Part of June's BIG PICTURE: CLAIMING HISTORY series
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2h 40m / PG / Biography, Drama, Music
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VENUE: Historic Duncan Auditorium
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This month, Big Picture is presenting three films about original takes on historical figures. Director Miloš Forman’s Amadeus stands a bit apart from the others, in that it makes no claim to historical accuracy – screenwriter Peter Shaffer acknowledges that none of this really happened. Salieri and Mozart had a relationship somewhere between “mutually respectful” and “insignificant.” Luckily for us, stories don’t have to be factual to be true.
The film presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, perhaps the greatest composer to ever live, as a raucous and immature young man (played by Tom Hulce) who is summoned to Vienna to meet Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II. Joseph’s court composer, Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), is struck immediately by Mozart’s talent but disgusted by his obscenity; Salieri has pledged his life to God if only He will give him the musical inspiration he lacks. Seeing Mozart like this, undeniably brilliant but clearly a jerk, leads to a crisis of faith which festers over time into an all-consuming desire for revenge.
A poignant examination of envy and genius and faith, Amadeus requires the viewer to examine their own hearts and answer: would you choose beauty for the world over glory for yourself? How bad is it to just be okay?
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