Amadeus (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray] [Import anglais]

What a huge disappointment. The audio and HD transfer on this Blu-ray is great, but the Director’s Cut of this film is just AWFUL. The 20 minutes of scenes that were cut from this movie were cut for a reason. The deleted scenes are nothing more than pointless detours and fillers—they add nothing to the story or the development of the characters. There’s a long scene showing Mozart being frustrated for having to teach a pupil…which is totally satisfied in the original by Mozart simply stating to his father that he doesn’t want to teach pupils. There’s a scene where Mozart is asking someone for money because he’s broke…which is totally satisfied in the original by Mozart’s wife saying on multiple occasions that they’re broke. I could go on. This film is already long and there was literally no point (other than marketing the Blu-ray) to make it longer. The original version was flawless. This version is extremely flawed. The theatrical cut flowed beautifully and it never felt like a three-hour film. You feel every minute of this version. Although you’ll be sacrificing the sound and picture quality by purchasing the original DVD, it’s absolutely worth it if you care anything about this film. Again, what a huge disappointment.

I absolutely LOVE the theatrical release of Amadeus but I HATE, HATE, HATE the fact that Amazon only offers the director's cut on digital. The many Oscars, Golden Globes, and the myriads of other international awards were not based off of the director's cut but the theatrical version. Director's cuts are nothing more than pathetic attempts by Motion Picture Companies and forgotten directors to squeeze a few more bucks from old fans by drumming up new interest by repacking old crap, some of which was so bad it wasn't even used in the original. There are legitimate reasons some scenes do not make it to the final version and it is hypocritical for a director to rest on his laurels by bastardizing the very work that achieved those laurels.The worst part about this version is that the additional scenes do not add any depth to the characters but, in fact, changes the characters and the storyline. As a result, you are stuck with the unpleasant feeling that you no longer recognize the movie you loved watching growing up. Save your money and buy the theatrical release on DVD!!!!!

Don't get the Directer's Cut, get the original theatrical version. There is an additional scene/story line that is totally ridiculous and has one purpose, to show some boobs. I shouldn't see Mozart's wife's boobs. I don't want to see Mozart's wife's boobs. Cover those puppies up. There is enough cleavage to satiate your perverse desires for the boobs of famous composer's wife. Just like Salieri, I was shocked, shocked to my foundation to see Constanze's boobs.

If you read the longish review by DVW, it will succinctly tell you what the Directors Cut does to the Theatrical Release, why it is good and why it is bad. I whole-heartedly agree with DVW's assessment. I also love AMADEUS so much, especially the Directors Cut, that for all I care they could have taken another 20 minutes of Milos' cutting room floor material and reinstated it as an Uncut Directors Cut! AMADEUS is one of those "perfect" movies. Like Casablanca or Gone With The Wind, Citizen Kane, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Schindler's List, a handful of others, AMADEUS has its own formidable life. The direction, the cinematography, the music sequences especially, the acting, the plot and subplots, everything adheres together in a gel of perfect balance. This is one of the movies you can watch over and over and each time spot something or hear something wondrously new and exciting that you didn't know before. I purchased this in 2007, ten years ago and just now getting around to reviewing it for Amazon because I normally do not review movies, mainly music. But this movie crosses the line, is special, and is a musical experience as well as a visual one.The score is simply one of the best ever produced, engineered, recorded, for a feature film. On the DVD alone (I am sure it is even better on Bluray) the sonic space and surround are stupendous, enveloping and warm as needed, vibrant and dangerous as the movie progresses on. Naturally the whole score is Mozart, but it is one of the best conducted and arranged Mozarts I have ever heard and I have about a dozen Mozart CDs in my collection by all manner of European and American ensembles. Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields fill this movie with a heart-pounding soundtrack which carries you from opening title to end credits like a white water rafting trip on the Colorado. Incidentally, the soundtrack album/CD for the movie is arguably the best selling classical music album of all time (in terms of units sold).The play upon which Amadeus is based on, and movie script itself, is written by Peter Shaffer who also left his heavy mark upon us with Equus a decade before Amadeus (and then again for the film script in '77). In both cases, Shaffer received an Academy Award and rightfully so, especially with Amadeus where he shows a lot of muscle and dexterity in his manipulation of two rival (from the viewpoint of Salieri) composers who are diametrically opposites of one another.If you have been hiding under a rock for decades and have not watched AMADEUS, if you have cought a few minutes of it on a channel and didn't stay because you missed the beginning, do yourself a favor and spend some time with this movie, one of the preeminent works of art in the film industry. It is beautiful, it is funny, it is sad, it is mysterious, it is thunderous, it is heartbreaking, it is deceitful, and it is addictive. Mozart's Requiem during the run up to the end is perhaps one of the greatest cinematic and musical fusions ever brought to the screen (the opening sequence of TITUS comes close). For that alone, the film is worth every penny you pay for it.Thank you DVW, hope I did not insult you with the description of "longish", my music reviews are often twice as long as your review was, I like detailed analysis.

First, I love this movie and it is one of my favorite movies of all time.A lot of the one star reviews complain about unnecessary footage added to make the "Director's Cut". Apparently these reviewers know nothing about how movies are edited/made. A Director's Cut is what the Director originally wanted the audience to see. The Theatrical version and television version are scaled down for time and content. So, things are not added for the Director's Cut, rather scenes are taken away to make the other versions.The Director's Cut is perfect the way it is … yes, including the topless scene, which shows how desperate for money they were. And the scene with the dog's while Mozart was to teach a pupil, shows that Mozart had his pride and would not lower himself to teach in such an environment because of his ego.One more thing. This is a movie, not a biography or documentary. Some of the things may or may not have happened in real life. Until the Director refers to this as something other than just a movie, people need to enjoy it for what it is and quite downgrading it for what it is not.

Words cannot describe how I feel about this film.Impeccably directed, performed & with wonderful staging & art direction it is a truly astonishing masterpiece that must be seen in this glorious three-hour director's cut.Speaking to a Priest from an insane asylum, the aging royal court composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) recalls the events of years earlier, when the young Mozart (Tom Hulce) first gained favour in the court of Austrian emperor Joseph II (Jeffrey Jones).He speaks how Mozart had been his childhood idol and that when years later, he witnessed Mozart in all of his vulgar, clownish behaviour behaving badly at a concert it led him to be incensed as to how God could bless someone so vulgar and obnoxious with such other worldly genius.How could it be that he, Salieri, so disciplined, so pious and so devoted to his art be un-touched by God?Time goes by, and finding himself unable to match Mozart's talent, Salieri starts to use his influence in court to sabotage Mozart's career which eventually culminates in him visiting Mozart in disguise as a benefactor to commission the opera " Requiem. "Full of the most glorious music, dialogue and cinematography this is in my Top 5 films of all time.I can watch it again and again.I dismiss any quibbles regarding whether it is " historically accurate " and just allow myself to get swept along by the sheer majesty of it all.I hope you will too.

This is one of my favourite films. It may be long but once the film starts the brilliance of acting, period and music is irresistable. However once again a film shows why drectors should be discouraged from re-editing their own films. The new scenes in which Salieri humiliates Mozart's wife and in which Mozart is humiliated as a teacher add nothing to the film. The first is unpleasant and one doubts is in character for either Salieri or Constanza to behave as they do. The second is un-amusing and flabby. The presence of both detract from the film's original taut narrative and should have been left as deleted scenes. So get the original film and enjoy it.

a phenomenal film with a far more realistic interpretation of mozart, nothing like the porcelain figure version, and you can easily confirm its closeness to how he really was by reading his letters. the distinctive laugh from tom hulce is an inspired idea which perfectly captures mozart's character. the astounding make up for salieri deservedly won an oscar and the whole film has some wonderful lines - "displace one note and there would be diminishment" - "a woman of taste isn't interested in looks, salieri, only talent interests a woman of taste" - "there are simply too many notes" - and so on - of course the music is wonderful and splendidly performed and the theory of mozart being killed by salieri, also figured in pushkin's book, is prominent in the story, a theory given some credence by the fact that mozart said that he suspected that he was being poisoned. i could go on and on - but just watch it! - it's a great film (filmed in prague if you want to spot the locations).

I was anticipating with joy the 20 minutes added to this wonderful film but was disappointed. The scenes that were cut for the regular release actually diminish the continuity of the story. I shall stick with the edited version for repeat viewings.

I know this film from a cinema viewing many years ago when it came out, it will be interesting to see what the director's cut offers in addition. This film is deservedly a classic, I'm sure everyone knows the slightly idiotic giggling cackle that Mozart gives from time to time. This is the film that pushes Mozart off his sacred plinth and shows him as a sort of aging Wunderkind who is still just a child at heart and still incredibly gifted, but is a total klutz socially. Contrast this with all the hagiographic Mozart films that preceded it, lots of music and an over-reverential script. The film just does not have a weak moment anywhere, as I recall, and the musical interludes are brilliantly done. But do not treat the film as reality, as Salieri was in fact on good terms with Mozart after some initial battles when they competed for the same jobs, and later taught music to Mozarts's younger son. Treat the confession as the product of senile dementia. And enjoy a film that is a classic of its genre.