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Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon (1975)

December. 18,1975
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8.1
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PG
| Drama Romance War

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.

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ThiefHott
1975/12/18

Too much of everything

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XoWizIama
1975/12/19

Excellent adaptation.

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Numerootno
1975/12/20

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

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Usamah Harvey
1975/12/21

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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durantsteven
1975/12/22

Barry Lyndon is one of Stanley Kubrick's lesser known films but even a lesser known film from a director like Kubrick is worth finding to watch. This is a great period piece and contains some great cinematography and overall visuals. Ryan O' Neil stars as the titular character who is an opportunist who fools a high-class woman into marriage thus attaining a position in that society. The pacing is slow- as is the case with every Kubrick film but it keeps you invested. The direction is crisp, and some scenes are so good they look like paintings from the renaissance period. The scenes involving candlelight should bring about goosebumps. This is a period drama you should watch.

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salmanalfarisi-81574
1975/12/23

When people say the Stanley Kubrick's movies such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, and Full Metal Jacket, Barry Lyndon is the most underrated of his work. In fact, at the beginning of the premiere of The Shining, it is found that a lot of criticism towards the film until becoming a cult-classic masterpiece of the critics and directors who make it as an influence for their film. I unusually hear people state according to this movie when asked what is their Stanley Kubrick favorite works. Almost all of them said The Shining or 2001: A Space Odyssey until Barry Lyndon as overlaid by the films. By any means, I love all his films after first watching The Shining until 2001: A Space Odyssey. For myself, Barry Lyndon seems to be a little forgotten considering there are so many great filmmakers who make it as their favorite films such as Ridley Scott and Martin Scorsese.And as always, Barry Lyndon is adapted from an 1844 novel entitled The Luck Of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray. First of all, three hours is a challenge for movie lovers especially if they don't like the genre, the atmosphere, or the slow pace. Honestly, Barry Lyndon involves things like that to me but it's interesting to keep up with the story. The plot is so slow and there is always a silent scene until the characters are doing a slow movement. Although these circumstances affect Barry Lyndon, this movie doesn't change the possibility that the storyline which is created to be something the most interesting and beautiful ever. The atmosphere and the setting that reminds me of a game called Assassin's Creed III is able to keep me on track as long as the movie apart from this is a boring historical drama.If you look closely at the screen, you can see how clearly Stanley Kubrick designed the attractive property and cinematography from the fascinating costumes, atmosphere, the dialogue of the 18th century, it such as witnessing a real history back then and we enjoyed in the present times. For more details, you can pause this movie whatever you do it and you seems like looking at classic wall paintings in realistic images and illustrated on a wall which is a movie. The story makes me always think and feel that someone's life seems to be running gently, just like what Redmond experienced from his life from a farming boy, being a soldier, being a spy, to becoming a part of the royal family. This point is an interesting thing in all aspects because we don't know what will happen next. In essence, it's unpredictable and always draws unexpected astonishments.When talking about Stanley Kubrick, he always inserted an important message in it whether it's a sci-fi movie which fascinated about philosophy, a war movie which allows us to wonder what is mean, a dark-comedy satire movie but deviates from everything. Barry Lyndon is a film of the concept about someone who remains without a direction. This is the story of Redmond Barry starting from his journey without direction to find the things that are speculated and become a noble who wants to always find a sense of satisfaction until getting a retribution. Just as humans which are never satisfied with such things. In this case, Barry is a description of a person who has been lost in his life, lost in his love story, his friends, and society. When he got through it, Barry wasn't satisfied with what he had found. It can also be known from the explanation of the narrator who'll explain it from the beginning to the end. So, most of the plot of the story you can understand through the narrative providing which it uses first and third point of view.In all aspects, I can't look for the flaws and mistakes of this movie. However, my minor problem is some of the characters are missing. For example Nora Brady and John Quin who had a perception at the beginning, their character was mentioned in the middle of the story but never appeared where making it pointless. For all of the characters, I don't think there's any constraint in the aspect. The depth of the story which is told in this film not only that but from the use of music that feels thick and feeling like the atmosphere of the 18th century, the cinematography which often shows close-up to zoom out which has its own meaning, until the use of lighting and the atmosphere in this movie that feels the details.Ryan O'Neal as Barry Lyndon is so phenomenal. He is able to make a sympathy towards the audience subjectively to his character that feels familiar with reality. Marisa Berenson as Lady Honoria Lyndon isn't too great but able to show her facial expression with a very stunning without using a rich dialogue. Leon Vitali as Lord Bullingdon is so amazing as a young kid that represents a plot of revenge and envy of his life being snatched away by a person. One scene, especially at the final duel shootout between Barry and Lord Bullingdon, is such the best of all from the use of the block, the intense atmosphere is raised little by little, until the unpredictable character who will win. Of all these aspects, Barry Lyndon by far is one of my favorite Stanley Kubrick I've ever seen regardless of its pace that so slow and a very long duration.

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Jithin K Mohan
1975/12/24

Essentially a story of a villain, the film manages to make the viewers care about every character and hate them at the same time. The character arc of Redmond Barry is shown in a singular way that which only Kubrick could've done. The character arc of Redmond Barry is shown in a singular way that which only Kubrick could've done. With nonpareil production design and its innovative cinematography, Barry Lyndon's overlong runtime is justified to an extent.

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classicsoncall
1975/12/25

Lavish period detail, gorgeous costuming and inspiring cinematography could do nothing for me when it actually came down to the story being told. Except that everything in the picture looked great, this is one of the most boring pictures I ever managed to sit through. One has to wonder whether Ryan O'Neal was miscast, simply bad in the role of Barry Lyndon, or directed to appear virtually clueless in most of his significant scenes. It's understood by this viewer that he was supposed to be a lout, but one didn't need three hours to figure it out. I'm trying hard to come up with something positive, realizing that I stand diametrically opposed to many critics and fans of Kubrick who have marvelous things to say about the film. So I'll just state it once again - it's got lavish period detail, gorgeous costuming and inspiring cinematography. For that, you could watch it with the sound turned off.

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