Review of Barry Lyndon (1975) by Marc R — 02 Jul 2016
Once again a showcase for the way Kubrick takes a subject and creates a unique prism through which we observe it, one of cold detachment and idle onlookers, rendering the character of Lyndon but a simple, lowly speck on the grand, tragic stage of life.
The film's arresting, painterly beauty, lovely score, and sumptuous production design merge strikingly with Kubrick's satiric, uncompromising tone. The ways in which the film reveals Kubrick's thematic concerns and philosophies so absolutely simply through its mise-en-scene make it one of his defining, and greatest, works.
This review of Barry Lyndon (1975) was written by Marc R on 02 Jul 2016.
Barry Lyndon has generally received very positive reviews.
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