AMADEUS, 1984

A brilliant film, If you don’t seen before, you must to see it, because is a masterpiece of Milos in my opinion.

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AMADEUS by Milos Forman, 1984

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“Milos Forman’s casting of American Tom Hulce (who had spots in Animal House [1978] and Tv series St. Elsewhere under his belt)as the giggling German composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart contrast with the period sets and details on display throughout this epic biopic. But Hulce’s over-the-top performance as the brilliant enfant terrible jibes with the theory that larger-than-life music must flow from a larger-than-life personality. He cavorts and parades around as if acknowledging the silliness of his frilly frocks and colored wigs. Nevertheless, he propels the film at such a pace that his clownish attitude and incongruous accent hardly matter.

Adapted by Peter Shaffer (in whose Equus Hulce had appeared on stage) from his own play, Amadeus sets Mozart’s effortless creative strides against the simplistic compositions of his envy-ridden rival Salieri (played by an appropriately sour F. Murray Abraham). Salieri’s bitterness is introduced for laughs, whereas Mozart is depicted as a womanizing fool. Yet the proof is the latter’s achievements, as revealed via the film’s thunderous score and a generous staging of Don Giovanni. Although seeing even a portion of such a stirring work in the context of what amounts to a piece of pop art may seem strange, that may be the point. Forman seems nothing if not intent on contemporizing the life and accomplishments of one of history’s greatest fonts of genius.” (JKI)

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