In 1991, I bought a video tape of the American movie "Mozart" at the Wangfujing Foreign Language Bookstore at the time. Because I have heard about this movie for a long time, because it won several Oscars, because it is a biopic of Mozart. At that time I was still a "junior" movie fan who basically tended to Hollywood movies.
The original name of the movie is actually not Mozart, but Amadeus. The correct translation should be "Amadeus" or "Amadeus". This is the Italian transliteration of Mozart's name, formed after he traveled to Italy as a child prodigy to perform. The reason why it is translated into "Mozart" is entirely to take care of the habits of the Chinese audience.
The movie tells a long-lived story about the cause of Mozart's death, the grievance between Mozart and Salieri. From my current "senior" perspective, the whole movie is lacklustre. Although I can't fault it in general, it is really a mediocre work. If you ignore the authenticity of Mozart's story, and look at it as a kind of "joking", it is still a decent movie.
Although it is a movie that I just watched and never watched again, I still want to say that it has at least five highlights: (1) suspenseful storyline; (2) real Mozart music; (3) gorgeous Costumes, props and sets; (4) the performance of the actor who played Salieri (he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor); (5) a scene in the last part: Mozart’s body and many " The "recumbent" corpses were pulled together by a carriage to a public cemetery, and then thrown into a large pit dug together. There was no difference. All the corpses were buried mercilessly after being sprinkled with a layer of lime (this is true) . In addition to the above five points, its description of Mozart is simply annoying to me. Fortunately, that year was the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death. I listened to a lot of Mozart's music scene and bought a lot of Mozart's records, which made me really get to know Mozart. Otherwise, with this movie, I will ignore Mozart from now on.
Mozart in the movie is a crazy silly boy, excessively neurotic, rebellious, unruly, chasing bees and butterflies uncontrollably, completely different from the Mozart I know in music. I even think that the movie should not be named after Mozart, but should be called "Salieri's Mozart". I feel that the screenwriter and director knew Mozart from Salieri's perspective. What is the contrast between a silly boy and great music! Salieri's unbalanced psychology is entirely caused by this contrast (in the movie of course), and he has no choice but to poison this stupid boy. Therefore, the confession of Salieri arranged by the screenwriter and director in his later years seems pale and weak, and there is no need. In my opinion, Salieri is simply a hero for the people.
A very ridiculous "joking" plot: The masked and black mysterious man who ordered "Requiem" from Mozart turned out to be Salieri.
It is true that Salieri, who was the chief musician of the Austrian court at the time, did suppress Mozart. However, the jealousy of mediocrity towards genius is innate. After all, mediocrity is also a talent. Salieri sees Mozart's greatness and suppresses him, because the appearance of Mozart poses a threat to his status and vested interests after all. Who wants to Let someone better than yourself grab a job with yourself? In fact, from Davenport’s biography of Mozart, it can be understood that Salieri was far from alone who suppressed, excluded and beat Mozart. Almost all court musicians joined the ranks. It's all because of the rice bowl and the meat in the bowl. Who makes "comrades an enemy"? Regardless of nationality or sect, these court musicians came together for a common goal. Because they know that one Mozart can replace all of them, no matter what contradictions and conflicts there are between them, their interests are common and their goals are the same in dealing with Mozart. In such a big environment, Mozart will undoubtedly die.
Here are a few conclusive basic facts:
1. Salieri was a respected musician at the time. Emperor Joseph liked him far more than the young, energetic and naughty Mozart. The emperor's likes and dislikes are a very important reason why Mozart is not reused. If the emperor likes him, no amount of Salieri will work.
2. Mozart's thinking was confused before his death, and he did believe that Salieri was going to poison him, but there was no evidence, it was just a wild fantasy in Mozart's confused mind. In fact, when this terrible guess reached Salieri's ears, the Italian was terrified, and he couldn't get rid of it until he was old and useless and dying. When he was dying, he looked at one of his friends and said pitifully: "I have never poisoned Mozart." Before Mozart died, Salieri expressed his true and sincere admiration in various ways. Love, although some are too late. In addition, Salieri was one of only three people to attend Mozart's funeral.
3. The mysterious man in black and mask did appear, in fact, he was the servant of Count Walzerg. The earl wanted to use Mozart's work as his own, the purpose of which was to gain fame or to please a woman. The appearance of the mysterious man in black and mask has nothing to do with Salieri, let alone driving Mozart crazy.
4. It was not only the court musicians who opposed Mozart, but also many opera actors. When "The Marriage of Figaro" premiered, if it had not been ordered by Emperor Joseph, this outstanding opera would have been deliberately ruined by the actors.
That's it. A "joking" movie almost ruined my love for Mozart. The Mozart in the movie is a clown, which is far different from the Mozart I know in music. Fortunately, I heard Mozart before, otherwise, I really don’t know if I will touch Mozart after watching this movie. "Joking" is really disgusting, even if it's Mozart.
Poor Mozart!
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