Sunday, February 13, 2005
Amadeus
- Who's watched: M & G
- Mentions: *1*
- Commentary: This is one of our Spectacle Movies, sort of like Gone with the Wind. It's too lavish and bright to watch often, but it makes a great dessert. It's one of those movies where we often catch ourselves saying, during the viewing, "Oh, yeah, I forgot about that! I love that!"
Update 5/9/2022: I watched this movie very recently, within the last couple of weeks. It had been awhile, like, I'm thinking, maybe a couple of years. I was struck by the brilliance and particularity of the actors' performances, including the smaller parts, so much so that I had to look most of them up to see what they'd done since, see if there was anything that looked promising. I did notice that I no longer consider it "too lavish and bright to watch often". In fact, I so thoroughly enjoyed my "first" watching that, the next night, I turned around and watched it again.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role F. Murray Abraham Antonio Salieri Tom Hulce Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Elizabeth Berridge Constanze Mozart Roy Dotrice Leopold Mozart Simon Callow Emanuel Schikaneder Christine Ebersole Caterina Cavalieri Jeffrey Jones Emperor Joseph II Richard Frank Father Vogler Patrick Hines Kapellmeister Giuseppe Bonno Cynthia Nixon Lori Vincent Schiavelli Salieri's Valet John Strauss Conductor
One of Roger Ebert's Great Movies.
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up for this movie.
Release Date: 1984
Directed by Miloš Forman.
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