One sentence to sum up the essence of Barry Lyndon, an ordinary person who was desperately climbing up and the noble nobles of England in those days, is "a real villain and a hypocrite". Barry Lyndon is a real villain, and those noble-sounding people are actually more shameless, more hypocritical, more hateful and shameless.
Barry Lyndon was an Irish farmer who couldn't be more ordinary. When Linden was a child, his father had a dispute with others over horse races, and was shot dead when the duel was resolved; Linden's mother decided to raise Linden alone, vowing not to remarry, and entrusting all her body, mind and hope to her. on Lyndon. Although Linden grew up in the countryside, his mother's love, even doting, made him very happy. He was like a pampered child from a wealthy family. When he grew up, he was pure and innocent. A pure and innocent look.
But the world is shameless after all, and the world is full of people of fame and fortune. Where can there be a sincere love like a mother? Therefore, Linden's first love encounter failed miserably, and he failed miserably: he fell in love with his cousin (uncle's daughter), but the cousin was a dissolute and snobbish country girl, and when he saw the young man who came to recruit troops The little aristocrat lost his head, and immediately gave up Linden, turned to the other party's bed, and hurriedly married the little captain - just because he had some money, Linden's uncle (that is, the cousin's father) ) to rely on the other party's money to tide over the difficulties, so the cousin's whole family shamelessly ordered Linden to withdraw from the competition of love, and flattered the captain in every possible way.
The fledgling Linden, who has never seen the world, still maintains the teachings of Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds from books such as "Love is noble, and sacrifices everything for love". A duel. The gun went off. I didn't expect Linden to be so quick to shoot down the captain, who had been almost paralyzed with fright. So the cousins asked Linden to flee immediately, because the shooting of a noble captain would be "jail". How could Linden, who had never seen the world, know these things, and was so frightened that he had to flee for his life immediately - but in fact, God knows which law stipulates that those who kill nobles in a duel are legally responsible?
I never thought that these were all a well-designed conspiracy! It turned out that the pistol Linden used in the duel had long been manipulated by his cousins, and it was loaded with fake bullets! The captain wasn't dead at all, he was just too shabby and paralyzed on the spot - even though he knew it was a fake bullet. Linden's cousin married the captain smoothly, and Linden's uncle also got the money smoothly, but poor Linden had to flee the world and wandered the world ever since.
From then on, his life adventure began, and the movie became very exciting and tense, beautiful, and every story was amazing. Linden had just left the village not too far, and despite all his care, he was immediately robbed by the father and son of the black shop, robbing all the family savings his mother had given him, as well as his horse and the sword left by his father. He was penniless and had nowhere to go. Fortunately, he encountered the British king recruiting troops to join forces with Prussia (the predecessor of Germany, the most powerful kingdom in the German-speaking region) to fight to the death with France, Russia and other European countries. It was provoked by the nobles of various countries, and the people behind it were all royal figures who were related to each other by blood), so he had to join the army for food, became a private soldier, and immediately participated in the war.
The war is getting more and more boring, you kill me and I will kill you, and Linden wants to escape more and more. He finally seized a chance, when two gay officers in the army were intimate in the river (this episode is quite funny and full of strong irony), he stole an officer's uniform and a war horse, and immediately fled to the After reaching the rear of Prussia, he also met a thirsty Prussian soldier's wife, so he ate and drank during the day and slept together at night. After a few good days, he continued to run to the border, hoping to return to England and his hometown.
Unexpectedly, he was entangled by the Prussian patrolling army. After a few exchanges, his little trick of lying was quickly broken and he was arrested. Fortunately, Prussia was short of soldiers. Seeing that he was not a serious crime, he was also a soldier of the Allied countries, so he enlisted him and went to the battlefield again. The Prussian army is not the British army. The warlords here are serious, and the ranks of officers and soldiers are high and low. It is really not a life for people. But Linden's life was good: in a fierce battle, he was fortunate to save the officer, was appreciated by the king, received an award, and was treated as a confidant by the officer who was rescued. A nobleman with the title of knight.
Lyndon is Lyndon, and he's smart, isn't he! How could it be possible for him to be a spy to spy on people from his own country? ! Therefore, Linden hypocritically revealed all the secrets to the British knights, and won the trust of the British knights. Under the arrangement of the knights, he still reported the situation to the Prussian officials.
What's even more awesome is that God is favoring him! With the help of Linden as a helper, the knight gambled with the Prince of Prussia and made the prince owe a huge debt. The prince seriously suspected that the knight had made a thousand, but because there was no evidence, he was angry and condemned the knight, causing the two to face a duel. How is it possible to duel with the prince? As a result, the Prussian official secretly negotiated and decided to use conspiracy to expel the knights from the country.
Needless to say, Lyndon must have told the knight this shocking secret. Of course, the knight would not suffer this humiliation in vain, so he used Linden to disguise himself. In this way, Linden returned to his dream hometown in the costume of a knight, with the huge sum of money given by the Prussian official to the knight, and escorted by two Prussian officers.
How can Linden let go of the delicious taste at the first taste? In the next few years, he cooperated with the British knight, played all over the British world, swept the British nobility, and made a lot of money. But Linden didn't want to make a fortune like this, after all, it could only be counted as a nouveau riche, without what Europeans value most: a title of nobility.
He started asking for these. How to do it? Lyndon is Lyndon, betting his treasures on a beautiful and moving countess. The countess' husband, although he is a count, is very old and half-paralyzed. He has long been dead, and he is about to see Jesus. How can he miss such a good thing? Linden used all kinds of means to use all his charms, and finally made the beauty come back. He was waiting for the old earl to die, and he came to accept the victory.
At this critical time, the movie still handles it very humorously, which makes people laugh. Linden once met the old earl. The old earl couldn't control his self-restraint. He suddenly laughed and satirized Linden as "a toad wants to eat swan meat", and laughed at Linden's ugly state of eagerly climbing up through his wife. Zeng thought that Linden didn't show weakness at all, he counterattacked on the spot, mocked the old earl fiercely, and then turned away. Where has the old earl been so angry? Wearing a green hat is enough to be annoyed, and now being ridiculed on the spot by the villain who throws the green hat, how can you be angry?
So, he fainted on the spot, then walked to the cemetery, and went to see Hades. Linden successfully settled in a new starting point of life, entered the palace of marriage with his wife, and generally lived an upper-class life in a serious manner.
But how could the upper class tolerate a poor boy like you suddenly joining? From the moment Linden entered the upper class, it was doomed that his luck would be gone, and the hard days had begun.
After all, Linden came from a poor family. He had never seen such a big show, had never eaten so many delicious foods, and had never experienced so many beautiful women. Now the poor boy first entered heaven, he immediately accepted it all, just like our Chinese officials who were born in the poor, they are keen to hold a mistress, to make friends with the world, to save face, and to fame and fortune - only the poor can This is so important. After all, rich people have long been used to these things, and they don’t find it very interesting; but it is different for the upstarts from the poor. They will be dazzled when they first enter the palace. Therefore, Linden is just like our old and rough officials in China. In the same way, succumbing to women, engaging in mistresses, pretending to be unbearable, and pretending to be poor and sour, but insisting on pretending to be a high-ranking person. How can the habit of mud legs in the bones change overnight?
In this way, he was looked down on more and more, and his life became more and more unhappy. At this time, his personal life also faced a serious crisis: after the death of the old earl, he left behind a son, who became more and more disobedient, and became a stepfather for the nobles How can it be so easy? Don't look at the aristocratic little brat who is only ten years old, but he has long been arrogant in his bones, and he looks down on the upstart Linden in his heart. As a result, the relationship between father and son was in serious crisis, and even threatened Linden's future: because British law at the time stipulated that the inheritance of noble titles could only be given to blood descendants, so even if Linden's wife died, Linden still had nothing and would definitely be driven out. out of the house.
How can Lyndon sit still? So, he returned to his wife's arms and finally gave birth to his own child. At the same time, he desperately made friends and fawned on the powerful, and strived to be canonized as an earl by the king as soon as possible. In order to mobilize these upper-level relationships, he had to desperately raise money, and spent all the property of an old earl. He ran out of cups and plates, so he could only get by with debts, and the poor earl title was still far away. No period... It's not that he doesn't work hard, it's just because he is a villain after all, how can he understand the mentality of the nobles? What is an aristocrat? Nobles are inherently noble, and they want to surpass the grass-headed people. Although many aristocrats are actually straw bags or even garbage, after all, blood relationship determines everything. If an ordinary grassroots can easily obtain the title of nobility, can there still be nobility? It's like Lyndon's stepson, with a stern look on his face, careful not to say it, very timid and retarded, and very ungentle - you will see it at the end - but he can still inherit the title of earl naturally. no? How could poor Linden understand these deep truths, he just kept throwing money everywhere, begging grandpa to tell grandma, but when people took his money, not only did they not do anything, but they laughed at him more and more behind his back.
At this time, the earl's son also grew up. Not only did the father-son relationship break down completely, but Linden also ushered in the most tragic scene in his life: the sudden death of his own son, and the stepson who hated him wanted to duel him... Here, no more. For those of you who are concerned about Linden's fate, you can watch it, and I believe you will be very emotional about the final outcome.
This is exactly: the
bottom of the upper class, people who are
cheated and cheated have to steal; the
grass people fly out of the chicken coop, and
once they enter the world, it is difficult to turn back.
In this way, the story of the real villain Linden made Kubrick burst into tears and made people laugh, which was unbearable.
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