Ignacio Migueles (ignacio-mig14) First, I apologize in advance for my English. Now, the filmmakers and professional musicians involved in this documentary doesn't seem to be aware of a little detail when they endlessly talk and fantasize: Mozart didn't write the libretto of his operas. He wrote the music. So when they started talking for like 15 minutes about how he took inspiration from the relationship with his own father to write "Idomeneo" (a Greek myth), how a character of "The Abduction from the Seraglio" is named Constanze like his girlfriend, so the story was representing their relationship, and discuss his philosophical thoughts in "The Magic Flute", I didn't know if laugh or cry. That's the most bizarre flaw of many in this documentary, which title is "In Search of Mozart". Well, you'll never gonna find him that way, my dear filmmakers. Basically, to hide their ignorance about musical facts, what they try to say all the time is: "Look, we've got every single letter Mozart wrote, and we're gonna read it to you in a funny way, even the more intimate ones, so you don't get too bored with all this classical music". Sure, the bad thing is that's all they got. Gossip. In order to "let me know" that he was a common man. They even seem surprised at the fact he didn't have Asperger Syndrome. Right, because to be a gifted person you must have a mental disorder... what a beautiful message. By the way, I don't mind if the man died 200+ years ago, reading ALL his private letters, especially the ones he wrote to his wife about their intimacy, seems totally disrespectful and unnecessary to me. Call me a puritan, I don't care. A cheap move to gain viewers, that's what it is.What came to my mind next watching this was: Shut up, dear musicians, conductors, opera directors and historians, and enjoy the music. And let me do the same. But no, Mozart's music alone is not enough for this people. They're so smart that they try to pretend they have found a logical explanation to it!!! So, what we've got are endless monologues of musicians explaining that Wolfgang wrote that note because his son just died, the other one because his wife was sick, and the last one because a mosquito bite him in that exact instant. For heaven's sake, how on earth could you know that??. What an ego does this people have, to pretend they can be inside of the genius head, just because they can play his music. And some of them couldn't even play a thing. Pathetic. I don't care about musician's fantasies, I wanted a musical analysis of the music itself, because in the end that's all that matters, and what makes Mozart immortal, the music. And I don't want to feel it anybody's way, I just want to listen to it. So please, shut up. Finally, Mozart's death is told in a rush, the Requiem is poorly mentioned, as if no one would care about his last work, and so are the death of his father, and the circumstances of his own death. Oh right, the filmmakers were too busy going against the movie "Amadeus" to prove it wrong. Well, at least that movie doesn't claim to be true to facts. This, instead, claims to be a documentary, and as I've mentioned, in my opinion fails miserably. If you watch it, of course you'll enjoy the music, but don't trust everything you hear. Or do. It's up to you, but I hope this helps somehow.

bluedaniel-1 I thought In Search of Mozart was an outstanding documentary, not only did it feature some great musicians it also took the viewer on a journey through Mozart's life which I found insightful and comprehensive. I would loved to have seen more performances from the contributors maybe as an bonus on the DVD yet saying that the DVD is just over two hours long so its deffiently worth the money. I noticed on Director Phil Grabsky's IMDb profile that In Search of Beethoven is currently in production which i'm really looking forward to. Does anyone have any idea when it is going to be released? It would be great to see it on the big screen.

jperl66 Based on previous comments and critical reviews, I went to see this movie. I expected to see a well made documentary about Mozart's life, a composer I love to listen to and whose home I have visited. I was very disappointed. There was nothing new in this movie that made me sit up and take notice. You might learn a little about Mozart's life if you knew nothing, but taken as a whole, I was unimpressed with the details that were presented. You could not get emotionally involved with this genius by watching this movie. The presentation in many respects is unfortunate. Interviewees spoke in their native tongue, no translations were given. Now I know a little German, so I could understand those speakers, but the Italian, French and whatever other languages were spoken were beyond me and I'm sure to most other viewers. There was also no identification of who the interviewees were, so you could not relate to them in any way.

alan-goldman I was recently given the DVD as a present which was a little surprising as I am not normally a fan of this type of film and would not normally choose to buy such a film , however I found it absolutely fascinating and thoroughly enjoyed it. It certainly gave me an insight into the world of Mozart. I thought the Direction & Acting was first class and it brought to life , for me the period and times of Mozart. I would recommend this film to anyone . Watching this film has given me the incentive to become a little more adventurous in my choice of subject and I will be looking to view other films of this type and by this Director.