
Amadeus
Miloš Forman turns Peter Shaffer's stage play into an opulent duel between pious mediocrity and divine, vulgar inspiration. F. Murray Abraham delivers an astonishing portrait of Antonio Salieri, a court composer whose devout faith curdles into bitter sacrilege as he witnesses Tom Hulce's juvenile, cackling Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart produce effortless musical perfection. Forman's lush baroque framing and frenetic staging strip historical biopic dust off classicism, infusing it with venom, guilt, and existential envy. For anyone drawn to Loving Vincent's grief-laden autopsy of an unappreciated visionary, Amadeus offers an equally brilliant, tragic exploration of the price paid when transcendent talent collides with mortal fragility.








