Mozart! Mozart, forgive your assassin! I confess, I killed you...
No 136 - Amadeus Director - Peter Shaffer Right, first things first... Sorry - that has been in my head for hours. HOURS But, on to the film itself.... as we learn the life of Mozart. However, this review is going to be shallow as a puddle in a drought. I mean we've already begun it with Falco , but I also want to discuss just how much I love the Georgian period. Everything from my hero to the town I currently live in was made brilliant by the Georgian period. The clothes. The decor. The sheer opulence of it all. I wish, beyond wish that I was a rich Georgian man. Amadeus is probably the most beautiful and sumptuous film I have watched on this list since Russian Ark - and whilst Mozart's wig seems a bit too bouffant or a bit too '80's - it is all countered out by the occasional moments of sheer sartorial genius. I mean just look at Jeffrey Jones, hero of the 80's and 90's (though definitely NOT a current day hero - such a crushing shame when legends become...