Barry Lyndon
Stanley Kubrick
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Plot Summary
One of the most beautiful films ever made, and the winner of four Academy Awards including Best Cinematography, Art Direction and Costume Design, "Barry Lyndon" features Ryan O'Neal ("Love Story," TV's "Small Sacrifices") as a rags-to-riches Irish gambler and hero-rogue who moves from innocence to self-destructive arrogance in this masterpiece by director Stanley Kubrick ("2001: A Space Odyssey," "A Clockwork Orange," "Full Metal Jacket"). Rich in drama and decadence, this is a stunning, visually opulent adaptation of the classic Thackeray novel set in 18th century England, that Leonard Maltin praises as "exquisite." Boasting meticulous period details, down to the breathtaking cinematography using what would have been the only artificial light source in the era -- candlelight -- on ultra-sensitive film stock developed specially for Kubrick. Co-starring model-turned-actress Marisa Berenson ("Cabaret").
Credits
Actors
- Ryan O'Neal
- Marisa Berenson
- Patrick Magee
- Hardy Kruger
- Gay Hamilton
Director
Screenwriter
Producer
Movie Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
TOMATOMETER
94%- Reviews Counted: 49
- Fresh: 46
- Rotten: 3
- Average Rating: 7.8/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Maybe the only abstract maxim that one can derive from Kubrick's new film is: 'Openness is everything.'
Fresh: Another fascinating challenge from one of our most remarkable, independent-minded directors.
Fresh: Ryan O'Neal's excellent performance captures the shallow opportunism endemic to the title character who is brought down as much by his own flaws as by the mores of the ordered social structure of 18th-century England.
Fresh: Stanley Kubrick's magisterial Thackeray adaptation now stands as one of his greatest and most savagely ironic films, not to mention one of the few period pieces on celluloid so transporting that it seems to predate the invention of cameras.
Customer Reviews
Kubrick's most underrated film
as a HUGE Stanley Kubrick fan, i never heard of this movie until i bought it here. It was a different approach for Kubrick after A Clockwork Orange but i found myself loving this movie. It it long but loving and sweet. Its a great journey of a man that overcomes misfortune. but what this movie is famous for is it EXQUISITE cinematography and beautiful score. I recommend this to any Kubrick fan and a artistic movie lover 5 stars
Barry Lyndon
After the massively controversial success of A Clockwork Orange a film that left audiences stunned from it's abnormally detailed depiction of evil and it's facinating characteristics a film that also shows the extent scientists are willing to push to get within the psychological mind state of a psychopathic human being, Kubrick decided that he were to produce a film about Napoleon however it was canceled. Within this particular film that takes place within the same century, Barry Lyndon ranks indeed to be Kubrick's most underrated fim of his carrer, primarily because of psychological analysis of one man in particular (like the majority of Stanley's films) it goes into depth of one man's success and descriptively shows in the end of how simply bad thing happen to decent people. There is in fact more to it then that however, I don't seem to have the room to get into. Anyway from my perspective this ranks to be my favorite Stanley Kubrick film, primarily because it truly defined who he is as an artist and a storyteller. From the gorgious cinematography, to the direction of the film (shot using all natural lighting) and getting into depth of one man's downfall, this is a film that should always be remembered. Kubrick's most underrated film.
The Greatest Film of all Time
Barry Lyndon is perhaps my favorite film of all time. Stanley Kubrick is as always, a master of film. Each shot in this film is impeccable. Watching this film is like watching a majestic painting unfold before your very eyes: the sets, the acting, the story, all one great epic, beautiful masterpiece. It is a film that has moved me to such a great extent. Amazing.
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- $9.99
- Genre: Drama
- Released: 1975
- © 1975 A Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved<CR>
