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| Subject: Did Salieri really kill Mozart? Sat Jun 14, 2014 12:37 am | |
| Total darkness. We hear an old man's voice, distinct and in distress. He uses a mixture of English and occasionally Italian. "Mozart! Mozart! Mozart. Forgive me!" Antonio Salieri says. "Forgive your assassin! Mozart!"
So begins Amadeus, the 1984 movie adaptation of Peter Shaffer’s 1979 stage play. The film went on to win eight Oscars, including the awards for best picture, best actor (for F. Murray Abraham, who played Salieri) and best director (for Milos Forman).
Amadeus was founded on a cracking premise: a murder mystery, in costume, with a soundtrack to kill for. But did Salieri really murder his fellow composer?
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/opera/did-salieri-really-kill-mozart-20140612-zs2t4.html |
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