Father Vogler’s faux pas
Following the film’s opening scene in which an aged and guilt-ridden Salieri attempts suicide, we next encounter him in an asylum. Father Vogler has been sent to speak to this ‘soul in pain’, but Salieri is set on testing the chaplain’s musical knowledge. After playing several of his own tunes, which Vogler disappointingly fails to recognise, he begins playing . ‘Oh, I know that!’ exclaims the relieved Vogler. ‘That’s charming! I didn’t
