Long videos · Monologue shadowing · 1984
Amadeus: movie monologues to shadow
16 monologues from Amadeus. Original audio, one line at a time, with a pause to say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
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- B24 lines
He...
Salieri's confessionAmadeus · 1984Broken short lines build the idol's weight and the wound it left. - B14 lines
Tell me...
Salieri's challengeAmadeus · 1984A run of questions pulls the priest into his logic and turns defence into accusation. - B27 lines
Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing.
Salieri's questionAmadeus · 1984From being moved to questioning God, the monologue gives birth to his jealousy. - B25 lines
Grazie,Signore.
Salieri's lamentAmadeus · 1984Four lines to God, and every one cuts, carrying a lifetime of resentment. - B25 lines
My heart was filling up...
Salieri's hatredAmadeus · 1984From a filling heart to violent thoughts, a few lines show a man turning. - B24 lines
My husband spends far more than he can ever earn.
Constanze's pleaAmadeus · 1984Four lines defend her husband and reveal how tired she is of it. - B210 lines
Displace one note...
Salieri sees God in the scoreAmadeus · 1984Saying one note moved would diminish it turns jealousy into awe. - B212 lines
From now on,we are enemies.
Salieri's vowAmadeus · 1984From enemies to as far as I am able, the vow turns jealousy into a holy war. - B14 lines
Do you have pupils?
Mozart's defenceAmadeus · 1984Four lines go from denial to conviction, showing an artist's stubborn pride. - B211 lines
Mozart...
The emperor on FigaroAmadeus · 1984From tolerance to his sister's fear, he turns a ban into statecraft. - B26 lines
Mozart was lucky the emperor yawned only once.
Salieri counts the yawnsAmadeus · 1984He computes success from yawns, cold as a betting table and horribly funny. - B28 lines
The only thing that worried me was the actual killing.
Salieri imagines the killingAmadeus · 1984From dreaming to doing it yourself, the monologue admits the fear plainly. - B14 lines
Just write it down.
Schikaneder's ultimatumAmadeus · 1984The imperatives shorten line by line until one curse ends his patience. - B14 lines
You don't know what it's like.
The maid's fearAmadeus · 1984She moves from 'you don't understand' to concrete details, making the fear real. - B16 lines
I think you really are going mad.
Constanze's outburstAmadeus · 1984Rapid short questions pile up until love and disappointment sound the same. - B14 lines
Common time. Second beat of the first measure.
Mozart's final dictationAmadeus · 1984Short musical orders stack up, showing a dying man who will not let the work go.