A Film About Art and its Creators

Rating: 9/10 (8 December 2017)

Amadeus is a brilliant film. From beginning till end, it seizes your attention and holds it, refusing to let go until the final moments. Milos Forman has achieved something superb here.
To begin, F. Murray Abraham was fantastic, easily deserving of his Oscar win for Salieri. Tom Hulce gave a vibrant Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, full of life and was equally deserving of his Oscar nomination. The rest of the cast were also great, delivering their lines believably and passionately.
The film looks gorgeous, the set design epic and grand, the costumes lavish and complex. It's wonderful to look at, with each frame easily able to be a painting, full of detail. The cinematography is great and fully captures and realizes the world of Mozart and Salieri.
The editing is excellent, the pace constant and never felt like it was dragging.
The sound design and effects were great, bringing the world to life through audio. The soundtrack was superb, full of grand operas - a soundtrack performed by Mozart and Salieri.
The film traverses the world of an art, what artists do and are willing to do to realize their dreams and visions, and what they're willing to do when things do not go their way. It's passionate and bold, and is quite timeless, not feeling like a film from the 80s.
This film has a brilliant scene where two men write a piece of music together, bond through it and become one. It's a brilliant moment in the film and a brilliant moment in film in general.
Overall, I highly recommend this film. It's entertaining, dramatic, stunning, and it sounds great. A film of art, made about art. 9/10 brilliant.