Barry Lyndon Plot Summary

Rhiannon 2022-04-20 09:01:35

Red Montbury's father was killed in a duel over a horse-buying dispute, and his mother claimed to have refused all suitors for her son to remarry. Barry falls in love with his cousin Nora, and Nora falls in love with Captain Quin, who proposes to Nora and Barry duels jealously. Swapping Barry's bullets with blanks for the benefit of the family didn't kill the opponent, and Quinn just fainted. His mother gave Barry 20 guineas of her life savings to let him escape. On the way, he was ransacked by Captain Finney and his son. He joined the army in a nearby town and met an acquaintance officer. The officer died in battle and left him 100 guineas. Barry was tired of the war, and at one chance he stole the documents of two officers who were passionately chatting in the river and ran away. On the way, he met Lizqin, a beautiful young woman, and Barry left after dating for a few days. Continue on the road to meet Captain Pozdoff. The captain saw through his identity and forced him to join the Prussian army. On the battlefield, Barry saved Captain Pozdoff's life. Work as an undercover squire with the Barry Barry Knights in Berlin. Barry and the knight knew each other from a different place. The first time they met Barry, he told the truth, became a double agent, and finally escaped from Berlin with the knight to start their career as a gambler. Barry wanted to enter the upper class, he took a fancy to Countess Lyndon, (intermission) After the death of Earl Charles Lyndon, he married his wife and raised his son, and used his wife's surname, officially renamed Barry Lyndon . But Barry only regards his wife and stepson (Brinton) as the background of his life, and doesn't care about them. At the end of the year, Mrs. Lyndon gave birth to Barley's son Brian. Barry was very strict with Brinton. Every time Brinton made a mistake, Barley would make him lean on the table and whip him six times, and he was too doting on his own son Brian. Gradually Brinton grew up. Barry's resentment also deepened. With the reminder of his mother, Barry realized that if there is no title, he will have nothing after his wife's death, so he spends money everywhere to find a relationship to get the title. At a concert, Brinton publicly scolded his stepfather for abusing him and was beaten by Barry. After that, Barry was alienated by other nobles, and Brinton also ran away from home. The family was gradually unable to make ends meet, and his wife was like a signing tool madly signing bills. On one occasion, Brian spent 80 guineas on a horse for Brian's birthday. Both Barry and Mrs. Lyndon collapsed. Barry was a heavy drinker all day long. Mrs. Lyndon became religious. Barry's mother came to the house to manage the housework. As soon as her mother came up, she fired Mrs. Lyndon's pastor. Mrs. took poison and committed suicide. , the pastor and housekeeper approached Brinton and begged him to go back and intervene. Blington asked for a duel with Barry, and finally hit Barry in the calf. After the leg was sawed, Barry returned to his hometown with his mother. Blington agreed to give him an annual 500 guineas pension. At last the Countess of Lyndon signed the slip.

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  • Theodora 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    Rewatching it on the big screen is completely incapable of expressing the mood after watching it. Needless to say, it is beautiful to the extreme, elegant to lifeless, and there is a cold and loneliness behind the prosperity. All of them are stupid, but they can't help but feel sorry for their reincarnation. The soundtrack photography is beautiful.

  • Hannah 2021-11-13 08:01:24

    The feeling of watching the third time is still: sight, hearing, atmosphere, dialogue, rhythm, action, and Kubrick basically copied everything that movies can replicate in that era, but this tumultuous world floating account story is really a bit boring. 3.5

Barry Lyndon quotes

  • Sir Charles Lyndon: [laughs] He wants to step into my shoes. He wants to step into my shoes. Is it not a pleasure Gentlemen for me, as I am drawing near the goal - to find my home such a happy one - my wife so fond of me, that she is even now thinking of appointing a successor? Isn't it a comfort to see her like a prudent housewife - getting everything ready for her husband's departure?

    Redmond Barry: I hope you're not thinking of leaving us soon, Sir Charles?

    Sir Charles Lyndon: Not so soon my dear as you may fancy, perhaps. Why man I've been given over many times these four years. And there was always a candidate or two - waiting to apply for the situation. I'm sorry for you, Mr. Barry. It grieves me to keep you or any gentleman waiting. Had you not better arrange with my doctor or have the cook flavor my omelette with arsenic, eh? What are the odds, gentlemen, that I live to see Mr. Barry hang yet?

    Redmond Barry: Sir, let those laugh that win.

  • Narrator: [voice-over] A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one. This heart of Lischen's was like many a neighboring town and had been stormed and occupied several times before Barry came to invest it.