The Greatness of Amadeus | Envy vs Appreciation

Through stunning visuals, powerful performances, and a gripping storyline, "Amadeus" offers a fascinating look into the life of one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time. Milos Forman's film explores jealousy, ambition, and the price of success, making it one of the greatest films of the 1980s.
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[@LuisSierra42]

This movie was a revelation, could not have believed before i watched it that a 3hr musical film about two composers would become one of my all time favorites

[@lawjef]

The fact that it swept the Oscars didn’t give you a hint that it was worthy of consideration as a favorite film? Fair enough. It’s been a minute since the Oscars had any credibility

[@LuisSierra42]

@@lawjef I haven't had a consistent experience watching Oscar winning movies, for example, I couldn't even finish Coda since it seemed to me like a generic teen movie yet it won the award

[@nicolasbascunan4013]

Worst movie I've seen.

[@fairamir1]

It was not a musical

[@jamespader]

Not a musical.

[@jwnj9716]

Mozart's laugh alone should be in the Hall of Fame.

[@mrinalkantinath1271]

When he said "it's Mozart time" and Amadeused all over the orchestra. Truly one of the moments

[@LuisSierra42]

@@mrinalkantinath1271 That was the moment i thought, this is definitely one of the Amadeus of all time

[@naiman4535]

Nobody really knows exactly what Mozart's famous giggle or laugh sounded like, because there were no electronic recording devices back in those days. But actor Tom Hulce sure came up with a great recreation of it, didn't he?

[@nicolasbascunan4013]

That laugh is the cringiest thing ever in cinema history.

[@valerietaylor9615]

He could out-cackle Kamala. 😊

[@taurusstudios5497]

That's the thing about genius. The more talented you are, the more jealous everybody else becomes of you and the more isolated you'll feel in the end.

[@LuisSierra42]

Mozart was a genius and he had friends as well as Einstein and Edison

[@Window4503]

It can be that way, but it doesn't have to be. Jacob Collier was interviewed once about that sort of jealousy and his answer was essentially the same as this video's: it isn't a zero-sum game. If someone is comfortable being big, room will be made for them and that ultimately benefits everyone. Genius done with mutual humility is a compounding effect that lifts everyone up.

[@redefinedliving5974]

​@@Window4503ultimately depends on the environment. Poor genius without support whatsoever will be a life of suffering

[@philipksick6810]

The character of Salieri and F Murray Abrahams portrayal is so perfect, I have seen this movie so many times

[@Psychol-Snooper]

I've never seen an actor carry a movie like Abraham carried Amadeus. I mean Burt Reynolds, and Mick Jagger were considered. That was what the movie was supposed to be. Still, I mean if they'd hired Jagger he would have made a promo song and video. We did lose that, and have to make due with Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus."

[@kataisa3]

Salieri absolutely personifies Proverbs 16:18 - “Pride goeth before a fall.” He was a gifted musician in his own right but he couldn’t appreciate it because Mozart was a genius prodigy.

[@jacktoma21]

I found that final scene between the two of them so fascinating because it became hard to tell how much was Salieri carrying out his scheme and how much was him genuinely feeling sorry for the state he helped to put Mozart into.

[@Charlie-eh2wj]

The end of the play is different - not necessarily better or worse, but different. That final scene between Salieri and Mozart plays very differently, confrontational rather than collaborative. Then, we learn that old Salieri, still very bitter and envious, has been intentionally crying out that he is Mozart's assassin not out of guilt, but to spark that rumor before killing himself in order to tie his name indelibly to Mozart's. His final revenge on God. But he fails. No one believes the rumor, AND he lives, now considered a senile joke. Then comes the famous line, also the last line of the movie: Mediocrities of the world, I absolve you. The movie highlights the tragedy of the situation by having Salieri truly wracked with guilt in his old age after realizing, in the last moments of Mozart's life, what could have come of true collaboration between the two, or at least what could have been if Salieri hadn't been undermining him at every turn. The play focuses in on his envy and keeps him pathetically bitter to the end. The movie I think has the better overall story (as far as having a more specific focused theme that comes full circle) , but the play is an excellent character study of a lifelong self righteous egotist. Peter Shaffer wrote both, so it makes sense that the movie would basically be a new edit of the play.

[@pepealasquid6005]

Being a simple man is always better then being the top man. Heavy is the crown

[@jerryschramm4399]

Brilliant composer, great movie. Your description of how Salieri needs Mozart to give his life meaning reminded me of the scene in "The Dark Knight", where the Joker tells Batman that he (Joker) doesn't want Batman dead, because the two of them are necessary, and complete each other. Thanks for the thought provoking video.

[@kevinmcqueenie7420]

The movie was fantastic, but it does Salieri dirty. "Don't become a Salieri" Good advice, just important to note that Salieri himself didn't become a Salieri and, while a bit jealous of a generational talent, generally had a lot of respect and admiration for him. Amadeus is not about Salieri and Mozart, they are cyphers to explore the human condition. Enjoyed the video, though!

[@peterthegreat996]

The movie is negligent in its portrayal of Salerie

[@Dowlphin]

Yes, I am not sure how well it was emphasized in 'marketing', but the movie is clearly a deliberate fictional spin on historical events, or at the very least pursues a speculative thesis that is considered not that solid, specifically about Salieri murdering Mozart.

[@josiahanderson9328]

Salieri and Mozart weren’t friends in real life (they hardly interacted with each other) but they did have immense respect for each other. And, the real Salieri was talented and infuential musician in own right. He created (or at least, popularised) several opera conventions that are still used to this day.

[@mikerichmond8246]

Excellent analysis of this superb movie. The scenes highlighted here are some of my favorites of all time, across all time and all genres. Especially brilliant is the scene where the two composers are composing together... although, Mozart did all the composing, while Salieri merely did the notating, all the while urging Mozart beyond exhaustion in order to kill him, I believe.

[@alexm7627]

One of the best movies i know for moral learning

[@johnnykilonzo2103]

As a Christian I always look forward to seeing such films that teaches something about the human soul. I am grateful for suggesting Amadeus

[@stale.baguette]

what does being a christian have to do with that

[@Dowlphin]

I just saw an amazing movie about the nature of faith, among other things. Can be challenging especially for a christian and should be for the true seeker: *The Man From Earth* It is kind of the same format and of the same impressive depth as Twelve Angry Men.

[@Window4503]

@@stale.baguette Nuance. If you know Christian theology and how God works, then you'll fully understand the priest's horror on hearing Salieri's "confession"; that is, most of Salieri's battle with God was based on a god of his own imagining with whom he believed he could bargain and whom he believed snubbed him. His internal turmoil and prayer and every other reason he drove himself crazy was based on a fundamental misunderstanding of God, which the priest never gets to correct.

[@pianojl]

I love this movie so much. Thank you for keeping Mozarts life alive❤

[@1pierosangiorgio]

one of my best cinema experiences as I saw the movie as a teenager in a theater.

[@LifeIsAStory]

Jealous you got to see it in theaters 😂

[@1pierosangiorgio]

@@LifeIsAStory that's because I'm old!!! :)

[@AbdelOveAllhan]

Looking at the comments it's disappointing that so many think this movie is more documentary than fantasy. In reality Mozart was no more scatological than many in Viennese society. He was hard working and a serious minded composer that plumbed the depths of complex human emotions in his operas and over 600 compositions in his short but productive life. He was not a gibbering idiot savant as depicted in the film. Salieri was also an industrious and talented composer (listen to his concerto for flute and oboe) but not in Mozart's league...and who was? Salieri was friends with Beethoven and indeed gave him counterpoint lessons. Later in life he contracted a form of dementia and claimed he had poisoned Mozart. There is no proof of this but the myth was perpetuated by Pushkin in a play and later by Rimsky-Korsakov in an opera. But for all of its shortcomings Amadeus is miles better than the recent absurd and pretentious "Chevalier". One review even objected to calling him the 'black Mozart' and suggest Mozart was actually the 'white Chevalier'...laughably preposterous. The chevalier du St. George was by all accounts a worthy and accomplished composer but, as with Salieri, not in Mozart's league. Oh, if you see Chevalier (spoiler alert) there never was a violin 'battle' with Mozart...and St. George was not the first jazz musician. In the immortal words of Yogi Berra, "You could look it up."

[@user-cd4bx6uq1y]

That's why I love videos about movies I don't know about

[@ignaciomoreno9655]

In reality, Saliero and Mozart didn't seem to hate each other so much.

[@USAads2023]

I was a Salieri when this videos started and I didn’t even knew it. Thank you very much video creator, you just made my day and perhaps my life! God bless you!

[@lyonellaverde3135]

In truth Salieri was a perfectly good composer who was well regarded in his time. He just was not Mozart.

[@peterthegreat996]

He also respected and admired Mozart .

[@TheGritherr]

Love your thought process throughout, you've a gifted eye.

[@vbacs22]

Every moment of this movie is to be praised.

[@jennilocke]

This movie might not be historically factual, but i think it's a brilliant mythologizing of Mozart and an incredible view of how envy can destroy the creative process, and how humans view God as the great composer of all of our lives and use him as an excuse to do terrible things. As an ex-Christian i always found the idea of Salieri going from being devout to a fault to swearing to work against God to be highly fascinating. I also like that you mentioned Salieri loving sweets. I feel like a lot of discussions on this movie don't mention it, but i think it's important. Salieri has sworn to give up on sex and devotes his life to creating music for God. But he still indulges in sweets. There's a scene where he has a student and she's singing beautifully; he looks on with painful longing for a second as he plays the accompaniment on piano, then goes for the tray of sweets instead. The singer notices and looks a little concerned, and this makes me think that Salieri is so swayed by desserts because this vow he made to God makes him deny himself of so many human pleasures like sex and leisure. The fact that he has an addiction to sweets shows his weakness; he doesn't actually give God what he promised, as he substitutes sweets for sex and leisure and whatever else. In order to actually have given God his chastity, industry, and deepest humility, Salieri would have to actually feel the pain of denying himself those things. But he doesn't, because instead of indulging in sex he indulges in sweets. Interestingly, this also proves Salieri's conclusion on God's character. That he is unfair and unkind, not a god of mercy but a god of torture. God demands Salieri to suffer in order to have what he wants while Mozart gets exactly that with little effort.

[@teresagardiner153]

And even while not being historically accurate, its mythologizing of Mozart isn't divorced from reality either. He really was a musical genius with a love for fart-jokes.

[@Skimmerlit]

I love your work. I’m glad to have found you.

[@nicoletjeng9793]

Great update !

[@donaldkrone4717]

This was a great analysis. I appreciate the time you took. Mozart for me is the pinnacle of composers.

[@ScarletSnake]

Fantastic analysis of a legendary movie! Great work! 👏👏👏 Subscribing now

[@arturocostantino623]

It's important to remember that Salieri did not commission the Requiem that was Count Waltezar whose wife had just died. Shaffear wrote a play not a history. And it was his wife who insisted that that he finish the Requiem for the money

[@trekgreenwood6743]

It’s still crazy to think this was a three hour film. It flew by so fast.

[@KenMac-ui2vb]

Well done. Thanks.

[@DocM.]

Awesome video! ❤

[@p.davidespinosa8688]

This analysis was indeed genuine... thank you

[@LCCWPresents]

To be fair the dessert at the court would be like staying away from a crack cocaine addiction

[@Joshua-uw7wm]

One of my favorite movies that I own

[@squamish4244]

The genius of the film is that it has TWO protagonists, Salieri and Mozart, and God is the antagonist. God. Salieri cannot triumph, but he tries anyway. We know he cannot win against divinity itself, but watching him try and fail is extraordinary. His laughing while the good-hearted priest - who represents not divinity, but the priest's own limited concept of it - is bent over with his arms on his knees is an incredible scene. I remember watching this film at 12 years old. Afterwards, I was stunned. I had never had anything like this reaction to a film before, even Star Wars. I was affected for hours. I lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, wondering wtf I had just seen. A 2.5 hour epic (this was the superior Theatrical Cut) set in the 18th Century about two composers, with no action, violence and little sexual content had fixated me the whole time. The film was about existence itself. The power of a truly great film, indeed.

[@magimon91834]

Great video

[@JoshCBauer]

Maybe the best film ever made. I watch it about 1-2 times every month

[@monty4336]

In real life, it was one of Mozart's students that helped him with the requiem. Salieri did not help (nor was he in their home when he passed away) according to his wife and sister in law whom were there tending to Mozart in his final days. But, this is a movie.

[@neverbrokeagain3435]

I must say I love your perspective and interpretation. When you highlighted the mention of the word “deserve” it reminded me of when I came to Christ and realized that I deserved death according to Gods standard. You are not far from unlocking the mysteries of the universe as God draws you closer to himself. That is, If you haven’t found Christ already.

[@EyeLean5280]

Very nice commentary on a great film, truly great! Just for those who may not be aware, the story's not historically accurate. Salieri and Mozart got along pretty well, actually. It was only after Salieri fell victim to dementia that he became deluded into thinking he'd harmed his colleague. HOWEVER, I love this film and take it not as historical fact, but as based in the delusion Salieri suffered and a parable about artistic envy.

[@lyricelizabeth9860]

I'm so glad someone else looks at this film in a 'salieri is delusion" kind of way, I feel like he was supposed to be an unreliable narrator

[@kateandrova]

You have interpreted that final scene in a way that is totally novel to me. I always thought Salieri was intentionally trying to torture Mozart by driving him to frenzied work to the death. I still think that, but I really appreciate this alternate interpretation. You can tell a movie is great if others can read something different from it!

[@rebelpunx88]

People really miss the point of this movie and it's brilliance, it's not supposed to be a biopic, it's a play that uses a rumor to speak about the nature of providence and the tragedy of being distracted by envy

[@marcalvarez4890]

Lots of wisdom here, thank you.

[@mavisward5262]

Can someone please tell me the name of the music played at the end of the movie when the credits were shown. Played on the piano.

[@marigi2401]

Mozart Requiem Mass

[@lindacowles756]

Mozart Piano Concerto #20 in D minor, 2nd movement ( Romanza)

[@kathrynmolesa1641]

Tom was brilliant, funny, passionate and had great wigs.

[@samanthafox3124]

Amadeus was the rock star of his age.

[@sirace6]

I thoght long and hard but can't think of a movie that is superior to Amadeus This movie is the greatest at least to me

[@NichtWunderkind]

Salieri and Mozart composed a cantata together... Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia

[@steveclapper5424]

Imagine the ego on this !

[@AnonYmous-ry2jn]

I've always interpreted the Requiem composition scene as Salieri executing Mozart, even as he gets caught up in their genuinely shared exhilaration (consistent with Salieri's complex straddling of hate, admiration, love , and even more hate) . Mozart says that Salierir is poisoning him. And i think he shows up wearing a death mask to put death into Mozart's mind. So the way I always assumed it works is that Mozart would interpret the requiem as being his own funeral mass,, and through extreme emotional/spiritual/psychological connection to the music, Mozart would die upon completing it, as if Mozart would sense the Requiem as his life's natural closing curtain.

[@speedracer2008]

1:16 I think Salieri missed the part where those people destroyed themselves to achieve their greatness.

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

Mozart would have laughed at that line. "There goes that theory" Indeed. Silly man.

[@darastarscream]

Salieri is so preoccupied with the performance of virtue he can't see he's committing the most basic sin there is-- pride. Even his piety and love of God is selfish; do *this* for me, o Lord, and I will praise and glorify Thee.

[@dylansaus]

Hi could you take a look at 'as it is in heaven'? :)

[@CordeliaWagner]

Staanzee... Mozart's wife was Constanze Mozart. Spelled german. "Stanzerl" was her nickname by her husband. But I appriciate that you includet her.

[@DWHarper62]

Thankfully, the producers decided not to put in the notion that Constanze would whore herself out in the scene between Constanze and Salieri...

[@always4eternity1]

actually, it was said that Mozart spent all his days and nightts writing music, in a way, he sacrificed his social life for the talent he had.

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of The Greatness of Amadeus | Envy vs Appreciation momentum 100

[@stackedpennies4377]

Watched this as a kid. I admired his self destruction.

[@P.G.1966]

When you play music at 4...and compose at 5...Let's talk. Until then..SMDLARNC.

[@lindacowles756]

G'day! What does SMDLARNC stand for?

[@celestekent1236]

Salieri discovers Mozart lives through his music so he schemes to have him create a funeral piece and as it is written Mozart begins to die and by dying creates a great piece of music for death.

[@DWHarper62]

Requiem was commissioned by someone else who wanted to take credit for the piece...Not Salieri...

[@celestekent1236]

@@DWHarper62 OK, so there were many other complaints against the film which took liberties with history. This is just one more.

[@DWHarper62]

@@celestekent1236 Because the film is complete fiction...

[@Liam-iv7wk]

Salieri is Doctor Doofensmertz is to Mozart is to agent P.

[@adrozz2120]

Hey mate could you do a review about Hana-Bi please ? thanks

[@goodbar26]

It's extremely likely that Mozart was exactly the character portrayed in this film, arrogant, obnoxious and full of himself, his genius was known only to him until we caught up to what he was offering us with his perfect musical presentation of a Classical Era Opus. As we keep listening, he's still with us!🙂

[@alexbuchholz7072]

That's not accurate. Mozart was discribed as an extremely kind and friendly man. Very small, and yes, liking a good glass of wine and playing games. But always friendly and helpfull.

[@DWHarper62]

False... Every biography and history of his life does not portray him thusly...

[@aborix]

i command you for this video but you got the facts all wrong. not only salieri WAS NOT mozarts enemy but on the contrary..... this movie is based on a play that the great russian poet, pyshkin, wrote based on a rumor that spread about mozart being poisoned by the italians who envied him. Of course there was envy from other composers but than again that happens always even nowadays. with that said, this is one of my favorite movies ever... cheers

[@naiman4535]

God is NOT cruel, arbitrary or malicious in the bestowal of His gifts! How could Mozart be such an unvirtuous and undeserving individual in his personal life, and yet be gifted with such phenomenal musical talent? Reincarnation solves this divine riddle or enigma: Over the course of many previous lifetimes, Mozart developed both his phenomenal musical gifts as well as his glaring defects of personality and character, through constant cultivation, repetition and reinforcement of both. Reincarnation takes the blame off of God and places it squarely on the shoulders of the reincarnating Soul, where it truly belongs.

[@Window4503]

Or....you could just read Psalm 73 and realize that God isn't contradictory in giving the "undeserving" such talents. Then again, the whole idea of anyone being righteous enough to deserve anything from God (rather than it being a gift freely given) isn't a Christian idea. Reincarnation makes little sense and only adds confusion; if Mozart has glaring defects, he should be diminished in talent and Saliari should have been just as talented because he's more self-disciplined. Death comes only once and then the judgment. The blame goes neither to God nor reincarnation but to bad human philosophies about what is and isn't just, about how God should or shouldn't act.

[@naiman4535]

@@Window4503 Ahhh, yes, Hebrews 9:27 - the so-called "proof text" against reincarnation cited by most Christians today, as if by rote, but in this regard, it is very vague and indirect. By contrast, Jesus teaches his disciples very explicitly and directly that Elijah came back as John the Baptist in the Gospel of Matthew - not just once, but twice; just read Matthew 17:10 - 13 and Matthew 11: 13 - 15. This is also echoed in the Gospel of Mark as well. In addition, the scene from Luke's gospel in which Mary pays a prenatal visit to her cousin Elizabeth's house, with Mary newly pregnant with Jesus and Elizabeth about six months pregnant with John the Baptist; the fetus of John the Baptist jumps for joy inside Elizabeth's womb at the arrival of Mary, then pregnant with Jesus. This is Luke giving us a hint that the souls of Jesus and John the Baptist had been close to each other from previous lifetimes; there is other scriptural evidence indicating that, while John had been Elijah, Jesus was Elijah's disciple Elisha who had spiritually perfected himself in that lifetime, so that all that was needed to fully awaken the divine consciousness within Jesus was his baptism by John in the river Jordan. Furthermore, Malachi, the last book of the Old Testament, gives the famous prophecy that God will send Elijah in the great and dreadful day of the Lord. The truth is that for the first five hundred years of Christianity's existence, Christians, like Luke and Matthew, were free to believe in reincarnation if they so chose. Reincarnation, and the doctrine of the pre-existence of Souls upon which it is based, was banned and declared anathema by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553 AD. Justinian's motive? He wanted to strengthen the power and control of the Christian clergy over the souls of their flock, and telling them that this life was their only shot to avoid eternal hell fire and damnation was just the way to do that. Also, at the time, Christianity was systematically persecuting the old Greco-Roman mystery religions out of existence, and guess what - these old religions taught reincarnation; it was all about religious power and control. Origen of Alexandria, who lived in the third century AD, before the ban, was one of the greatest theologians Christianity ever produced, and wrote De Principis, or On First Principles, which was the first comprehensive treatise on Christian theology ever written by a Christian theologian. Origen taught reincarnation and the pre-existence of souls. When it comes to Amadeus, I believe that he has reincarnated as the amazing girl / woman musical prodigy and composer Alma Deutscher - get the similarity of the names? - who is a virtuoso on the piano and the violin, and has composed a lot of music in the classical style. You can google her up on KZbin.

[@Window4503]

@@naiman4535 This whole little essay unfortunately lacks any real historical evidence or arguement. "The truth is that for the first five hundred years of Christianity's existence, Christians, like Luke and Matthew, were free to believe in reincarnation if they so chose."

[@Vid1917]

It's clear Salieri didn't kill mozart

[@zdl1965]

Genius vs Mediocrity was the moral of the story. Those who were gifted genius were not necessarily the most deserving.

[@DWHarper62]

In the minds of the average... Who is deserving? And Mozart's character was fiction...

[@fredbloggs5902]

When I first saw this I hated the casting of Tom Hulce, but it works.

[@DWHarper62]

It works for the stupid story but not for the great composer...

[@animationfanatic2133]

Play Peter Griffin

[@peterthegreat996]

The movie is grossly historically wrong about Mozart and Salerie. They were 2 guys who competed much like Lennon and McCarthy . Salerie never tried to undermine Mozart .

[@saranemcova5448]

It is a movie told through the perspective of aging, senile Salieri.

[@Window4503]

It was never trying to be historically accurate in the first place. Many people are now generally aware that movie portrayals of historical events take significant creative liberties. No need to get upset.

[@DWHarper62]

@@Window4503 It was a stage play based on fiction... The movie dresses everyone up in perfect period costumes and sets and the audience is tricked into thinking it is fact... The fact that the movie reduces Mozart to be a laughing hyena is a crime...

[@vitorferreira6062]

Tottaly unfair to the Salieri name. Thrown into the mud.

[@donna25871]

The big problem with this film is that most of it is a work of fiction. I love it but people who imagine this as a biography is doing a disservice to Salieri and Mozart. Salieri had a long and distinguished career as a court composer and director of music while also teaching (for free) other famous co posers including Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt and even Mozart’s son. Mozart, although not rich, didn’t die in poverty, and his music was out of favour with Viennese audiences when he died. Salieri hasn’t gone into obscurity with his music still being performed and recorded. You could say that Salieri had the more fulfilling life because he wasn’t encumbered with the genius that Mozart had.

[@peterthegreat996]

And he certainly did not try to undermine Mozart .

[@joeodonnell921]

Cinematic language usually has to take liberties with non fiction, so much problems today's cinema and maybe tv is this obsession with realism. The writers or director of this film seem to have told the story almost like it was told through Lucifer's eyes and his fall from grace.

[@pianojl]

God did not answer Salieris prays because his heart had hate for Mozart. That’s my interpretation.

[@12235117657598502586]

DON’T BECOME A SALIARI !

[@valmid5069]

*Hamilton the Musical in a way was our version of Amadeus*

[@LuisSierra42]

yeah, sort of

[@securityg]

Or what about 'BLOODY, BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON'? - James D. Watkins, artistic director of PHOENIX PRODUCTIONS

[@ExAnimoPortugal]

As great as this movie is, one has to remember it is NOT a documentary. Salieri became demented and so he is the definition of the unreliable narrator.

[@marigi2401]

It is so weird....scientists insist on us reading books, playing music, making puzzles etc so as to keep our brain healthy and avoid dementia or Alzheimer or whatever and we see people like Salieri who was a composer (all of them practicing math) and he died of dementia! Ok !!!!

[@duncanmacpherson2013]

This is one of the best movies ever but it is very unfair to the real Salieri. There is no evidence that relations between Salieri and Mozart were anything but amicable. Salieri was certainly not celibate. He had two wives and a series of mistresses. On the other hand the picture the movie paints of Mozart the man and musician is fairly accurate

[@freebee8221]

Its not really salieris pride thats the problem. He hates Mozart, not because he is a genius, but because the genius happends to also be a fool. An arrogant brat, who is not worthy of the talent. If the genius wouldve been someone else, someone older and someone a bit more like salieri himself as a person, he couldve delt with it better.

[@DWHarper62]

This movie is virtually all fiction... To make a documentary about a movie of fiction is ridiculous... Amadeus was a stage play that was based on a very bad rumor and fleshed out to be about human creativity, not the actual life of either Salieri or Mozart... The movie is a crime because we are now 40 years since it's premier, and the general population thinks that Mozart was a laughing gifted hyena...

[@cherylcouch-thomas8250]

Did you say, "Moe-zzart" ? That's what I heard, and I stopped watching/listening.

[@nicolasbascunan4013]

Worst movie I've seen.

[@Straitsfan]

"Amadeus" is a well made bad movie. Historical nonsense.

[@robotpanda77]

I think his hatred was quite reasonable. Mozart was a fool and a filthy mongrel that happened to be gifted with a talent he did not deserve. The mere fact he hears the music in his head illustrates that his music is a byproduct of an inner gift rather than of hard work, passion or respect for music. He is weak at his core, self indulgent and without discipline. His rival is in virtually every way his superior. His frustration and envy of Mozart is well founded and understandable. If one shares his faith in god, then it does seem a cruel mockery of him to give this gift to such a vile man and not to the faithful and grounded servant who has earned it. His major flaw perhaps is in not realizing that he has already won. He is rich and successful throughout the film when Mozart was broke and humiliated. Mozart's wife is easily wiling to be unfaithful to him and not as devoted as she might seem. The Emperors court does not respect him as they do Sol. Sure the crowd laughs when he plays the piano while making the funny face but they would have done that no matter who he had named. Sol won in every way and eventually leads his enemy straight into death, the final failure of Mozart. Had he shown Sol the respect he deserved and had shown him, he would have never created such a powerful enemy.