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Barry Lyndon (1975)
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In 1975 the world was at Stanley Kubrick's feet. His films Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and A Clockwork Orange, released in the previous dozen years, had provoked rapture and consternation--not merely in the film community, but in the culture at large. On the basis of that smashing hat trick, Kubrick was almost certainly the most famous film director of his generation, and absolutely the one most likely to rewire the collective mind of the movie audience. And what did this radical, at-least-20-years-ahead-of-his-time filmmaker give the world in 1975? A stately, three-hour costume drama based on an obscure...
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| Barry Lyndon Movie Review by Ezra (2/16/2007) |
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Despite being nominated for four of the "minor" Oscars in 1976, this film has been largely overlooked - even by fans of director Stanley Kubrick. Beautifully filmed, well-acted and highly entertaining, this is one of the best period pieces I've ever seen.
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