[Borges]

I’ve never met any educated person who thought Amadeus was anything other than an entertaining fantasy based on historical events. That’s what Peter Shaffer called his play. Do you know how many operas on historical subjects are completely off the mark in terms of actual history? No one feels misled.

[fr_freak]

Do you know how many operas on historical subjects are completely off the mark in terms of actual history? No one feels misled.

Of course they don't feel misled. If people felt misled every time Hollywood pumped out pure BS, Hollywood would be bankrupt by now. The point is that even the "educated" will picture the atmosphere from the movie whenever they hear the name Mozart. Doesn't matter if they know the movie is fantasy. Only hardcore historians will be immune, and perhaps not even those.