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there has never been an old hollywood method actor who wasnt unbelievably interesting because only the nuttiest people could be drawn to the nuttiest technique

Amadeus is about the hatefucking that never happened but could have. And should have

when salieri felt that tap on his shoulder the morning after the magic flute premiere do u think he thought for a second that mozart had been miraculously healed

it genuinely gets to a point because why did I just wake up from a dream where I went to see Amadeus in concert at the Vienna golden hall. and the movie was playing SHOT FOR SHOT FRAME BY FRAME in my head

the moral of writing amadeus fic is that you can't get too hung up about historical accuracy bc it will really drive you to actual insanity. I should not be looking up firsthand sources about the practice of catholicism in late 18th century vienna when the fic is genuinely about salieri jerking off