Robert A. Martinez writes:

>Does anyone know the true relationship Mozart and Antonio Salieri had? How
>acurate is the move "Amadeus"?

To the extent that there were two contemporary 18th-century composers
named Mozart and Salieri, it's accurate - ie, not very.  It's mostly blood
and thunder melodrama which plays ninepins with history and intellectual
history under the promise of telling you something profound about the
nature of genius.  It doesn't deliver.  It is undoubtedly one of the worst,
most pretentious pieces of tripe it's been my misfortune to sit through.
I had a much better time at Dumb and Dumber.

Steve Schwartz