Amadeus. Dir. Milos Forman. Perf. F Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, and Elizabeth Berridge. Orion., 1984. DVD.
Amadeus is a movie that follows the live of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It more specifically explores the relationship between Mozart and Antonio Scalieri. It is known that Mozart had a very challenging relationship with the Austrian Court, but this film dramaticizes that relationship. It includes depictions of the monetary challenges that Mozart faced as he tried to make a living off of composing alone.
This movie would serve to help the students to relate to Mozart. Too often the composers that students study about are only just names, but a film such as this would help to humanize Mozart such that the students would understand him. It would illustrate the time period in which many composers worked for the common practice period, and would help students to understand the role that composers played in society.
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