The Making of Amadeus

1. What was Milos Forman going to see?
2. What kind of films attracted film directors of the Soviet Block countries, according to M.F., and why?
3. What’s the key character trait Peter Shaffer emphasizes in M.F.?
4. How is theatre different form film, according to M.F.?
5. What kind of relationship did M.F. and P.Sh. develop, and how much time did it take them to complete the screenplay? Complete the following excerpts:

“…when he would come here, to my flat, to ……….. me and drive me back to “………”

for the next 5 days, when we slowly …………………….. the whole ………… moment by moment.”

“They had some ………… on the road ……….. the way.”

“The music …………. Peter Shaffer.”

1. What were the music director ideas about the selection of music for the film? Complete:

“I think it’s possible the first film that has music as its …………………………….”

1. Why is casting so important for M.F.? What was interesting about the casting for “Amadeus”? What kind of actors was M.F. looking for?

What’s interesting about Mozart’s portraits of the time? Complete:

“He must have been very …………… face (sorry about grammar J), so that you wouldn’t notice him in the crowd at all, so he couldn’t be a ………………… type at all, you know, or a ……………………. type. On the other hand, he has to be a wonderful actor, and he has to ………… the music.”

“On one day I spent maybe 6 to 8 hours in a …………………..”

“I think we …………….. over a thousand people for all of the ………….”

“I think the small, the ……… parts are as important as the main characters.” – Why?!!

“One day I was …………… F.Murray Abraham for a small part in the movie…”

“And I just did the old man. I didn’t think, for sure I didn’t get this thing, but I still ……..

my ……………….., you know.”

“He did it so beautifully that it started to ……… me, you know.”

Why did F. Murray Abraham become M.F.’s “first choice”? And why wasn’t the former

happy about it?

How did F.M.A. receive the news of getting the part? What was his emotional response?

Why?

1. Why was Prague ideal for filming?

“When they go down the corridor of the ………….. asylum, that was a war museum.”

1. What helped F.M.A. to create a convincing portrayal of Salieri as an old man?

“The first 3 weeks of …………. was Solieri in the hospital room.”

“Dick Smith is the best …………….. in the world.”

1. Back to casting. Complete:

“The ………….. director who was brought on to hire a new Constanza, this woman called my …………………………., and said do you have anybody you could recommend for the part, and he said Elisabety Berridge, and she said, no-no, she’s too ………. and ……………., she’s too corky for this ……………. bubbly girl.”

“It felt like calamities to me. It felt like it had gone so badly, and I remember saying to my father, if I can’t even speak, you know, how am I gonna get a part acting ever, because speaking is required in that ………………………………, and then I got a call saying, you are gonna fly to Czechoslovakia for a ………………….., and there’s you and another ………………….”

How long did it take to cast another Constanza? What in the long run was the decisive point?

“So I got the ………………….., and had to stay, and had packed clothes for 3 days, and had to stay for 6 months”

What was the 1^st scene Elizabeth shot? Did she enjoy it? Why?

What was Tom’s experience with the piano? What kind of difficulties did he confront?

“Neville Marrine (conductor) after seeing the film said he never …….. a wrong ……….., even when he plays backwards.”

1. Why was everybody thrilled by the set?

Peter Shaffer was crying “because he learnt that he is standing exactly at the place where Mozart himself in person …………… the world ……………… of ……………………..”

What were the dangers of the place?

“And there we were, all these ………., all these …….., and all this ……………… stuff in this tinder box dry theatre where Don Govanni had its premier.”

“Ok, ……………., roll it, ………………., we are …………..”

“Camera is ……………, everything is ……………….”

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