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Amadeus (1984) Review – The Unhappy Genius, the Ordinary Me, and the Freedom to Choose Joy

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  A symbolic minimalist illustration expressing the creative tension and musical genius at the heart of “Amadeus.” ๐ŸŽฅ Film Overview Detail Information Title Amadeus Director Miloลก Forman Release September 19, 1984 (USA) Runtime 160 minutes (Theatrical); 180 minutes (Director's Cut) Genre Biography, Drama, Music Screenplay Peter Shaffer (based on his 1979 stage play) Studio Orion Pictures, The Saul Zaentz Company Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (conducted by Neville Marriner) Box Office $90 million worldwide ($18 million budget) Rating 8.4/10 (IMDb), 93% (Rotten Tomatoes) ๐Ÿ“– Plot Summary In 1823, inside a dimly lit Viennese asylum, aged composer Antonio Salieri confesses to a priest that he murdered Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His admission becomes the doorway through which the film travels back to late-18th-century Vienna, where Salieri—disciplined, devout, respected—serves as court composer to Emperor Joseph II. Then Mozart arrives. Sali...

A Beautiful Mind (2001) Review – The Courage to Hold Your Own Fragile Humanity

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  Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to have a beautiful heart. ๐ŸŽฅ Film Overview Detail Information Title A Beautiful Mind Director Ron Howard Release December 13, 2001 (Limited); December 21, 2001 (Wide) Runtime 135 minutes Genre Biography, Drama Screenplay Akiva Goldsman (based on Sylvia Nasar's book) Studio Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Music James Horner Box Office $316.8 million worldwide ($58 million budget) Rating 8.2/10 (IMDb), 74% (Rotten Tomatoes) ๐Ÿ“– Plot Summary In 1947, John Nash arrives at Princeton University as a brilliant but socially awkward mathematics graduate student. Determined to find an original idea worthy of publication, Nash becomes consumed by his work. After developing groundbreaking work in game theory, he accepts secret government work in cryptography—or so he believes. As Nash's career flourishes, his reality begins to fracture. He sees patterns everywhere...