Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site rabbit.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alice!rabbit!hania From: hania@rabbit.UUCP (Hania Gajewska) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Amadeus -- the movie Message-ID: <3205@rabbit.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Oct-84 01:20:20 EDT Article-I.D.: rabbit.3205 Posted: Tue Oct 2 01:20:20 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Oct-84 07:52:15 EDT References: <954@bbncca.ARPA> <235@pertec.UUCP>, <974@bbncca.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 17 I haven't seen Amadeus the movie yet, and I don't know how good a screen writer Shaffer makes. I did see Amadeus the play; the production was marvelous, as was Mozart's music (despite an attrocious sound system), but through it all, what really shone was Shaffer's talent as a playwright. The play was a drama full of conflict and suspense, and I was kept on the edge of my seat throughout. I had seen it three times; two of the three was with friends who don't care for Mozart or classical music in general -- they, too, loved the play. I also have the book; I read it through a few times, and return to it often, marveling at its use of the language. If the movie, indeed, doesn't measure up -- it's a shame. I wish that the play's genius could reach the movie's wide audience. Hania Gajewska