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Originally Posted by Njord Noatun
The most important thing the movie did for me is that it introduced me to Mozart's Requiem: Up to the point of the movie being released, I had mostly listened to Mozart's "happy-go-lucky" music (most of his works are light-hearted and uncomplicated, at least on the surface), but avoided his darker works. After Amadeus, the Requiem is probably my favorite piece of Mozart's music, if not my favorite classical piece.
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I'm really glad David started this thread because, I'm ashamed to admit, I had never in my 27 years seen this movie. The lady and I watched it the other night and I absolutely loved it! She couldn't stand his laugh, but I thought that was pretty funny, actually. By the way, where did the obnoxious laugh come from? Any reason to believe he had such a laugh, or was it creative license on the part of the director?
It helps that I'm currently on a classical music kick, and becoming very excited about it in general. Until I saw this movie I'd been neglecting Mozart since he seems the most "obvious" composer to listen to in the genre, and I wanted to hear things I'd never heard before. But I must say now that I understand classical music a little better I was able for the first time to truly appreciate his music, and I have the quote above because I too was so captivated by the final scenes of Wolfgang writing
Requiem that I've already ordered a vinyl copy of it.
And next payday I'm ordering a copy of the movie for myself, because I really need to watch it again, and again...