There are rumors that the film was shot with natural light and no artificial lighting was used. In fact, this is not the case; for example, when Brian learned that he would have a horse, artificial lighting was chosen for the scene.
Some of the ancient costumes in the film are genuine antiques borrowed from the auction by the costume designer Milena Canonero, but most of the costumes are specially made by the crew.
The film production site moved from Ireland to England because director Stanley Kubrick got news that his name had been on the assassination list of the Irish Republican Army because he was shooting a British army film in Ireland.
During the production of the film, there were two long shutdowns, which resulted in the final budgeted cost being added to 11 million U.S. dollars.
Most of the shots in the film are dignified, and the purpose of shooting in this way is to create a style of 18th century classical oil painting.
Stanley Kubrick originally wanted to shoot the novel "Vanity Fair" by William Makepis Thackeray, but found that he could not explain the plot in the book clearly in the limited time, so he decided to adapt it instead. Clay's novella "The Encounter of Barry Linden".
In the magic scene in the film, the young girl sitting behind Mrs. Linden's left shoulder is Stanley Kubrick's biological daughter Vivienne Kubrick.
Stanley Kubrick often played classical music during filming in order to give the actors a better emotional state.
It took 42 days to film the final duel between Barry and Blinden.
The actors were not allowed to move around freely when shooting candlelight scenes because there were always too many shadows in the specially customized shots.
Stanley Kubrick called the director Ken Russell about the location of the film. Some of the places recommended by the other party were finally used in the film.
