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Jose 2022-04-22 07:01:09
A very touching movie
Just finished watching this movie First of all, the time span of this movie is very large. From the Seven Years War to the late reign of George III; secondly, the director paid great attention to the setting of costumes and background music. It is said that the costumes are completely copied from...
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Randi 2022-04-19 09:01:42
Barry Lyndon - A little cleverness in troubled times, mistaken for the rest of her life
After reading the life of Barry Lyndon, it is like reading a heavy book. Whether rich or poor, good or bad, beauty or ugliness, everything has been returned to the earth equally.
When the screen went black, I began to wonder, what made Barry Lyndon's life of ups and downs, a life of filth, a life of...
Diana Körner
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Narrator: [voice-over] It is well to dream of glorious war in a snug armchair at home, but it is a very different thing to see it first hand. And after the death of his friend, Barry's thoughts turned from those of military glory to those of finding a way to escape the service to which he was now tied for another six years. Gentlemen may talk of the age of chivalry, but remember the ploughmen, poachers and pickpockets whom they lead. It is with these sad instruments that your great warriors and kings have been doing their murderous work in the world.
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Redmond Barry: Sir, I... I have a confession to make to you. I'm an Irishman. And my name is Redmond Barry. I was abducted into the Prussian army two years ago, and now have been put into your service by my Captain Potzdorf, and his uncle, the Minister of Police... to serve as a watch upon your... actions... and to give information to the same quarter.
Narrator: [voice-over] The Chevalier was as much affected as Barry at thus finding one of his countrymen. For he too was an exile from home, and a friendly voice, a look, brought the old country back to his memory again.
