Barry Lyndon
19758.0movie
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.
In Barry Lyndon, the Narrator is omniscient, trustworthy, and can be seen as a confidant. This is in contrast with the narration of the novel, where Redmond Barry provides unreliable first-person narration. Kubrick explains the choice to switch narration stylesIt has been a wonderful trip, with one of the greatest visual storytellers as our guide. Everything about Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon is calculated, from the slow pacing to the cinematography to the picturesque shots.
Stanley Kubrick’s “Barry Lyndon,” received indifferently in 1975, has grown in stature in the years since and is now widely regarded as one of the master’s best. It is certainly in every frame a Kubrick film: technically awesome, emotionally distant, remorseless in its doubt of human goodness. Based on a novel published in 1844, it takes a form common in the 19th century novel, following the life of the hero from birth to death. The novel by Thackeray, called the first novel without a hero, observes a man without morals, character or judgment, unrepentant, unredeemed.
