Amadeus Review

Amadeus is a period drama from the stage play Amadeus by Shaffer’s. Amadeus was directed by Milos Dorman and written by Peter Shaffer in the year 1984. Envious of Mozart’s art, Antonio Salleri tries to kill him. The movie was made in the 18th century which setting in Vienna. Amadeus won around 40 awards during its time.

Salieri confesses to a priest about killing Mozart. His jealousy leads to him a stage where Mozart dies. In between Mozart is pressurized by Salleri and is fooled by him. Mozart’s father die and their family condition worsens even more. His wealth is at stake and his music, a god gift is his powerful source Coming to Vienna, Salleri secretly observes Mozart’s music at Archbishop’s palace. Mozart is introduced to ‘March of welcome’ on which he works hard and improvises it. This lead to The marriage of Figaro opera in 1786. Later on, when Salieri observes Mozart’s family problems he takes this as a chance to bring him down. He gets exhausted working between two pieces. During the performance of The magic flute Mozart collapses and he is pressurized by Salieri more. Being unable to take this massive load, Mozart dies and the Requiem is left unwritten.

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John Strauss the sound composer of Amadeus won an award for the best sound editing. The sound track of this movie made almost everyone see the movie. The environment set in the movie is apt right from costumes to the set design. The film has only some of Salieri’s work and Mozart’s in major. Mozart’s artwork remained unchanged. Amadeus is mainly known for its operas. Everytime a new one comes, it gets you more excited to see it because they have been edited in such a manner.

List of operas played in the movie.

Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183,

Serenade for Winds, K. 361

The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384,

Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201

Piano Concerto No. 10 for Two Pianos in E-flat, K. 365

Symphonie Concertante, K. 364,

Piano Concerto in E-flat, K. 482

The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492,

Don Giovanni, K. 527

Requiem, K. 626,

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466.

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