1:34:02
Mozart, music is not the issue here.
1:34:05
No one doubts your talent. It's your
literary judgment that's in question.
1:34:10
Even with the politics taken out,
it would still remain a vulgar farce.
1:34:16
Why waste your spirit on such rubbish?
1:34:19
Surely you can choose more
elevated themes.
1:34:23
Elevated!
What does that mean, elevated?
1:34:27
I am fed to the teeth with these...
1:34:30
...elevated things. Old dead legends.
1:34:34
Why must we go on forever
writing of gods and legends?
1:34:38
Because they do.
1:34:40
They go on forever.
1:34:43
At least what they represent:
the eternal in us.
1:34:47
Opera is here to ennoble us, Mozart.
1:34:50
You and me,
just the same as His Majesty.
1:34:57
"Bello, bello, bello."
Come on now, be honest!
1:35:02
You'd rather listen to your hairdresser
than Hercules, Horatius or Orpheus.
1:35:08
People so lofty, they sound
as if they shit marble!
1:35:12
What!
1:35:14
Govern your tongue, Mozart!
How dare you!
1:35:23
Forgive me, Majesty.
1:35:26
I'm a vulgar man...
1:35:29
...but I assure you, my music is not.
1:35:36
You are passionate, Mozart...
1:35:39
...but you do not persuade.
1:35:45
Sire, the whole opera is finished.
1:35:49
Do you know how much work
went into it?
1:35:52
His Majesty has been
more than patient, "Signore".
1:35:59
How can I persuade if I can't show it?