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Wheel of Movie Wonder Spin #11 “Barry Lyndon” (1975) (Patreon)

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2024-04-03 15:00:09
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2024-08-03 15:36:00
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BIG congrats to the WINNER!!!

OK... So there is so much to talk about with this movie. I feel like this movie should be really appreciated! The level of detail and the amazing score, cinematography, set design, costumes and hair and make up is next level AMAZING! The acting and direction was also amazing. Is it a master piece??? I think maybe? For the scale of this movie and what it was able to achieve. The story was great and told well and even though after first watch i'm not 100% in love it's been on my mind since watching it! I actually am excited to watch it again.

Can't wait to chat in the comments.

xx

ames

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Wheel of Movie Wonder Spin #11 “Barry Lyndon”

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Clay F

Ames, condolences on your aunt. Congrats JM. My son (a big Kubrick fan) loves that movie. He has been pushing me to watch it (though he told me nothing about the movie). This will be a first watch for me.

RFK Fan

You da MAN JM!! congrats and a GREAT CHOICE! looks like Ames is on a Ryan O’Neal tear!

John Courtright

Awesome win, JM!! Congrats! Well deserved!! Looking forward to this one!! It will be a first time watch for me!! Can't wait!!

pickupthepieces

Another Kubrick movie, woohoo 🥳 Will Ames become a Kubrick fan? 🤔 I think it's fair to pick a movie from only active members. Of course if you want to see it anyway, that's cool too. Odds are it would be a good movie to react and for us to watch along with anyway.

JM63

Well I'm as happy as Tic Toc was last week! Thank you for the wonderful things you said -- it's a pleasure participating here and interacting with this great community.

Bubba Fett

More Ryan O'Neal! He's on a WoW streak lol

JM63

Everyone make sure you have good quality headphones or audio for this! The music is KEY

Toc

I'm sure someone else has said this already: moving paintings. That's the phrase that always is used to describe this movie and I always found it to be the key. I saw this when I was 6! Right after it came out! I didn't understand it at all, but my mom had said "moving paintings" to me and that was my way in./ Marissa Berenson was actually a famous "supermodel' of the 60s and 70s. That's where you might recognize her from, if they do something about fashions of the 60s or 70s, they might show a picture of her, or Twiggy or Edie Sedgwick, etc etc. / This is the best reaction to Barry Lyndon I've seen. I've seen three or four (there aren't many, admittedly!). But this is.....by far....the best reaction to it. So, yet again, thanks Ames! This is why I subscribed! And thanks JM63! Can't wait to see what you pick next!

JM63

Here's an interesting mini-doc (14 min) about the lighting and cinematography of Barry Lyndon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOLZMr52Wcc Many of the indoor shots were done in actual castles and palaces, and lots of the costumes were 18th century originals, not replicas.

Toc

just reading everyone else's comments: agreed about active members picks, I think what you did was fair....although I liked that you plucked out a title that you wanted to see! Interested to see which one that was! / Regarding your post-film remarks: totally agree about the meticulousness. The guy is legendary for countless takes, as in over a hundred, days (or weeks) spent on one little scene, like an actor crossing a room to open a door. But he filmed with such a lean crew, so that he had the luxury of spending the budget on actual filming. Alan Cumming (Eyes Wide Shut) said he loved having so many takes to play around with; Scatman Crothers (Shining), on the other hand, found it maddening and reportedly started begging Kubrick to tell him what he wanted.

John Courtright

Barry Lyndon is a journey, for sure. I'm really glad I was able to watch this film with you for the first time, Ames! I appreciate the artistry! Others have mentioned the lighting, and I agree. There is one shot in particular, with light streaming through a window into a dark room, that reminded me of a Rembrandt painting. Several of the evening silhouette shots are terrific and the music is fabulous throughout! And Marissa Berenson... What a beauty!! The hats, the hair!! The film must have won awards for the amazing costumes!

John Courtright
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(SPOILERS BELOW) The rise and fall of Barry Lyndon. It was tough to watch Barry crash and burn like that. Much like what we often see in real life, our protagonist is not a hero and the film is not a redemption story. The film was long and it felt every bit as long as it was... and I think deliberately so. To me, Kubrick seems much less interested in the destination than the journey. While I think Ryan O'Neal did a creditable job as Barry, I didn't find him completely convincing. I kept seeing Ryan instead of Barry. I found him to be much more believable in Paper Moon although, to be fair, I think his role in Barry Lyndon was much more demanding and his character arc much more intricate. Thanks for the pick, JM! I'm glad I watched it!

JM63

The big knock on this film seems to be "Ok, it's pretty and the production is amazing, but why should I care? Everyone is horrible." To me, this film is a nature documentary produced by the Alien version of the Discovery Channel ("Planet Earth: 18th Century Europe"). The narrator takes the role of David Attenborough describing the hunting and mating habits of lions. Naked self-interest is the driving force behind everyone's actions, and there's just some indescribable attraction that compels me to watch. (SPOILERS)

JM63
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The first scene sums up the entire film. The frame is dominated by the natural world, which is cold, majestic, and beautiful. (How many days did they wait to get that gorgeous purple hue in the clouds?) The humans, by contrast, are like tiny, insignificant insects. The duel is hugely important to them, but its result will have absolutely no impact on the world. Modern viewers understandably react to the duels with horror -- "That's insane, why would anyone do that?" But the territorial and colonial wars of the European powers over the last 500 years were even more insane, and participation in those wars was the key way to gain honor and prestige in those societies. (The way the narrator describes the causes of The Seven Years War -- arguably the first world war -- makes it sound about as ridiculous as Barry's father's duel over some horses.)