Amadeus ending scene

The end of this wonderful film.

[funnistpreacher]

The irony is that this movie actually helped rekindle interest in Salieri's work. There's even been a few annual Salieri music festivals as a result. Some of his music has even been featured in movies. Not so forgotten now, I'd say.

[DrHokeyPokey]

As a mediocrity, I appreciate this scene very much.

[markrichards]

" I will speak for you, Father. I speak for all the mediocrities. I am their champion. I am their patron saint."

[ragejoona]

When a man who was considered the greatest composer of his time, considers himself to be a mediocrity next to Mozart, it really shows how big of a genius Mozart was.

[Nastgardaren]

I always get shivers when mozarts laugh plays in this scene. It validates Salieri's story... Wolfgangs music is immortal and got even more popular after his death while Salieri is left with a life with fellings of guilt and anguish while spending his last years in an asylum with his status diminished and his work forgotten. Mozart getting the last laugh is the perfect ending to this.
If Mozart would have lived and Salieri would have helped him finish the requiem, then they may have become friends and Salieri could have redeemed himself, but even this was he denied. This movie is truly a masterpiece!

[Robert_Fordin]

Masterpiece. Probably best movie ever.

[jdewitt]

I think many of us could identify with Salieri in this scene. Don't most of us feel that we've never really accomplished as much as we would have liked in our lives?

[ohger]

I came to watch this scene. Abraham was a genius, but we shouldn't forget the actor who portrayed the priest. He had listened to old Salieri's story all night, and now it was dawn. He looked absolutely wrung out from the unbelievable story he just heard. Most importantly, his expression tells us he believed every word and was moved by it. If he didn't convey that, it would have thrown the whole tale into doubt as the ravings of a mad man. One of my favorite movies of all time.

[infonomics]

One of the saddest inflection points in life is that moment when you recognize your own insignificance despite your efforts to be otherwise. Charles de Gaulle spoke of such when he said _The graveyards are full of indispensable people._

[kaptainkoffee]

I love how the laugh was in beat with the piano keys at the end.

[cancontrl]

As a child I loved the seemingly historical story. As an adult, I deeply love this movie as an allegory.

[jakebornstein]

Ironic how F. Murray Abraham was the one who won the Academy award, not Tom Hulce. Not so mediocre after

[axlplays]

The fact people acussed him of being Mozart's murdered because they parroted those stupid rumours back then tormented and drove him to have depression episodes later on his life, which contributed to Salieri end up believing he did killed Mozart when he finally got dementia as geriatric. 

It is now known that most of these rumours were spread mostly by many members of the German school of music, since they had a deep resentment toward italian musicians in general, considering them having been always favored by the Austrian aristocracy over them and blaming them for all their difficulties. 

[michaelhall]

Very possibly one of the best finales in cinema history. Mozart’s beautiful music played under the priest’s anguish and Solieri’s cheerful benediction to mediocrity, all capped by that “obscene giggle” — perfect!

[timandshannon]

This was such an amazing ending to a brilliant film. A cinematic masterpiece that so many people have never seen. That in itself is a tragedy.

[omarfarooq]

What a masterfully composed scene, it conveys so much in such a short period of time, and that too in a subtle yet visceral manner when you actually grasp what was just said. F. Murray Abraham's acting here is just out of this world.

[bendejo]

I remember seeing this in 1984. When this scene played...followed by the credits...my date & I just sat there and listened...just stunned and in awe of what we had just watched.

[lavampire]

the greatest film of all. Great music, great costumes, great script, great direction, great cinematography, and great acting. I love this movie. I watch it every so often, alone, in a dark room. the music is superb.

[marfdasko]

When I first saw this film (it was on TV) I missed the opening scenes and jumped in during the scene where Salieri first meets with the priest and asks him if he knows who Salieri is. After sitting through the entire thing, it was only during this scene that I actually found out that Salieri had been taken to an asylum. It put a really interesting twist on the ending for me which was actually completely unintended. The man who had been telling the moving story of Mozart's life turned out to be completely insane. I wish the film had actually been cut that way.

[AdrianLeaper-sw]

Easily one of the greatest of all time. They don't make movies like this anymore.

One of the most iconic and meaningful endings of all time. Thank you to whoever wrote it. And to whoever chose Mozart's Piano Concerto to end. That hopeful wistfulness is impossible to otherwise capture. Grazie, Mozart.