AMADEUS REMASTERED HD - MOZART INSULTS SALIERI BY PLAYING HIS OWN PIECE BETTER THAN HE DID
This is one of my favorite scenes from Amadeus. It is rare for a film to have two actors be nominated for the same award. Thomas Hulce eventually lost to F. Murray Abraham at the Oscars, but there is no denying that both gave outstanding performances.
It was said that the real Mozart had a very childlike laugh which Hulce does his best imaginative version of. The laugh is so jarring and out of the blue that it catches the Emperor off guard twice.
Mozart is either arrogant or socially unaware because he insults Salieri multiple times. As Mozart plays Salieri's little march and notes "the rest is just the same, isn't it?" you can see how maligned Salieri felt. Then to top it off Mozart declares "that doesn't quite work, now does it?" and then proceeds to take Salieri's tune and add embellishments and improvisation such that Salieri can only look on in jealousy mixed with resentment.
Salieri's jealousy and contempt for Mozart is best summed up with the line "Grazie, Signore..." as he looks up at the crucifix.
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“The rest is just the same, right?” Freakin’ killed him 😂😂😂
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Eviscerated 😅
Not everyone can improvise or have a complex ending
@@MusicismoreImportant Everyone can improvise with practice. If you can speak, you can improvise.
Repent and trust in Jesus. We all deserve Hell for our sins, such as lying lusting coveting and more. We can't save ourselves, but Jesus can save us. He died on the cross to save us for our sins and rose from the grave defeating death and Hell. You must put your faith in him only. He is the only way to Heaven. Repent and trust in Jesus. Romans 6:23 John 3:16❤😊❤
The best part of this is that Mozart is not trying to insult salieri here, he is genuinely treating this as a collaborative moment between peers. Mozart loves the music and is merely giving suggestions but has no social awareness of the situation. You can see in his eyes that he likes salieris piece legitimately, such a great scene
I've work with genius people like this while doing home and building design and it is easy to get jaded after spending a lot of time working on something, or getting stuck by something, and having someone else quickly look over it and improve it. I just remember that is a collaborative process and very few things are done alone in a void, just like how the new music would never of existed if Salieri had not first thought and made that base score.
the actory are doing a great job actually delivering just that
I would have loved Mozart to add a sick solo. Thsts all he did really any musician wouldn't feel smited
It just proves how jealous Salieri is and the rivalry that brews throughout the film - one that exists only is Salieri's mind.
There's a lot of indicators in past letters and descriptions that point to the very real possibility that Mozart was autistic, or at least a functioning one. Which would easily explain not only his ability, but his lack of social skills, etiquette, and social understanding.
I've watched this scene so many times but I've realised it is F. Murray Abraham that makes this scene. His reactions while Mozart is playing is what makes this scene so hard hitting. You can feel his amazement, admiration, frustration and jealousy all from his facial expressions. It hit me only when I was listening to this scene in the background and it just played like some nice background music. It was only then when I realised that this scene is tapping into that primal jealous insecurity we've all felt and the actor playing Salieri portrays this mixed bag of emotions so perfectly. The Oscar he won for this movie was well deserved
sorry never felt that in all my life. I'm lucky.
@@littlemouse7066 😂
@@anonymouse740 I meant primal jealousy.
You are correct, FMA makes this scene work. The "straightman" always gets paid more than the "funnyman". The timing and reaction of the "straightman" is why a gag is funny.
@@NfidelNet Yea it's obvious and I'm probably quite dense for not spotting it straight away because I was caught up in Mozart's genius in this scene but yes FMA plays the straight guy so well and really makes this scene.
Tom Hulce actually learned how to play piano for this role. That really is him playing the real notes whenever you can see his hands, though the actual playing you're hearing is dubbed over because of the more complicated bits, which is usually when the camera isn't focused on him.
I’ve heard Tom mention that he had an earpiece in his left ear (the one away from the camera) and he would follow along while the music was playing in his ear.
Repent and trust in Jesus. We all deserve Hell for our sins, such as lying lusting coveting and more. We can't save ourselves, but Jesus can save us. He died on the cross to save us for our sins and rose from the grave defeating death and Hell. You must put your faith in him only. He is the only way to Heaven. Repent and trust in Jesus. Romans 6:23 John 3:16❤😊
@@christianweatherbroadcasti3491 Your religion is responsible for mass death and genocide. Go away.
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Yeah.. but he probably had some lessons as a kid too. You can't come from zero and get to that level just by practicing for a movie.
Abraham's facial expressions as he's getting humiliated is spot on. No wonder he won best actor for this.
I think it's mostly attributed to his performance as older Salieri.
It’s why Sosa hung him
And its in HD, u didnt mention that
Let’s not forget Tom Hulce was also nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role as Mozart. The two men fed off each other’s performance. Too bad there could only be one winner.
Just an incredible actor
Mozart doesn't even realise he's trashing him. I love it!
He's like a little kid just having fun with his music and proud of himself for doing so well!
I kind a get the feeling he does know exactly what he is doing.
Which lends itself to the theory of him being autistic
I think he was an autist. Like a savant. Explains how he was miraculously talented with music and completely incapable of social grace, self awareness, or basic care for himself. He needed his dad and then his wife to do almost everything else in his life for him. Which sounds bad sure, but with that support he could thrive. But with his inability to manage his money he was bound for the poor house.
Oh he is knowingly destroying him
This is actually a dramatisation of an actual documented account of how Mozart would instantaneously produce the most exquisite music on the fly. As one man wrote, Mozart would play variations of his own works as he sat at the piano, insanely wonderful music that someone should have written down, it was so beautiful.
Truly, composers like him don't exist anymore. Contemporary composers largely draw upon the work of predecessors. There simply isn't the large scale appreciation for that style of music anymore.
@@nahor88 Genius musicians like Mozart do actually exist, although they do not all compose classical music anymore. So much musical variety these days!
Who was that one man and whats the source on that? Just curious
@@freshfruit213 I’m afraid that’s something I read about as a teenager, when I became semi-obsessed with Mozart. The name of the person isn’t something I recall, but I love that this scene is a tribute to the fact that Mozart was renowned for making beautiful music on the fly like this.
If we ever invent time travel, one of my first priorities would be going back to the time that some of these legendary composers lived with modern medicine to prevent them from dying so unfathomably early and young. Mozart only lived till the age of 35, yet composed over 800 different works of music, the vast majority of which are seen as masterpieces that represent the very best of that particular style of music. Can you even imagine what he could have given us and composed if he had lived longer? Hell even if he only lived 10 more years, at the rate he composed music we probably would have gotten another 150 or 200 pieces, not to mention the proper conclusions to many of his "unfinished" works such as the Great Mass in C Minor. It's an absolute travesty he died so young, and I would do or give literally anything for the chance to extend his life.
This film, the acting, the props, costumes and sets were out of this world despite it not being historically accurate. I can watch it again and again. It deserved multiple awards.
Como sellama la película?
Amadeus
Correct me if I am wrong. I think Amadeus started the format that a film about someone is told entirely from conversation with another man. 'Life of Pi' was in similar format. But there could be similar film before which I am missing.
Yep.
The book "Aztec", by Gary Jennings has a similar plot, and boy does it take you to the depths of everything that is divine, and cursed, in one novel.
That laugh is cinema GOLD. Tom Hulce was brilliant with this character.
I try and get people to watch this because the laugh alone lol.
I thought the laugh was really unsettling
@@xXTheVigilantXx exactly. That is why it’s so funny! Unique and awkward, the good stuff.
F Murray Abraham won an academy award for his portrayal of Salieri... I think the movie won 8 Oscar's overall... So good.
It'd funny seeing how much the emperor jumps too 🤣
I love how there's nothing to indicate malice on Mozart's side. He respects Salieri and really loves to make music. The results however, are devastating. Brilliant scene.
A brave portrayal of autism in the 18th century
This whole scene is a testament to how amazing this movie is because even though, in theory you should only be seeing Salieri's prespective, you can feel everyone's as excellently as his. Nobody's overshadowed. It's SO GOOD.
I hate how they used this as some awkward shit taken at religion. They made the dude say thanks to Jesus before presenting the peace only to get steamrolled. They don't know how much thanks to God the man contributed this peace too. It's just Hollywood taking shots at religion
I like that look at 4:25 the Emperor had like "This dude is way cooler than these stiffs I usually hang out with."
Like a force of nature. Mozart comes, sweeps everything on his path. You can't be mad at him, because that's the way it goes.
This moment captures perfectly what it feels as an artist to see a peer better than you. You want to be upset but it's not their fault.
Salieri is Ronaldo, Mozart is Messi
Just develop your own style. Tarantino is no way the best director of all time but has a style that cannot be recreatable by anybody. Wes Anderson's style is so unique, his movies are basically a genre of its own. Sergio Leone is not even a director, he is a producer encircled himself with very talented people. But he had a strong imagination and vibe that pioneered a genre. Find your theme, find your vibe, develop further on that.
@@hannibalburgers477wish we had more music films, plus perform them live with electronic and rock n roll music
@@dariolivaja978wrong comparison with the age difference Also Argentina better at football then Portugal Just like Italy is better than Austria at classical music
not your fault even, art is art and if you do it it's perfect
The great thing about this film, is you see Mozart's genius through Saliere's eyes. Without "instruction", Saliere shows us exactly why Mozart is a genius through Mozart's own music. He takes a casual listener, and turns on the lights in the room. After this movie, you'll appreciate Mozart in a whole new way.
I watched this in 7th grade, and after that, I got not only into mozart but classical music
Mozart displayed his musical genius by the age of 6. Playing for royalty all over Europe, many didnt believe he was that young and accused him of being a dwarf adult.
@@monty4336 That's why I can never understand why everyone is so surprised that Mozart has memorized what is actually a very simple tune after one hearing. I mean, the whole idea of genius is that they can do things ordinary people cannot... Of course the real reason is so the movie can dramatize Mozart showing off his talent... Btw I didn't know that about the dwarf adult. Interesting!
@@marilynsobel7414 Hi, I read about the drawf accusations in the book Mozart by Marcia Davenport, great biography. The info came from letters written by Mozarts father Leopold to friends back in Salzburg. Also, Mozart had done the impossible as a teen and memorized nearly the entire sore to a sacred piece of chamber music that was forbidden to be copied so if Mozart could do that with a chamber choir piece Im sure a 8 bar simple piano piece wouldve been no trouble for him to remember.
@@monty4336 Thanks for the additional information! I'll keep that biography in mind. I had heard something about Mozart being famous for his musical memory, but didn't know the chamber music story either! Makes the skepticism in the movie even less likely IRL.
I love the [Edit] "Grazie Signore" that Salieri says to the crucifix both times. First to thank him for giving him the talent to make music and be good at it. Then to send him a guy who can so easily upstage him and immediately improve the music out of nothing.
Thanked Jesus twice. Thanked him for gifting him great musical talent, and thanked him for gifting him humility
Don't tell us your life
He didn’t mind someone else having that talent. He hated that HE got to have that talent. A crude, obnoxious asshole lol.
@@alejandroramirez5172 ??
@@jamesdavis625 I got the distinct impression that second 'thank you' was more of a 'fuck you'.
This is based on a play from the 19th century, which simplified and romanticized their relationship (for dramatic purposes).. Actually Salieri (the real one) was very talented himself and had deep admiration for Mozart's work.
Yeah Mozart and Salieri were friends in real life.
Film Salieri also has a deep admiration for Mozart's work.
Even more than that Salieri is one of the main cause we know Mozart today. He literally fought to make Mozart's music know. Without him and others at that time it's probable his music would have been lost in time.
Exactly, best to enjoy a docu-drama for the story it presents vs worrying about how accurate it is. Hopefully it does inspire people to look further into actual events, maybe watch a real documentary or read a book.
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I've never played any other scene from a movie over and over so many times as this one. And it always puts smile on my face. Kudos to actors - delivery here is just outstanding from everyone.
"It's politics, man. It's politics" - from "Platoon". The entire episode at Empire chamber is like today's office politics.
Such good music
I love the fact the actor is actually playing the piano, he learned to play the piano and read music for the part. Attention to detail is always welcomed in films for me!
Yeah, now actors wont even lift weights to play batman.
No saying this is true, but maybe he did lift and just didn't juice? He prolly should've juiced tho
Yea I heard mozart was juiced up all the time on tren
@@adamnelson4859 grow up
not bad for a kid that was in "Animal House."😉
'That doesn't really work, does it.' What Salieri hears: 'You fucked up. You're a mediocre hack and I can improve this on the fly, let me show you how.' What Mozart means: 'It's good, but here's how I think it could be even better.' In Mozart's head, he hears a lovely tune, but because his brain works the way it does, he can't help but think of ways to improve it and eager to show off the new and improved version, he sets himself to that task without thinking about the repercussions. In his mind, he's just making a good piece even better and think he's doing Salieri a favor by offering his opinion and suggested improvements, thinking they're all there to make their music the best it can possibly be. He's completely blind to all the court politics and social faux pas. He just wants to make the best music he possibly can.
Not on the fly. What he is playing is from Figaro.
@@helenaconstantine Well, sure, but one must make allowances for there being rather fewer Mozarts on the ground these days to write brilliant new film scores.
Hmm idk. That laugh seemed kinda sinister. But I haven’t seen the movie yet
I disagree, Mozart already trashes Salieri's music when he refers to a previous piece he wrote as a funny little tune and later in the movie he confirms that he views Salieri as a second rate composer. Yes this is historically inaccurate as in reality the two had a mutual respect and admiration for each other's works but in the context of this movie Mozart is definitely criticizing Salieri's music
@@patrickkanas3874 He doesn't realize that calling Salieri's piece a 'funny little tune' comes across as incredibly demeaning to his work. Mozart's social skills were crap, especially at court. We see him being a buffoon around nobles all the time. It was just an offhanded remark that Salieri perceived as a slight, which it would have been had it been intentional. But Mozart is just that dense. There's also a part in the movie where Mozart is outraged that the nobility is trying to control his music and flies into a rage about it, telling Salieri that they have no right to control *their* music. He doesn't say *my* music, he includes Salieri in that. It shows that he considers Salieri a fellow composer operating at the same level as Mozart. And at the end of the movie, when Mozart is on his deathbed, he asks Salieri to write down the latest music piece that's in his head. As Salieri is writing it down, he correctly predicts the direction the music will take several times. Mozart confirms that he is right, showing that the two were close in skill when it comes to composing. The inferiority complex was all in Salieri's head. Mozart never deliberately did anything to put it there. He didn't even know Salieri felt that inferior to him when it came to their music.
Mozart, you will be remembered forever for your performance in this movie. It's a shame you died so young and never made a movie ever again.
This wasn’t the real Mozart it was just an actor
@@timh8490 lmaoo I think he’s joking bro
@@anguiishmusic LOL!
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The best part here is that Mozart is not intending to insult Salieri; instead, he genuinely sees this as a collaborative moment among peers. Mozart loves the music and is simply offering suggestions without social awareness of the situation. You can see in his eyes that he genuinely appreciates Salieri's piece-a truly great scene.
Yep, no avarice meant, and to this day, as a former soundman, musicians hate each other, at least when " The Star" gets shown up. I had a band fire me for commenting on how well another was at recording in the studio and playing like they were in the same band on stage.
@@billdurham8477Jaleousy will always be there in music.
Realized that this is the best example of, "Never outshine the master." Wolfi is doing it without even realizing it, as most who do do!
Right on! Good ol' Wolfi! That's right. Good ol' Wolfi. Can't forget about him. Wolfi. We all know who Wolfi is. I mean, I know who he is. He's my third favorite character in the whole movie. Fourth favorite. They should have let Wolfi be in more scenes. But it's okay. Wolfi didn't realize what he was doing. That happens a lot. It's not Wolfi's fault.
@@satchelsatchel He's Eddie Van Halen's son.
As a guitar player of 35 years, I still get aggravated with players who pick up an instrument like a bird picks up flying. I had a friend who started playing after I had been going at it for about 3 years. Within less than a year, he blew me into the weeds. It was exactly like this scene. Was amazing to watch.
I think it’s more commendable for people who aren’t “natural” to keep working and hone the craft. Also, that makes for better teachers!
Instead of getting aggravated by talent, how about getting better? What a losing attitude.
You're what we call a jealous fuck. You're an old timer that acts like a backyard mechanic. "I've been doing this for over 30 years." So you must be right, right? Simply no. Maybe you've been doing it wrong for the past 30 years as backyard mechanics have been.
We are often our own biggest obstacle. insecurity, anxiety, frustration... just forget them. Music has a very fractal kind of structure. Learn the little things, then build the big things. Don't worry about trying to get better on the macro. Consistently practice the drills on the fundamentals, then everything else comes together. Listen to Yoda: Try, hmm? Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.
@@ExaltedDuck "insecurity, anxiety, frustration... just forget them" what a great piece of advice!
Tom Hulce as Mozart and F Murray Abraham as Salieri were absolutely brilliant in this movie, a complete masterpiece of cinema!
The play was longer, and I`m glad they cut out certain parts....
Yes the were. And the actor as Kaiser Josef II was really VERY similar to the real character, as seen in portraits.
Amadeus raked in bloody eight Oscars and apart from that it is shameful how this gem and monument of a movie is underrated today.
Except for the sort of foppishness and that affected laugh
All the other Actor Actresses were also very very good.
Tom Hulce was perfectly cast for this role. It's great to see individuals like him graduate to a higher level of their craft to direct or produce works of art versus trying to constantly hog up the stage.
Salieri was actually a mentor to Mozart and a lot of other musicians in his time. But still, fantastic performance and movie.
And Mozart was better than him, with this song and scene based on reality..
@@SStupendous could you provide more details pls? Afaik in those days Salieri was way more respected and praised as a musician than Mozart, he was far from mediocrity and had no real reasons to envy the little-known composer who was constantly in debt (it was actually Mozart who envied Salieri) The whole story about Salieri being envious of Mozart and therefore killing him is a myth, and this particular piece, Non Peu Andrai, is not known to have anything with Salieri in the first place. It just seems to be composed for the purposes of the film
@@dashak5739 "The whole story about Salieri being envious of Mozart and therefore killing him is a myth" Oh, no, no, no, didn't mean to imply any of this is historical. Not that far. Meant to imply that this is based on history - historical relationships between the characters of the film. Not that liberties taken like that and the rest you've mentioned were real.
@@SStupendous I see, thanks for explaining!
@@SStupendous Reality? Salieri - Joseph's Court Composer - needed divine inspiration to knock up a nursery tune?
I like Joseph II's subtle reaction in here: He knows this is socially awkward towards beloved Salieri, but his eyes still shine with joy while hearing this much talent he just hired. great actor direction, and a delight to see over and over again for details like these.
I thought it's either that or he's tone deaf...
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@@SukacitaYeremia Def not tone deaf. Him playing that piece just by sight-reading as well as he did means that while he is no professional musician, he is a very competent amateur.
His giggling at 4:22 is so perfect. Completely unaware of anything around him, and completely in love with the music brewing in his mind.
The shot at 4:26 of Sallieri’s reaction is one of the most underrated aspects of this film. The framing and the zoom with his panicked reaction conveys every emotion he’s feeling masterfully
Underrated by whom?
How did the actor playing Mozart fade into obscurity? His performance was insanely good.
According to Wikipedia, Tom Hulce had a few roles outside of Amadeus, but mostly retired from acting in the 1990's to focus on stage directing and producing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hulce
He was great in 'Harold Crick' with Will Ferrel. He plays Will Ferrel's shrink
@@jdubhub68 he was just steller in "Dominick and Eugene" ray liotta was in it too. For what ever reason it's a hard movie to find.. but hulce was just incredible in it, I haven't seen it in over 30 years..1988 it came out...I remember it made me cry
I still remember his rol in the inner circle. He was great
Also voiced Disneys Quasimodo.
Always loved how the emperor jumped out of his skin when Mozart laughed at the end lol
nice catch
Lmaoooooooo
Gummy bear? They've been in my pocket. They're real warm and soft
True. Appreciable the director's choice to put it not on focus, to make it more realistic
I just rewatched this film after not having seen it for many years. The ending was so tragic. To think Mozart was on 35 yo and died writing his own Requiem on his death bed is so crushing💔
He was actually playing it, when he died. But here's what is so freaky: Right at the moment when he got to the part where he dies, in the song-that's exactly when he really died! When he was playing that exact note! They wrote it down.
Love how this is a short film in itself, starting with grazie and ending with grazie. One of the best scenes of any film ever.. such detail.. such amazing acting on display.
I love how the emperor genuinely gets scared when Mozart laughs at 4:53 😭😭😭
HAHAHAHAHAHAH LMAO HOLY CRAP
He sounds like Nigel, the bad bird from the "Rio" animated movies.
@@jonathantan2469 OMGGG I thought I was the only one, I have never seen Amadeus before, but I have seen Rio many times, and Nigel's laugh a thousand times. When I first saw Amadeus yesterday I was like wow this is where they got Nigel's laugh from. No one else seems to connect it.
Same lmao 😭😭
I also saw it. 😂😂😂😂😂 . he was taken by surprise.
Most of you probably already know this but just in case some don’t: he’s turning Salieri’s tune into the “Non più andrai” from The Marriage of Figaro. Beautiful piece.
In the lore of the movie, that implies Salieri technically wrote that part of Figaro, which would be an honor if it weren't for Salieri's obsessive jealousy.
I did not know this and did not guess. Thanks for the tip.
Alas it was not so, Mozart wrote the piece when he was 12 at St James's palace in London
This comment should be pinned. It has just occurred to me that people indeed might not know that.
@@andrejontl3628 The entire movie is a dramatic rendition, of course
I have no idea why those 3 notes at the end are so hilarious, but damn. I was laughing right along with Mozart.
Because Salieri believed it to be music inspired by Christ himself and poured his soul into it only for Mozart to play 3 silly notes after demolishing it like it was a silly game to him to write music on the fly that made a simple and beautiful piece into a masterpiece. It is just... well... perfection.
One of the great movies ever made. The performances were amazing.
What I love the most about this scene? The world instantly recognizes true genius. Even quicker it despises someone for having it.
"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."-Jonathan Swift
Ehh, one of the themes of the movie is that they DON'T actually realize how talented Mozart is. The Emperor tells him his opera has "too many notes" for example. Salieri actually knows, but Salieri is envious so he uses the lack of knowledge to obstruct Mozart further.
Not always. Nobody despised me. And what about that dude who invented the car? And the ship. And the building. And all that music. Ten billion streams since Christmas. Might have been a woman. Maybe I am a woman.
This scene had me rolling from laughter as a kid and it still does.
Likewise Salieri and Constanze's scene, isn't it?
No it didn't.
When Mozart bows to the wrong people randomly, multiple times 😂
I hated this movie as a kid.
I hated this movie with a passion.
The quiet humiliation that F Murray Abraham was able to convey just by his facial expressions was profoundly good acting. I could feel his pain and embarrassment. His colleagues side eying him (Salieri) made his humiliation complete.
The way F Murray says, "Thank you, Sir," two different times, with two entirely different meanings! Brilliant!
One of the things I love about Amadeus is that it doesn't seem a movie from 1984, but a movie made last year. The direction and the quality of the movie are amazing, it got older very well. One of my favourite movies.
interesting observation.. yes, it ages well.
As Gaston said, good point!
It doesn't look like a movie from last year. It looks like a movie from the 1980's or even 1990's. Natural colors, no dumb digital color corrections to make everything look like it was shot through orange and teal filters. Talented actors, great writing, good musical score, and most important of all, no woke 2020's crap!
Movies made this or last year, won't hold a candle to what has come before, a sad truth.
@May it please the court Who cares about the oscars, really
How Mozart easily falls into the tune and improves it is true genius. This is one of my all time favorite films. Extreme cudos to the director for his remarkable vision. No one could've done better.
We had no interviews back then of course, but totally agree. The director must have been around tons of talented musicians who make music so effortlessly, and thought, "Yes, that's probably how Mozart was at the time." A friend's dad showed me this film when I was in fourth or fifth grade. Such a classic.
yah but he lacked the wisdom to understand you don't outshine your master, even if you can. it leads to unnecessary conflict, plus you tend to fail to learn whatever it is they would have had to teach.
Milos Forman (born in Czech rep)
What he did here is not that impressive for anyone who is a professional musician. Not to mention the piece was intentionally simple for the novice Emperor to be able to sight-read. All in one key and as straight forward as Mary had a little lamb. Great scene though.
@@iwantdog True. But what's amazing is that Mozart, in real life, was able to improvise three-part fugues and _extremely_ impressive music for hours; some of his most famous works are rumored to have originated from his improvisations.
This has long been my favorite scene. I was quite young when Amadeus came out, and remembering watching it over and over when it played on HBO. I still love watching the various cabinet members in BG, especially the large fellow with the awesome sense of humor.. he always reminds me of grandma. And Emperor Joseph, he struggles with trying not to laugh out loud at that crazy bastard who is undeniably a genius.
Salieri was an exceptionally gifted composer. He just happened to share the same moment in time as a hyper-prodigy. 🤷🏼♂️
Real life Salieri was more recognized then mozart… for many years. Even after death Salieri was more recognized then Mozart… Kings love Salieri. Mozart won popularity throw time… when “taste” change throw time
The white mans’ version of a rap battle.
Yes!
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that was mnm
In case you’re unaware, we perfect even rap battles, as we’ve all learned how to rhyme since pre-school.😌
Except that rappers are all tone deaf illiterate poets, and not musicians. Your comparison is as far off as comparing a color blind finger painter with Van Gogh.
For the gift that was this movie, I would like to add my "Grazie, Signore." The look on Salieri's face when he says it the second time is priceless. What acting!
"Yeah thanks a lot, JESUS. Next time you feel the urge to help, just stay in the cave."
the glowering after the cut makes me laugh
I adore this movie, but it's so freaking sad. The actors who play salieri, mozart, and his wife are freaking stellar, and I am appalled that they weren't in more movies.
Feel you
Mozart was Quasi Modo in Hunchback of Notre Dame!
F Murray Abraham portraying Antonio Salieri was in the movie Notradamus (1994) as Scalinger, Loaded weapon 1 (1993) as Harold Leacher, and in last action hero (1993) as John Practice. Last action hero even references F Murray Abraham portraying Antonio Salieri in Amadeus.
Hulce has had a 40 year career on Broadway! It's only the movie actors we hear about, the real ones you need to read Variety.
A talent like Mozart's is one of the rarest things to ever come to mankind. We are blessed that he came in a time where they wrote the music down so we could actually hear it now, live.
I think you mean 'live'.
Songs continued without being written down in earlier times but yea if his wasn’t written down then it’s possible his songs would’ve been dumbed down over time
My favourite thing about this movie is that the rivalry is very exaggerated and they were only really rivals in a career sense. Mozart had a great respect for the classical style of Salieri and saw many of his shows and Salieri often returned the favour and praised Mozarts mad style
you can't know the full details if you weren't there
@@jacobpeters5458 it's history, Very nice movie, but false news that they were in competition (useful for making the movie); it only served the director who otherwise wouldn't have been able to do what he did.
@@giacomoguzzon9171 if Mozart said in his letters to his father Salieri might have been sabotaging behind his back, I don't think you can assume this without any doubt
Yes but that would make for a boring movie without conflict
@@giacomoguzzon9171 For the 100000th time, this is not an historical movie and its not trying to be one, it's a play adaptation of a fiction.
This one scene summarises the main plot and themes of the entire film PERFECTLY. I constantly revisit it, probably my favourite scene from the whole film. If I wanted to summarise this movie in 5 mins to someone who hadn't seen it, I would show them this scene.
I like this and "Too many notes, your Majesty."
As someone who had't seen the movie: great teaser. First Mozart bah boring, now i feel i get the point of a whole movie about the subject.
Sorry I disagree...the whole movie is masterpiece and it gradually portrate life of musician genius until his tragical end.
So many great lines. E.g. "The rest is just the same, right?" Then Salieri's face!
@@KutWrite Yeah, that was my favorite in the whole scene. Made me laugh out loud.
The Emperor trying to play the piano is basically me. It was hard enough when I had weekly lessons, but in my teen years, I unlearned all of that in my pursuit of the guitar.
Same deal with me. Almost. I unlearned the piano to play the guitar. Then I unlearned the guitar to play the drums. Then I unlearned the drums to play the saxophone. Then I unlearned the sax to play the fiddle. Then I unlearned the fiddle, and I signed up for harp lessons. But they were too expensive. And I'd already unlearned everything else. So now I don't know nothing.
I’ve watched this movie so many times I cannot even count and I love it every single time. What a wonderful film and thank God for Mozart.
I've watched this scene at least 20 times. Everything about it is just so good.
In the movie in its self is masterful
4:23 i love his pure joy not at his own skill or improvement of the song but simply the natural sound resulting from following the new path
The music in Mozart's head was coming from Emperor's low performance. First he corrected the mistakes then improvised. What a talent.
As notas na cabeça de Mozart aliviavam uma tonelada do peso das emoções terrenas...e assim o fazem até hoje...muita leveza, diversão, euforia... essa foi a lição que essa alma nos trouxe. Sempre sinto a alma flutuar fora do corpo ouvindo alguma música desse cara. Gratidão eterna .
Ola? Rapaz.. Eu sinto o mesmo.. Sou fanzaço de Mozart.. Suas musicas me emocionam como nenhum outro.. Quando ouço "Ave Verum" de sua autoria.. Me sinto fora do corpo flutuando nas notas.... Parabens pela colocação.. 👏👏
I have seen this part of movie maybe 100 times, they made it so natural. So great..thank you guys
I hope people notice this Majesty's talent. Seeing that he is sight-reading this score, he has also good talent.
They’re all talented to various degrees due to formal training. There is scene in the TV show MASH that comes to mind where the character Dr. Winchester to attempts to get a wounded pianist to play again and he says something to the affect that “I can read the notes but I cannot create the music.”
@@Spanner249That's a cracking scene
Hmm, I imagine that a royal with an interest in music would be somewhat better at sight reading than what we see here. The same with Salieri, it seems a bit odd that the court composer should have been agonising over composing such a simple piece.
@emmanuelcardakaris1360 True. Joseph II was done dirty here. He was a musician. He received an excellent musical education and played several instrument well. He often played with the court musicians and every day insisted upon daily an hour of viola with his personal string quartet. While in writing, court musicians sometimes complain about his musical taste, finding he was too rooted in his classical education, he is reported to have been an especially good sight-reader...
Something that isn’t talked about enough is that he’s essentially composing a theme and variation on the spot and able to just perfectly execute it on the keyboard
Isn't talked about enough? Isn't that sort of the point of the whole scene?
Some people in comments sections are so fucking stupid it’s hard to believe sometimes
Mate that’s so far away from a keyboard
Along with fugues, a set of variations on a theme was his go-to improvisational material. Both forms work well because you can do it with either a popular theme that the audience already knows or a theme given to you on the spot by the audience.
@@johnjsal welcome to 90 IQ world, kid
I've watched this movie about once a year since it first appeared and it still never fails to deliver the goods.
This movie's just so rewatchable and I'm so glad I bought the DVD ages ago just so I can watch it anytime.
@@cocodojo.. The special features on the DVD are really cool, too. Lots of great tidbits. Examples.. Filmed in a communist country with secret police presence. The opera house was a tinder box with all those candle chandeliers.
@@blujay9191 Yeah, I love the old DVDs just packed full of hidden features and things to fill up the disc and there's always interesting things aside from the feature film on them. Wish Blu-rays would try to do the same.
Un film magnifique, inoubliable, costumes, décors et la musique de Mozart, grandiose
This movie is a lesson to everyone to keep their egos in check. There will always be someone better than you, stronger than you, smarter than you. Be happy with what you have without losing your stride to better yourself each day. Hate should have no home in your heart, hate is just a guest that invites itself over.
Very true brother! I needed to hear that.
my mentor shit on me so hard that i lost confidence in everything now
And likewise, there will always be someone out there who will enjoy and be inspired by YOUR music and performance, please keep chugging along Mr. 2 minutes, the peeps of the world will be grateful for it all the more. Many well wishes! -Random internet stranger
"compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today" - jordan peterson
That's why you should always keep the junk beside you as friends and polish your ego.
Tom Hulce as Mozart did the best playback in cinema history, if you look at "The Making of Amadeus", the conductor Sir Neville Marriner who did the recordings for the movie, he saw Tom Hulce playing the keyboard, and Marriner said that in all of the scenes that Mozart played there was "not a single wrong key".
Just too many notes.😂
He’s so ingenious, he just knows how to nitpick at everything and just make it into something more beautiful I love it love Mozart
I always felt like him saying "Keep it, sire, it's already here in my head." wasn't an insult at all, rather I think Mozart found it to be a catchy enough tune that he memorized it within moments.
Several years ago I wrote a piece for a friend's wedding. The bride took longer to get to the altar than planned so the organist improvised on my piece. It was better than the original. :-(
You've got mozarted !!!
It's not especially hard to slightly improve on something someone else wrote. Ask all of the engineers, artists, and politicians in the world.
Besides, you couldn't know how the piece would fit the mood when played. He was the one tasked with playing enjoyable music-- or else.
Lovely story, no sarcasm intended, good sir.
As others have said, it's easier to take an idea and get creative with it than it is to make up the original idea when presented with a blank slate. So no matter how cool what the organist played was, you were the first to put the idea together!
Abraham’s acting in this movie was out of this world, very underrated actor who deserved way more fame and big roles
Watch The Bridge of San Luis Rey
How can he be underrated when he won an oscar?
He's not lacked for roles. He voices Khonshu in Moon Knight....I didn't even know it was him!
Every actor in there is superbly directed. I like the guy playing emperor Joseph II. All were excellent - except the one playing Mozart's wife, of course.
@@martinportelance138 Awww... I liked her, too.
I wish that in that moment, instead of jealousy, that Salieri felt a sense of opportunity. An opportunity to mentor Mozart, Salieri could have been the father figure that Mozart never had and always wanted. Salieri could have gave Mozart a rock to learn on and helped him to establish discipline and order in his life. They could’ve been such a dynamic duo, the scene where they wrote requiem together proves this.
The best thing about this scene in my view is the lead up just before. Salieri labouring and struggling over every note while he’s composing the song, and he’s so grateful he thanks Jesus when he finally has it right. And then Mozart hears it once and composes something that is so much better, in real time, first try, effortless. Great writing.
All the subtle looks and glances and emotions in this scene....no wonder this film won so many awards!
Tom Hulce deserved the Oscar for this performance. It was brilliant.
You would have to take the Oscar away from F. Murray Abraham to do that.
@@palmerlp Fine *Snaps magical fingers*
Tom Hulce didn’t get the Oscar 💀
@@davidlaya939He didn’t say Hulce won the Oscar. He said Hulce deserved the Oscar. Meaning quite obviously to me that he thinks Hulce /should/ have won the Oscar. Do you have reading comprehension problems?
As someone who studied music in college, I can’t get rid of Mozart. We watched this my senior year and my final form & analysis paper’s on Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor mentions how Salieri conducted it when it debuted… now I’m teaching my students about him, I might show them this clip lol
One of my favorite scenes of all movies
Mozart's music is so bright and light, which only a person with the purest heart can create without a trace of envy and anger
Try Mozart's very rude drinking songs. Mozart was a composer and a theatrical entrepreneur.
its theory and patterns i dont think pure heart has anything to do with it
wrong.
Saliere was a great composer and musician and in the film he is said to be cursed, as he is the only one who has the ability to realize how much of a genius Mozart was.
Salieri was an accomplished, very well regarded and respected composer who was quite wealthy and successful. He was also a music teacher and, despite this scene where he tries to guide the king to play his march with little success ... Salieri was BEETHOVEN'S MUSIC TEACHER. He also taught Franz Liszt and Franz Schubert.
What about Chopin? and Brahms? Haydn? Bach? Did he teach everybody in the world? Did he teach Stephen Foster? Don Giovanni? Casanova della Arte? Leporello? Figaro? Maybe he wasn't the greatest thing, after all. Watch it again and pay close attention. He got really mad.
He stole all the songs.
I love how the priest pop their heads in to see who is playing. It's such a subtle way to emphasize how Mozart's music is able to draw attention.
Not so sure that it's subtle to have a gang of geeks gawking through a doorway.
I haven’t seen the film, but I often come back and watch this scene. It’s so brilliant. The subtle anger in Salieri’s face, Mozart’s laugh, the shock on everyone’s faces. Priceless
You ought to see the film if you enjoy this. You're missing a masterpiece.
@@donnavorce8856 Truee it's on my list of things to watch
Based on what you picked up on, you need to watch the movie. What you liked x1000
Watch it!
me too and I will watch that movie. I want to know more about this human being as a person. I mean his music is a miracle in itself. but having that gift developed at such a young age is - I don't know. perhaps he was a savant.
Probably the best scene in the entire movie 🤣
The funniest scene was the wig shop where he said I wish I had three heads lol
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My favorite scene from Amadeus is still him dictating the Confutatis Maledictis to Salieri.
Second behind the requiem dictation scene
The scene where Salieri is going through his music when Mozart's wife secretly visits him is my favourite. So many to choose from, though. An absolute classic.
I love this movie. I watched it for the first time around 8-10 years ago . One day I catched a scene somewhere and then I had to watch it complete. I've rewatched it many times since, and I think it's time for once more
My favorite scene. I've replayed it continuously for 3 hours! Each time seems like the 1st time I'm hearing it! Such a beautiful piece.
Did you ever stop playing it? I'm trying to set a new record.
I'm certain you can. After receiving your notification, I found myself engrossed in playing this beautiful piece for the past hour. Its captivating melody is simply irresistible.
"That really doesn't work does it"......everyone's head turns towards Salieri after that statement.
theyre like "bro you gonna let him say that"
@@CB-rv2lj They were stunned at how Mozart acted as soon as he entered the room. His conduct was very rude in general. He tried to duck under the door guards bounded into the room and bowed to the wrong man. Even his bow to the actual Emperor unsettled everyone. They all recognized his genius but his personality was completely at odds with everyone else in that room including the Emperor. Compare this to the later scene when the Emperor is criticizing Mozarts composition and everyone is bending over to be polite and to try to make sure he saves face as he tries to argue with his patron. Even if the Emperor is wrong how Mozart argued was considered scandalous and yet they still were as nice as possible. His demeanor and directness was all out of place in their existence it left him all stunned constantly. Even his laugh
If you appreciate the pure raw talent these composers of the 17th and 18th centuries had in an era when many talents were held in such high regard you can appreciate just how meaningful someone like Mozart (or Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, etc) was to the world in such a short life. Amazing tslent
I will make an argument that this was the best film of the 1980s. F. Murray Abraham's performance is a masterclass in acting. His scenes when he is confessing to the priest are mesmerizing.
I'll second that.
Saw this movie when I was 10, now I am 40, and I find this scene as amazing as when I first saw it. Timeless mastery
Saw this movie when I was 15. Now I'm 55 and I done forgot every last bit of it.
If you look at kings' hands at 4:52, you can see him jump as he is scared by Mozart's laugh :)
most humans were scared by mozart's laugh in this movie. at least at first. later on it's just what mozart does, so be it.
An almost perfect scene. Though, Mozarts reputation was well established and it was known that there was once a controversy when he was a boy as he went to the opera and when he came home he wrote the whole thing out from memory including all the instrument and voice parts and it was thought for a time that he had stolen the manuscript. So Salieri at least would not have doubted that Mozart could have memorized his little march. But having him do so made for a great establishment of the rivalry and to show the courtiers cynicism.
in fairness this movie is not exactly a historical retelling
@@pickledidiot4569 Yeah for sure. But it's still as perfect a movie as we are ever gonna get. here's one interesting historical fact. Even after Mozart's death, an already accomplished Beethoven, who came after Mozart, was going to Salieri to take advanced music lessons.
@@NR-rv8rz also worth noting as an aside is that Salieri was less than six years older than Mozart. The film gives the impression that they are quite apart in age.
Sounds similar to the tale of Mozart's recollection of Allegri's 'Miserere Mei Deus' when he was a teenager, 14 or so. It's a choral polyphonic work, not an opera - perhaps you're referring to this
This scene is hilarious and Mozart is making beautiful variations of Salieri’s lovely composition!❤
I love the one guy at 2:22 who hasn't gotten the memo they're supposed to be bitchy to him and happily returns his bow 😂😂😂
I love how you see Salieri having to work so hard to make his music. Alterations, corrections, repetition. When you know the scene where he sees Mozart's complete lack of them later.
...and he is reduced to pudding when he hears the heavenly music by reading from the manuscripts, helplessly letting them fall out of his hands. That is my favourite scene of the movie. kzhead.info/sun/p8yYotNxept3hps/bejne.html
History is so cool. Id love to time travel to this Era and see these composers.
That shot starting at 4:26 alone was enough to give Forman the directing Oscar. What a perfect way to illustrate what's going on. The look on Salieri's face. The music taunting him in the background. And the slow zoom, representing the thought slowly sinking in, and his worst fears slowly being realized. You know EXACTLY what is on his mind in that moment.
I love all of these guys who are close to the king. The acting and direction and editing are the highest quality. This is INCREDIBLE comedy.
I heard that Tom Hulce actually performed the pieces he played as Mozart. Brilliant actor who really brings put Mozart's genius and sheer love of music
He learned the fingerings accurately, so that he could fake playing very well. However he did not learn the exact keys to hit.
Maybe he learned to play some of them, but the recordings in the film were done by Malcolm Bilson.
@@gojewla interesting. I didn't know that!
Legend movie 🎬🏆
One of my favourite scenes of all time.
Salieri got remixed right in front of him
I love how it began and ended with the “grazie Signore!” 😂
Isso é maravilhoso!!! preciso ver o filme novamente 😍
Delightful in every way!
Shout out to the cameraman who went back in time to capture this moment for us
Lol