It's always interesting how a person might react differently upon re-watching a movie one saw years ago. There are some films I loved, and then when I re-watched them years or decades later my reaction was, "I used to love this movie? What was I thinking?"
But I have to say with Amadeus it's the opposite. I saw it in its theatrical release in the mid 80's and I've viewed it again sporadically over the years, and it has always seemed to me to get better with age.
However, I have only just now seen the extended director's cut. There were a couple of good scenes available only in the director's cut. But for the most part, I agree with those who say the theatrical version has a better pace and flow.
In particular, there is the sequence in which Salieri suggests a tryst with Constanze as "payment" for using his influence to help get Mozart a position in the court. I found that to be a bit out of character for Salieri as I liked to think of him, even though he ultimately doesn't go through with it. Salieri is a deeply religious man. Not that that necessarily makes him a good person, but he mentions at the beginning that he pledged his chastity to God. I don't defend Salieri. He was insanely jealous and conniving, but I liked thinking that a tryst in return for a favor would have been a line he didn't cross.
Besides that, it's not so logical. Salieri was a man of high position. He probably could have gotten all the female company he wanted anyway. Why risk it with Constanze?
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