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It's funny that his love of poop and butt jokes might be the most accurate part of the film. A lot of people are shocked when they learn about Leck mich im Ars

by ksaj 6y ago

It's funny that his love of poop and butt jokes might be the most accurate part of the film. A lot of people are shocked when they learn about Leck mich im Arsch, and would probably be bowled over if they knew just how many of his pieces either have it in their titles, or in their lyrics. History has rewritten a lot of his lyrics as a result.

hilbert42 6y ago
It seems that Robert Spaethling's book 'Mozart's Letters, Mozart's Life: Selected Letters' says most of it: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/sep/24/biography.music https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/sep/24/biography.musi.... I've been meaning to read it for ages and ages, reckon this story has spurred me on to add it to my next book order. Amadeus was certainly entertaining albeit annoying for its inaccuracies. It's saving grace was F. Murray Abraham's wonderful Oscar-winning performance of Salieri. Another aspect of the film worth noting was the fact that it was filmed in Prague before Communism finally fell, this really added to the visual character of the film. The reasons for filming there were mainly that there were no advertising billboards or hoardings anywhere to be seen across the city and the fact that under Communism there had been very little modern development in the old city which meant that its architecture was still authentically of the Enlightenment period—it'd been preserved par excellence (which was amazing given the ravages of war and the onslaught of the 20th Century). I can attest to that, my first visit to Prague was before Communism fell and it really did look like like that. Some years later when I visited again after Communism's demise there were billboards and hoardings everywhere. The visual change came as damn horrible shock. If you want a lesson in how to make a city ugly in one easy lesson then Prague's the quintessential example.

by ksaj 6y ago

hilbert42 6y ago

It seems that Robert Spaethling's book 'Mozart's Letters, Mozart's Life: Selected Letters' says most of it: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/sep/24/biography.music https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/sep/24/biography.musi.... I've been meaning to read it for ages and ages, reckon this story has spurred me on to add it to my next book order. Amadeus was certainly entertaining albeit annoying for its inaccuracies. It's saving grace was F. Murray Abraham's wonderful Oscar-winning performance of Salieri. Another aspect of the film worth noting was the fact that it was filmed in Prague before Communism finally fell, this really added to the visual character of the film. The reasons for filming there were mainly that there were no advertising billboards or hoardings anywhere to be seen across the city and the fact that under Communism there had been very little modern development in the old city which meant that its architecture was still authentically of the Enlightenment period—it'd been preserved par excellence (which was amazing given the ravages of war and the onslaught of the 20th Century). I can attest to that, my first visit to Prague was before Communism fell and it really did look like like that. Some years later when I visited again after Communism's demise there were billboards and hoardings everywhere. The visual change came as damn horrible shock. If you want a lesson in how to make a city ugly in one easy lesson then Prague's the quintessential example.