Amadeus Movie Review Essay

The title of the film should actu all toldy be Salieri, because the whole word-painting is really about his jealousy of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and how Salieri was overshadowed musically by Mozart. In the beginning, Salieri makes a deal with God so He impart make Salieri a musical genius, and Salieri believes he has been granted this gift until the day Mozart comes to Vienna. Salieri immediately becomes jealous that God has bestowed upon Mozart the power he himself worked so desperately to achieve. From that point on, Salieri becomes obsessed with conspiring against Mozart, at one point paying a maid to go to Mozarts place to spy while she is change and report back to him. Eventually, though indirectly, Salieri kills Mozart.The major theme in this movie is the jealousy of Salieri, and how it consumed his every waking thought. It is somewhat depressing because it also shows all the hard work of Salieri with no success and the ease of Mozarts expertness when to him composing musi c is quite easy.Though the plot is fairly realistic, it is not completely historically accurate. Mozart was rase more rambunctious and childish than envisioned in the film, and the ending is dramatized for the Hollywood effect. The acting though, is very well done. music director Milos Forman did a great job directing F. Murray Abraham (Salieri) and Tom Hulce (Mozart) to stardom. They make the dickens and half-hours of wigs, wigs, opera, and more wigs bearable. Together they bring the silver screen alive and transport us from our era into that of Mozart very seamlessly.The sets are amazing, with great attention to full point and depth. The scenes where the operas take place are very well set up, and they take on in nicely with the time period. The costumes, too, are quite the feat. The many layers (of the womens costumes especially) look extremely complicated to make, and the scene at the party where Mozart plays the flabby upside-down showcases these costumes beautifully. I dont know if I am more impressed by the designers or the actors and actresses who wore them because they look so impetuous The wigs are a defining part of the costumes in the film.The most tangency reasons these are so appealing and dramatic are that they are so big and almost appallingly white. Some of the Womens wigs are even toppedwith a huge hat to match the dress or some other exotic object. If you dont check into this movie for any other reason, watch it for the costumes. The makeup artist did a not bad(predicate) job, but zippo spectacular or worth highlighting. There arent many special effects, so adding some in there whitethorn have made the movie that much more enjoyable.Overall, I try the movie 1 stars, because the actors really knew their stuff but the plot wasnt all that entertaining. I think the best part overall was Mozarts laugh, and the soundtrack was really very enjoyable. I recommend this film to those who wish to distinguish more about Salieri, and not M ozart, because the movie doesnt really taper much on him. Rent this film if you have absolutely nothing else to do on a Saturday night but you probably wont be able to finish watching it unless youre a major cultural history junkie. Other than that, a note to the think audiences (like I said, the culture gurus) enjoy To the casual moviegoer who likes action or romance beware- you probably wont be able to watch the whole 160 minutes of Amadeus.