to win best picture that year, but, you know, fantasy and sci-fi doesn't usually win oscars. what wins oscars is epic. ♪ >> "amadeus" is a kind of meditation on genius. >> i know your work well, signore. do you know why? i actually composed some variations on a melody of yours. >> which one? >> well, i'm flattered. >> funny little tune, but it yielded some good things. >> the protagonist of the movie is not mozart. it is salieri who is actually deficient. he's not a great artist. he doesn't have great inspiration. he's jealous of mozart who does. >> shouldn't it be a bit more -- or this. this. ♪ >> yes. >> the most intelligent and rational individual in the movie is the jealous figure who isn't particularly talented and the least rational and mature figure