A mediocre work dedicated to genius

Lesly 2022-03-20 09:01:09

I have to say, I'm a bit sorry for making the film like this, Lao Mo, I didn't want to watch the second half after watching the first half. When I watched the second half, I kept thinking "Why is Mozart not dead?" When Mozart died, there was no grief in his heart, just thinking "this film is finally over." The only thing worth talking about in this film is the "narrative perspective." The narrative of Mozart from Salieri's perspective is also novel in biographical films, but it is just "novel". All narrative methods are used to make the story more interesting, but this film makes you no longer interested in watching it, because everyone knows the final result, and every little event, every little episode's plot development, All "spoilers" came out in advance through Salieri's memories. Of course, this kind of spoiler is not impossible, but after the spoiler, the director's ability to tell stories is even more tested. Unfortunately, the story of this film can only be regarded as quite satisfactory, and it does not give the audience much sense of surprise. If you want to talk about problems, you can use the German emperor's comment on Mozart's "too many notes". The story is too detailed and straightforward and lacks stamina. There is no bright spot in the characterization-especially Mozart and his wife, who are like two children who are tied together and fall off a cliff, smiling innocently and romantically from time to time; Elder Salieri Not bad, but please don’t keep telling the audience honestly about spoilers, narrations and inner monologues, okay? Wouldn't it be nice to leave some room for taste and imagination for us?

In fact, for such a story, it would be more appropriate to make "Biography of Salieri" than "Biography of Mozart", because the narrator's unique interpretation of Salieri is much better than the mediocre description of Mozart. Yes, mediocre. Perhaps the narrator and Salieri are the soulmates, and Salieri’s sentence at the end of the film, "Mediocre people, I forgive you", is like an endorsement for the narrator. Well, forgive me, forgive this imperfect film, forgive those who have spent a lifetime of hard work and hard work unable to catch up with the natural talents of geniuses, because that is the vast majority of us. .

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Extended Reading
  • Adolphus 2021-10-20 19:01:06

    I watched this film when I was young, sympathizing with Mozart. Looking back now, the sympathizer was the musician who was jealous of Mozart. "Since God has given me desire, why not give me talent!?" This question can make mediocre people cry!

  • Nannie 2021-10-20 19:01:06

    The 84th Biography of Mozart is the most widely praised and well-known Mozart movie. It has a unique perspective. It tells the tragic life of Mo Tiancai through Salieri, who is jealous of Mozart to the extreme, interspersed with a large number of opera works. Bombard the audience's visual and auditory perception. However, Mozart's image is exaggerated and crazy so that he looks like a mentally retarded genius, which is very false. The supporting role has robbed the protagonist's halo. Salieri, you really are not Sir Humphrey. 233

Amadeus quotes

  • Antonio Salieri: My plan was so simple. It terrified me. First I must get the death mass and then, I must achieve his death.

    Father Vogler: [stares in horror] What?

    Antonio Salieri: His funeral! Imagine it, the cathedral, all Vienna sitting there, his coffin, Mozart's little coffin in the middle, and then, in that silence, music! A divine music bursts out over them all. A great mass of death! Requiem mass for Wolfgang Mozart, composed by his devoted friend, Antonio Salieri! Oh what sublimity, what depth, what passion in the music! Salieri has been touched by God at last. And God is forced to listen! Powerless, powerless to stop it! I, for once in the end, laughing at him!

    [beat]

    Antonio Salieri: The only thing that worried me was the actual killing. How does one do that? Hmmm? How does one kill a man? It's one thing to dream about it; very different when, when you, when you have to do it with your own hands.

  • Emanuel Schikaneder: Look, I asked you if we could start rehearsals next week and you said yes.

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Well, we can.

    Emanuel Schikaneder: So let me see it. Where is it?

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Here. It's all right here in my noodle. The rest is just scribbling. Scribbling and bibbling, bibbling and scribbling.