Amadeus
1984 | Drama | USA | Directed by Milos Forman
Overview
Salieri narrates his own confession: blessed with enough talent to recognize genius and cursed with none of it, he destroys the giggling vulgar Mozart who writes like God taking dictation. Eight Oscars from the stage play that dared to make genius annoying. The Requiem sequence, dictation scene and all, is the best film ever made about composing.
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