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Stanley Kubrick: Barry Lyndon
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Stanley Kubrick's exquisite costume drama meticulously details the rise and fall of Redmond Barry Lyndon (Ryan O'Neal), an Irish rogue with dreams of grandeur and glory. In the tradition of "Tom Jones," highlighted by superb photography and period music. Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee. 183 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
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Kubrick made three movies after Barry Lyndon before his death in 1999. The first of these, The Shining (1980), is notable for its hypnotic use of Steadicam following the three inhabitants (Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd) through the snowed-in Overlook Hotel. It’s an adaptation of a Stephen King bestseller, but it shows how Kubrick was more than willing to change an author’s ideas around for adaptation to the screen. Here Jack Torrance, the tortured father and writer, has no metaphorical boiler bubbling beneath the hotel waiting to explode. He’s pretty much ready to go insane from the beginning, and the hotel is the stimulus. In a sense, because he’s experiencing writer’s block, the Overlook Hotel and its ghostly inhabitants act as his inspiration to murder.
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Kubrick's next film was to going to be about Napoleon but he canceled it after another similar film was released before his own. Kubrick worked very hard researching and learning about Napoleon and about the world at that time. Kubrick chose to make another movie set in that time that was titled Barry Lyndon. The film was based a book by William Makepeace Thackeray and was about an 18th century gambler named Barry Lyndon. The film was not as well liked as his previous films but, like 2001: A Space Odyssey, it convinced people over time.
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Coppedge, Walter"Barry Lyndon: Kubrick's elegy for an age." Literature/Film Quarterly (29:3) 2001:3 , 172-178 . (2001) UC users only"Stanley Kubrick significantly altered the portrayal of Barry Lyndon from William Makepeace Thackeray's character in the film adaptation. Kubrick replaced an unpleasant appearance with the classical physical characteristics of Ryan O'Neal, eliminated much of Barry's objectionable behavior, and made him dignified and composed." [Expanded Academic Index]
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After Barry Lyndon, Kubrick made films at a much slower rate than before. He only made three more films in the next twenty-five years. He was still very popular and respected. Each of the films he released became an event that many people waited for and celebrated.
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Warner Brothers have released their Stanley Kubrick titles to DVD a couple of times now but this third go-round proves that the third time really is the charm. While this isn't the definitive set (the exclusion of Lolita, Barry Lyndon and Dr. Strangelove ensures that), the five films that are represented in this collection have been treated with an admirable amount of care and respect. Here's a look at the five films and the supplements that you'll find inside the Stanley Kubrick - Warner Home Video Director's Series boxed set:
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