Comments on: If Mozart had eaten his veggies …

By: hmunro

hmunro — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:35:16 +0000

Very funny coincidence! Chalk it up to another wonderful case of “six degrees of separation.”

By: Corey Frye

Corey Frye — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:08:03 +0000

As a better-late-than-never aside, for fun I just watched Disney’s animated Hunchback of Notre Dame, without thinking too much of the voice actor who played him…turns out it’s Tome Hulce! Funny little coincidence, eh?

By: hmunro

hmunro — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:12:17 +0000

Even your *description* of the concert is enough to promote spine-tingles! I very much hope it worked for him, too. (Who’s to say what might be possible in this vast, wondrous universe?)

By: dancingbeastie

dancingbeastie — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:03:37 +0000

Your opening sentence made me and my husband laugh out loud – thanks for that! I remember singing Mozart’s Requiem (ah, those feverish last compositions in the film) in church, as a proper requiem mass conducted by a priest for Mozart himself, on the 200th anniversary of his death. It was even timed to coincide with the hour that he died (middle of the night, about 1a.m., as I recall) and was without doubt the most spine-tingling concert/ service I have ever been in. I hope it worked for him.

By: dancingbeastie

dancingbeastie — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:54:05 +0000

wow, me too!

By: hmunro

hmunro — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:08:28 +0000

Amadeo Modigliani almost ruined your life?! *This* is a story I desperately want to hear!

By: hmunro

hmunro — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:07:14 +0000

How funny, Ian: I’ve watched Amadeus more times than any other film, too, and I never get tired of it, either. From the music to the sets to the acting, it has such a tremendous depth to it that I find something new each time I watch it.

By the way: Have you seen the recently-released director’s cut of Amadeus? If so, I’d love to know whether you prefer it to the theatrical release.

By: hmunro

hmunro — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:03:17 +0000

I’m a big Bach lover, too, but I don’t think he was nearly tortured enough to make good film fodder. Grin.

As for your “inclination to disagree slightly” about the acting awards: You make excellent points. Those scenes with the priest really were extraordinary — and F. Murray sure showed his range in that role. After further reflection, I guess I was favoring Hulce because he was a younger and less-experienced actor, and he more than held his own opposite the seasoned veterans in that cast. It’s too bad only one person could win “best actor,” because they both turned in the performance of a lifetime.

By: hmunro

hmunro — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:40:57 +0000

The honest truth: No, I *can’t* believe you haven’t seen this film! Get thee to NetFlix, Lis! I’ll be very eager to hear what you think.

By: XpatScot

XpatScot — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:06:06 +0000

It should be no surprise to you, Heather, that I too have visited Mozart’s Geburtshaus on the beautiful Getreidegasse in Salzburg; and I have seen and bought the DVD of Amadeus; but he is not the tortured genius who almost ruined my life. That culprit is Amadeo Modigliani, who died on 24 January (1920). R.I.P. Dede.