Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Kruger, Steven Berkoff, Leon Vitali, Michael Hordern
Certificate: PG
Genre: Drama
Awards: Best Cinematography, Best Art-decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Music Adaptation
Barry Lyndon is Kubrick's attempt to create a cinematic painting, recreating the 18th century with the odyssey of it's titular character as he rises to aristocracy and falls once more into obscurity. Over the course of the film, Barry joins two armies and makes many friends, lovers and enemies throughout his adventure.Every shot of the film looks absolutely gorgeous as the special lenses used so that everything could be filmed in natural light works wonders. Barry Lyndon can easily be said to be one of the best looking films in cinematic history, with its costumes, sets and the cinematography that takes away the layers in order to give it a much more artistic look.
The story is also an enthralling collection of events that allow character after character to shine yet O'Neal's main character could be argued to be the least interesting character in the film (or at least in act 1) but he still mashes all the events and characters together whilst having an ark of his own.
Barry Lyndon is undoubtedly another great film by Kubrick and could easily sit alongside Paths Of Glory, 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange any day. Perhaps not the most accessible of his films due to it's length and plot but it is worth it if you watch it.
*****Brilliant
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