"Elle est morte!"

Lola, 22

[oldfilmsflicker]

Fellini died on October 31, 1993, at the age of 73. Giulietta died four months later. Her last words were “I am going to spend Easter with Federico.” (x)

[alittlelibrary-blog]

[avenue-nine-deactivated20210130]

““What do you mean, bored? I don’t know what boredom is. There is always something to do. I can cut the pages of a book, or do a crossword puzzle, or make notes. I wish each day had 30 hours. I’m never bored. I can’t wait until I’m old so I’ll only need five hours sleep!””

— Jean-Pierre Leaud as Antoine Doinel from Bed and Board (Truffaut, 1970)

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Antoine et Colette (François Truffaut, 1962)

[mozartaesthetic]

“Mozart was a remarkably small man, very thin and pale, with a profusion of fine, fair hair of which he was rather vain.“

Mozart’s physical appearances by tenor Michael Kelly, in his Reminiscences.

[mozartaesthetic]

Mozart and billiards.

“As soon as you were gone I played two games of billiards with Herr von Mozart (himself) who wrote the opera (Le Nozze di Figaro) for Schickaneder’s theatre. Then I had [my servant] bring a black coffee, to which I smoked a glorious pipe of tobacco..“

Wolfgang Mozart in a letter to his wife Constanze.

[astryfiammante]

“I get all excited like a child when I think about being with you again — If people could see into my heart I should almost feel ashamed. Everything is cold to me — cold as ice. — If you were here with me, maybe I would find the courtesies people are showing me more enjoyable, — but as it is, it’s all so empty — adieu — my dear — I am Forever your Mozart who loves you with his entire soul.

PS. — while I was writing the last page, tear after tear fell on the paper. But I must cheer up — catch — An astonishing number of kisses are flying about — I see a whole crowd of them. Ha! Ha!… I have just caught three — They are delicious… I kiss you millions of times.”

Wolfgang Mozart to his wife Constanze, September 1790.

[fernandoamerico]

[xshayarsha]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Lacrimosa, from Requiem in D Minor.

[astryfiammante]

Fun fact:

In 1786, Constanze fell ill and was bedridden. Wolfgang sat by her side and composed, while making sure no one would disturb his wife’s sleep. Suddenly, a valet clumsily entered the room and startled Mozart so much that he jumped on his seat and accidentally stabbed his own thigh with a knife he used to sharpen his pen.

He tried not to scream in order not to wake Constanze up and ran in another room. He was later healed by his mother-in-law. He never told Constanze.

[Source: Sophie Weber]

[andsherained]

Composed by Mozart at 7 or 8 years of age, recently identified in Austria.

[theemotionmachine]

I never lie down at night without reflecting that—young as I am—I may not live to see another day.

Mozart (via theemotionmachine)

[balletange]

Polaroid from the set of Amadeus (1984).

[beethoven]

[moon-yean]

I heard the music of true forgiveness filling the theater, conferring on all who sat there, perfect absolution. God was singing through this little man to all the world, unstoppable, making my defeat more bitter with every passing bar.

amadeus (1984) // dir. miloš forman

[grumpycas]

A Noite da Virada (2014)

[shadowoftheeveningsun]