Barry Lyndon

Isadore 2022-04-22 07:01:09

"Barry Lyndon" has been hailed as an epic since its release in 1975, and some Kubrick fans even consider it his pinnacle as a director and author. In many ways, it was Kubrick's last masterpiece, and while his later works were not as wise, they were nowhere near as good as Barry Lyndon, Dr. Strangelove, and 2001's A Space Odyssey. ” and “A Clockwork Orange” on a par. In almost all films, Stanley Kubrick's attitude oscillates between satire and allegory. This is a guy who likes to be mystical and clever, and is never afraid to show his malice. It's just that "Barry Lyndon" is not like the kind of movie that has been noticed from the beginning or has always been, and more often requires an audience to discover it.

After the film was released, it was highly praised by the American Film Critics Association, saying that "Barry Lyndon" was the best film, and Kubrick was again affirmed as the best director. The film also won Oscars for Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction and Best Score. The film is epic, the composition and photography are meticulous, the costumes and sets are meticulous, and the use of music is bold and unique. John Woo's method of contrasting with the violence of flying pigeons can be traced back to this film. Film wizard Stanley Kubrick brings an eighteenth-century European legend to the screen with near-perfect film technology. Each shot is as elegant as a classical oil painting, and the ending has a sense of sadness that has gone through the vicissitudes of life. The whole film is three hours long and divided into two volumes, which should not be missed by audiences who like literary films.

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Extended Reading
  • Madisyn 2021-11-13 08:01:24

    A lifeless society, hierarchical, with nothing to do. One's escape, or the effort to change one's destiny, is nothing but a tool through which destiny is ultimately achieved. Abandoning the truth of the soul in order to gain social status, in the end, it gradually loses all the truth in the glitzy society and becomes nothingness wrapped in a pink brocade.

  • Norene 2022-03-22 09:01:35

    【S】Second brush, how should you feel when you watch the top ten film history on the big screen? Only speechless. In fact, I had already made preparations for a slight decline before, but I didn't expect to be held down, and instead of falling, it rose. In my memory, most of the charm of this melodrama comes from its delicacy, but when I re-watch it, I find that it is amazingly finished. Every shot has a unique directionality, which is precisely combined to maximize the density, so it is everywhere in the seemingly rigid. Extraordinary ingenuity. Inhuman. On the 20th anniversary of Kubrick's death. I was completely stunned. So delicate that every frame can be collected in the Louvre, the photography is extreme, the close-up is pulled to the distant view, a lot of classical music, and the ending is more like a joke of fate. The narration is good but not good, and this is the kind that is good but can't be added. Underneath these appearances there is an extremely rich story and images of sentient beings. The life of a low-level character has been ups and downs, and he has been unscrupulous and has no bottom line to reach the peak of life, but when he first showed compassion, it brought him ruin. Fabulous artwork. If you can watch it on the screen in your lifetime, you will have no regrets.

Barry Lyndon quotes

  • 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.

  • 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.