A yellow lily dream

Grayce 2022-03-22 09:01:35

The narrative pace is heavy and slow, like Stoner I just watched.
The three duels were designed to be rather symbolic. The first duel Barry's father's death also hints at his fate. The second duel was manipulated and started his legendary life, but it also foreshadowed that he was unable to control his own destiny and could do nothing about it. In the third duel, Barry's tolerance did not exchange for the reconciliation of his stepson. In the end, he was seriously injured and eventually retired from the stage of history. This echoes his father's death in a duel and seems to reveal a kind of fate.
Barry ultimately lost money. The capitalist financial system actually dominated the social life of the nobility before the bourgeoisie came to power in Europe. Aristocratic status can already be converted into economic income naked. "Anyone who earns £30,000 a year should have a title." But the £30,000 doesn't belong to him after all, and the bill is only valid through Mrs. Lyndon's signature. The seemingly weak, swallowed Mrs. Lyndon actually controls his fate, simply because of her title and that pen. Old Mrs. Barry was right, he was nothing without money.
There is a saying: seek wealth and wealth and risk, and mingle in the upper class;

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Extended Reading
  • Tyson 2022-03-21 09:01:41

    #rhythm# has obvious rhythm rules in the use of audio-visual elements. First watch it with the sound on, then watch it with the sound off, and carefully appreciate the rhythm between the picture and the editing. First, I shoot close-ups of the characters, and then gradually zoom out to make the characters smaller, and the surrounding environment and scenes become very prominent. It is also widely used to express love and war, which has become a major feature of the film's photographic language. The repeated alternations and contrasts between the characters in the foreground and the background that determines all their actions are all over the film, lover's trysts and public duels, private intrigues and blatant frauds in casinos.

  • Tyson 2022-03-24 09:01:37

    1. Restore the classical style to perfection. Visually, each shot is like a painting by Fragonard, Watteau, Consborough, and the pastoral part is in the style of Claude Lorrain. Musically, Handel and Schubert's two songs are used superbly. The theme is one of the most classic themes of 18th and 19th century literature: disillusionment. 2. In order to capture the real vision in the candlelit castle in the 18th century, Lao Ku insisted on shooting in natural light. For this purpose, he acquired a 50mm f0.7 lens and two specially made 75mm and 30mm lenses, and took slow zoom shooting. , successfully created a gorgeous hazy visual sense. It is said that the photographer of "Mozart" tried to borrow this lens from Lao Ku, but Lao Ku refused. 3. Lao Ku initially took a fancy to "Vanity Fair". It is said that the reason why he chose Thackeray's novella adaptation was that he found that "Vanity Fair" was too wrapped up in 3 hours to explain clearly. But I seriously doubt that it is because he can't make a big heroine and a straight man quit. 4. One of my favorite Kubrick movies, if only he had made Napoleon out.

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.