older public buildings, old hotels etc. Also my parents were going to call me William Cable but decided against it as my initials would have been WC. This was back in 1977.

@@MrChriscable Portugal also uses W/C for toilets as well

Made up for the play you mean. Because this movie is based off the play by Peter Shaffer

@@marianne5055 The Shaffer play was in turn based on an 1830 play by Pushkin.

You should be both proud and ashamed of that joke.

The comments on Ashleighs channel are hilarious!!! That cracked me up

Arnold! I wondered what you've been up to!

Arnold was to appear in a classic composer biography. He said "I'll be Bach."

@@marcdejonge6569 It didn't work out however, he was terminated.

"Too many notes."

@@baskervillebee6097 there it is

When I was younger watching this movie, I remember that I wasn’t sure if he was being shady or was he an idiot? Lol!

And Criswell in 'Ed Wood'.

I remember as a kid, I was like "omg that's the dad from Beetle Juice playing the King! "

"Why Pinto?" "*BURP!* Why not?!"

He’ll always be Quasimodo to me.

_The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket_

See... He's the shady youngest son from Parenthood for me. That was my first Tom Hulce. Then this, then Animal House.

That scene was amazing, and it must have narrowed-down the list of actors who could portray Mozart. And if you did it while in school, I guess that means you're amazing too!

Californicatin'

Warner was originally 4K remastering classics for fancy DVD, and did "Director's Cuts" of all of them for sales value, also ruining "JFK" and "Dances With Wolves". Since they never remastered the earlier version, they basically George Lucas'ed the original ever since. (Where did you hear that the TC is being remastered, btw?)

That's a dirty trick played by studios. Often it's an early cut of the film before final edits and they bill it as "director's cut" whether or not the director approves of it. In some cases it may be true if the studio originally forced changes the director didn't want and the director finally gets his vision complete as originally intended. Unfortunately, that's the rare occasion. But that term, director's cut, should only apply in those instances or it's misleading and unfair to the audience as well as the filmmakers.

Yes, this cut changes the very tone of the film.

This discussion reminds me of what happened to Blade Runner and all the revision to Star Wars. Cripe, just make a great movie for the theater and let it alone!

My Cousin Vinny is a lot of fun!

@@conureron3792 The two yutes!

Milleniums who enjoy the MCU : Marisa Tomei is hot People who have watched my cousin Vinny : honey, you have no idea

All movies based on true stories. Nice!

Omg I have not thought about that film in years! I was happy to see that actor in Outlander recently. When they were in France. Anyway loved Delicatessen.

Ooooh yes!!!

Amelie too -- comedy, funny, romantic, strange, cute actors

@@jndaley It was Dominique Pinon. Delicatessen was really good, I think he was in several of Jeunet's films.

“City of lost children” was another excellent foreign film from the early 90’s

Yeah, astounding that it doesn't get more attention!

Yes but I'd rather her introduction to Val Kilmer be Real Genius. Willow is great though. Did you know the two-headed dragon was supposed to be Siskel and Ebert? It was payback for their scathing review of Howard the Duck

@@kevinramsey417 Now you mention, I think I see some resemblance.

@@jean-paulaudette9246 Not all George Lucas movies are well known.

I mean.... you have the highlights and you don't really need all the other fluff honestly!

I don't recommend the director's cut if you ever watch it. In my opinion, the director's cut didn't offer anything that satisfying to be worthwhile.

@@awkwardashleigh Sorry to contradict, but how about for the music and the creative way they show the music being created? Maybe the director's cut detracted from those parts, but those were the parts that excited me when Iwatched it.

Walk The Line and Ray are too recent to be considered classics.

I love the even more recent Rocketman, which works both as a music biopic and a straight-up movie musical.

Also "Under the Sea" (Bobby Darin) and "De-Lovely" (Cole Porter), both of which follow the same format as the Johnny Cash and Ray Charles biopics, with the person memorialized reviewing his life. ("All That Jazz" does the same for Bob Fosse, but I don't consider it a must-see.)

Also Immortal Beloved bout Beethoven!

@@Alexandrashepiro This!

So is listening.

Yup

Yes, yes! It is a must!

And then Red Dragon

Red Dragon should be watched first

CONAN !

COMMANDO!

TRUE LIES !

Commando is in my top 5. Would love to see her watch it!

True Lies & Total Recall 👍

Have you seen _Tous les Matins du Monde_ ? The music from that movie is excellent.

And his wife was so distraught, she could not even make funeral arrangements for him.

His memorial is his music.

So the great composer is decomposing.

@@halgordsaleh2729 If you gamble it all away, you're poor.

And following that, "Roxanne" with Steve Martin, which modernizes the story.