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What Amadeus gets wrong
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| 2/24/2015
| Clemency Burton-Hill
Posted on 02/24/2015 2:31:28 PM PST by Borges
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To: tet68; Borges
Here's my favorite clip from the movie, edited down to the essential parts:
Mozart Vs Salieri. One of the YouTube comments is spot on IMHO and aptly characterizes Mozart's genius but his naivety:
Mozart is unaware that he has just humilliated Salieri; he honestly thought he was helping him.
In spite of taking, ahem, liberties with the biographies, it remains an enduring, always enjoyable film.
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posted on
02/24/2015 2:55:02 PM PST
by
re_nortex
(DP - that's what I like about Texas)
To: Borges
I guess this was to be expected. Hollywood remakes old moveis. Critics rehash old critiques.
When the movie came out, everyone from musicians, historians, and even Siskel & Ebert pointed out that that much license had been taken in creating the film and especially with regard to the creation of Salieri’s obsession/antagonism. Nothing new here.
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posted on
02/24/2015 2:56:23 PM PST
by
MilesVeritatis
(Devote yourself to the truth, no matter where it leads you.)
To: dfwgator
Missed it by 8 seconds!
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posted on
02/24/2015 2:57:32 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: re_nortex
Mozart really was rather callow towards his fellow musicians. His letters are filled with accounts of other musicians coming up short in some way and him describing how he ‘laughed till I fell over’ or ‘could have died laughing’. He was not a good colleague.
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posted on
02/24/2015 2:57:37 PM PST
by
Borges
To: Borges
How about, one of the big errors is that Mozart died young?
I can't get the link to work right now, but maybe it will soon: www.astroamerica.com/mozart.html. The theory is that Nissen, Mrs. Mozart's second husband, was actually Mozart, who faked his own death in order to avoid the politics of Vienna that were about to have him killed anyway, then engaged in identity theft by "becoming" Nissen. One of the pieces of circumstantial evidence is that Nissen spends most of the rest of his life writing Mozart's bio, and let's admit it, who spends decades writing the bio of one's wife's previous husband?
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posted on
02/24/2015 3:06:26 PM PST
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: Billthedrill
Bach standing on one side of Gods throne and Beethoven on the other Beethoven would have been behind the throne ... whispering in God's ear. And Bach would have been replaced by Haydn.
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posted on
02/24/2015 3:08:04 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: Borges
I think all films are entitled to some artistic license. Otherwise it becomes a boring documentary. The fact is, very few people have a life that would make an interesting film that people would want to spend money to see. Some dramatic tension often needs to get introduced to make the film compelling.
There are documentaries on Mozart for those who are inclined.
To: IronJack
You think Haydn was a greater composer than Bach?
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posted on
02/24/2015 3:18:56 PM PST
by
Borges
To: dfwgator
Rock me Amadeus. I’m actually listinening to Gustav Holst
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posted on
02/24/2015 3:21:59 PM PST
by
real saxophonist
(Spam, Spam, Spam, Bacon, and Spam. Extra Bacon.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
F. Murray AbrahamGee, what did Murray Abraham ever do to you? ;)
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posted on
02/24/2015 3:23:40 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Mad Dawg
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posted on
02/24/2015 3:28:32 PM PST
by
dasboot
To: blueunicorn6
What about Godzilla? How many movies have they made about Mozart? One. How many movies have they made about Godzilla? Dozens.
Ya got a point there, can't argue against it.........
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posted on
02/24/2015 3:33:46 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Uncle Sy: "Beavers are like Ninjas, they only come out at night and they're hard to find")
To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
Bingo! That’s the money line!
To: IronJack
My ears tell me Telemann was father to them all.
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posted on
02/24/2015 3:35:18 PM PST
by
dasboot
To: Borges
“You think Haydn was a greater composer than Bach?”
Yeah...I don’t get it either.
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posted on
02/24/2015 3:36:41 PM PST
by
dasboot
To: dfwgator
To: dasboot
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posted on
02/24/2015 3:44:47 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: IronJack
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posted on
02/24/2015 3:47:24 PM PST
by
dasboot
To: Borges
If you want 'facts' watch a documentary. Have you watched any "Documentaries" from the History Channel lately?
These are almost as historically accurate as Von Daniken's "Chariots of the Gods."
(where's the photo of that wild haired guy?)
:-)
To: dfwgator
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