amadeus
...ilm chronicles Mozart’s triumphs and failures as viewed by the film’s protagonist and most complex character, Antonio Salieri, the court composer to Austria's Joseph II. Salieri finds his faith in God shattered by the glorious talents of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the childish genius whose music has a brilliance Salieri can never hope to match. Salieri eventually defies God by declaring all-out war on Mozart, using his influence to shatter the foul-mouthed upstart's career. Antonio Salieri tried to suicide. After being taken to a mental hospital, Salieri is visited by a priest who comes to hear Salieri’s confession, and it is this confession that forms the film’s narrative and the root of Salieri’s agony. Before telling his confession, Salieri plays for the priest a few of his own musical pieces on the harpsichord. However,...