The theatrical cut of Amadeus is a great example of why less is more.
In anApril 2002 interview withThe A.V.
In the case ofAmadeus, we think not.
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Too many notes?
Whatever was not directly connected to the plot, I just cut it out, Forman toldThe A.V.
Clubabout his effort to trimAmadeusfrom three hours to two and a half.
Constanze reluctantly but self-assuredly returns that evening and begins to undress.
Upon seeing Constanze acquiesce to his sordid demands (and perhaps desires?
), the composer grows suddenly indignant.
Her antipathy toward Salieri makes less sense without the scene in Salieris study.
Its in that tension thatAmadeusfinds its meaning, and why the theatrical cut prevails.
