Did You Know?
In Iron Man (2008) Stane is playing a piano piece by Salieri. Salieri is long rumored to have sabotaged and killed Mozart. A foreshadowing of what Stane attempts to do to Stark.
Obadiah Stane was the business partner and eventual enemy of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man).
The parallel symbolism representing a true genius vs. the literal patron saint of mediocrity.
And if anyone wants to hear the Salieri piece as it should have sounded: [*Concerto in Do maggiore per fagotto e orchestra: Larghetto*]
Contrary to the popular belief, Mozart and Antonio Salieri were actually good friends, supportive of each others’ work, and there is no evidence that Salieri obstructed Mozart’s career other than the fact that Salieri was more established and well known.
Salieri also taught music and some of his students were Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonio Casimir Cartellieri, Franz Liszt and Franz Schubert.
*Stane removes the chest piece from a paralyzed Tony*
“Oh, it’s beautiful. Oh Tony, this is your Ninth Symphony.”
Salieri was played as almost a villain in Amadeus, a fictional situation in Mozart life…! Awesome movie by the way ?