10K views · 301 reactions | "Stanley Kubrick's 'Barry Lyndon' (1975) is a film that produces in us the same kind of emotion that we feel in the presence of great masterpieces of art & literature." Federico Fellini | History of Cinema | Facebook

Kubrick’s Forgotten Masterpiece Barry Lyndon is Stanley Kubrick’s sweeping historical epic about ambition, vanity, and fate. It follows Redmond Barry, an Irish farm boy who climbs his way up the social ladder through charm, luck, and deceit — eventually becoming the aristocratic Barry Lyndon. Played masterfully by Ryan O’Neal, Barry’s rise from soldier to nobleman is as breathtaking as it is tragic. Kubrick paints every frame like a living oil painting — candlelit scenes, grand duels, and quiet

194K views · 1.2K reactions | BARRY LYNDON (1975) DIRECTED BY STANLEY KUBRICK | History of Cinema | Facebook