This film. This film right here. A masterpiece in every sense of the word. F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri and the relatively unknown Tom Hulce as the titular Amadeus who needs no further introduction put down two of the best performances in movie history, and although they do not even share as much screen time together as you would expect from a story about (one-sided) rivalry, their chemistry is just beyond belief. Salieri’s villainous quest to destroy that what he believes is God himself taunting him is made completely and utterly empathetic through his simultaneous admiration for the gift of music created by that very malefactor. And then Mozart, who believes his opponent to be nothing short of a…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arguably the single greatest mind in music history, never really had a rise to greatness so much as an immersion in it from the start. A born prodigy, at age 4 he already started composing music and delighted dozens with his immense talent. Achieving notoriety among the elite in the musical industry proved to be an uphill battle for him, yet history has been far more gracious to him than to the other supposed masters of the art. Mozart kept an uncanny ability at achieving perfection while the more publicly renowned, whether out of political or personal motivation, seemed to harbor an intense yet silent hatred for him.

At least, that's what Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus has…

“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.”

As I sat there breathless staring at my screen watching this astounding masterpiece while listening to its amazing soundtrack, I couldn’t help but relate to F. Murray Abraham’s Salieri in his admiration for Mozart and his genius, although my admiration was geared towards Milos Forman’s outstanding direction and not on the actual composer himself. What a unique experience this three hour film was for me. Amadeus was a movie I had been putting off mainly because of its extremely long running time…

So good every time. This is on my list of movies I've seen more than 3-4 times, and I find that if I see or think of any part of it, I have a very strong desire to watch the whole thing.

This time around, I stopped and re-watched the scenes with Salieri's reactions from the balcony. The story leading up to it, and Abraham's performance come together to make a few really sublime film moments, with the whole of the story written on his face in an ever so slight, but very moving, way. The scenes from The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro really stand out.

I feel like this is one of those movies that everyone…

Dirigido por Milos Forman. Com: F. Murray Abrahams, Tom Hulce, Jeffrey Jones, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow.

Amadeus é um filme maravilhosamente triste. Não, não é um daqueles dramas do tipo Minha Vida ou Um Mundo Perfeito, ao final dos quais a platéia está derramando litros de lágrimas. Tampouco segue o estilo de Anastasia, a Princesa Esquecida, que conta com personagens amargurados, introspectivos (como o Bounine de Yul Brinner ou a solitária grã-duquesa de Helen Hayes). Nada disso.

Amadeus é sobre frustrações. A frustração de não ser tudo aquilo que se deseja. A frustração de saber que há alguém infinitamente melhor do que você justamente naquilo que mais se ama. A frustração de ver seu legado sendo esquecido enquanto a velhice…