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...most difficult review sections are for "Music and Revenge," a course offered jointly by the Music and Psychology Departments. The final examination will consist entirely of an explication and analysis of the film Amadeus (Harvard Square). Professor Thomas Hulce (perhaps you've heard of him--it seems he's quite a gifted actor, judging from his performance in Animal House) has an unusual attachment to this film, and has us all convinced that Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) is the Devil, sight unseen. Dewitt is willing to give Salieri the benefit of the doubt unless Mozart stops that lunatic giggling...
...They describe a heroic life struggle that may end in defeat or death but never in ignominy. There is nothing like a fighter against the odds--a caring father (Kramer vs. Kramer), a troubled teenager (Ordinary People), a young cancer victim (Terms of Endearment) or a misunderstood songwriter (Amadeus)--to exalt ! and liquefy a theaterful of adults. Or to win the past six Oscars for Best Picture...
While cineasts around the country were rushing out to see if Amadeus deserved all those Oscars, millions of other moviegoers, most of them between the ages of eleven and 19, were going to the gross-outs. "Children love dirty," says Jerry Paris, who directed Police Academy 2, "and they love the silliness of this kind of comedy." Tom Sherak, president of domestic distribution for 20th Century-Fox, becomes almost misty-eyed when he talks about going to a theater a few days after the first Porky's opened. "I sat behind a group of kids who had already seen...
...capture the elusive youth market, Orion provided MTV with an Amadeus video; it consists of excerpts from the movie intercut with clips of 27 rock stars: Mozart meets Michael Jackson. In addition to the music video, the sound-track album is No. 1 on Billboard magazine's classical-albums list; it even has a place on the pop charts...
...course it is ultimately Mozart--the musician, not the character--who, with a little help from his Hollywood friends, has turned Amadeus into such an unlikely hit. "The true magic of the movie is in the music," says Abraham, 45. "It's the first time in the history of film that music has been the central figure. Amadeus has wonderful acting, directing and costumes, but it is the music that sustains...