It's a classic

Rating: 10/10 (29 November 2009)

Just watched it again the other day, still love it, this movie doesn't age. It's tragic, comical and cynical at the same time, just like Mozart's opera buffa. I think Wolfie would have loved it too. F. Murray Abraham's performance is perfect, I try to find one scene where he's not so good, and there's none. Those scenes where he recalls his history with Mozart to the priest is especially well done. Salieri adores Mozart's music genuinely and resents his god given talent bitterly. Abraham just waves through the admiration, jealousy, bitterness, pain, self-loathe, cynicism and borderline insanity seamlessly.