Daily Dialogue — March 22, 2015

“But they showed no corrections of any kind. Not one. He had simply written down music already finished in his head. Page after page of it as if he were just taking dictation. And music, finished as no music is ever finished. Displace one note and there would be diminishment. Displace one phrase and the structure would fall. I was staring through the cage of those meticulous ink strokes — at an absolute beauty.”

— Amadeus (1984), screenplay by Peter Shaffer based on his original stage play

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Competition.

Trivia: Several professors of music stated, after studying all of the musical keys struck on pianos throughout the film, that not one key is struck incorrectly when compared to what is heard at the exact same moment. In other words, what you see is exactly what you hear.

Dialogue On Dialogue: So many great scenes in this movie, this being one of them. Salieri experiencing musical perfection and cementing his plan to take down his rival. 

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