Barry Lyndon: Death of Bryon Lyndon

Heart wrenching scene

[@DavidMorley]

I played Bryan in the film. I remember shooting it like it was yesterday (47 years ago). On set, Kubrick put my trailer next to Ryan's. Ryan was like a father on set and I really think it was Kubrick being a genius and creating a true bond. The fathership Ryan showed me on set, looking back, made his reaction that of a father. Honoured to have been chosen to play the part.

[@AdamAus85]

Wow, thanks for stopping by David. Heartwrenching performances from you and Ryan. Cheers for sharing.

[@DavidMorley]

@@AdamAus85 Thanks Adam! 🙏

[@Iegacyfilm]

Oh my goodness. What a small world, love your performance to this day, thank you for sharing but a snippet of your experience with Kubrick.

[@DavidMorley]

@@Iegacyfilm 🙏thank you!

[@eleonorachicconi4323]

Thanks David , thanks a lot!

[@Cicero1988]

When he asks his parents to not fight anymore with one another, so that they could all meet again in heaven...that hit hard.

[@thunderbolt2145]

I also thought it was a poignant touch that he mentioned Lord Bullington confiding that heaven is a place where quarrelsome people never go. It showed that Bullington loved Bryan despite hating Barry, and that he himself was quilty of this "sin".

[@marktilley7222]

“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother” - my Dad.

[@Hauri1972]

@@marktilley7222 Wow, that really hit me hard right now, but your dad is so right.

[@cjmcc5231]

This is the moment Barry Lyndon is utterly defeated. Having lost his love at the start of the film, becoming cynical through his life as a soldier, to losing his claim to the estate- now the last thing Barry cares about is stolen from him. Barry Lyndon is one of my favourite films because it really captures the tragedy of the human experience.

[@clockworkorange5588]

Nothing captures the human spirit like this film, nothing. When I first enjoyed this film, 8 years ago, I was...without words. So beautiful, so fucking sad. What a movie should be!

[@peterjoyfilms]

I think it's meant to be predictable. I mean the narrator tells you it's going to happen for a start.

[@lizclegg7556]

Well the narrator has already told us that Barry Lyndon dies childless.

[@giovannimontagnana6262]

You got the point. Pure masterpiece

[@weepingboy3]

I loved this movie..

[@Josh-go1bz]

Must be the most emotionally impactful cut in the whole history of film editing

[@BrianMcInnis87]

*Impacting*.

[@kevino8452]

Brian McInnis No, it’s impactful. He used the word correctly in this context.

[@charlimagne_]

@@kevino8452 Can you enlighten me ? why is impactful correct here ? English is not my native language so im a bit lost

[@dario1998]

@@charlimagne_ I'm not mother tongue as well but I guess it depends on common sense. impactful is more correct for something that affects your emotions. Anyway they are both adjectives... grammatically both are correct.

[@pinkville]

Wow, it is arguably one of the worst examples of ‘acting’ ever committed to film.

[@simplyumut]

"We brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out."

[@CHRISTIANNWO]

Funny

[@justinneill5003]

CHRISTIANNWO Yes, hilarious...

[@johns123]

The narration tells you the boy's fate, but it still hits you like a freight train. Kubrick was truly the best.

[@thinkingchairmusic]

once the horse was brought up. it was pretty obvious.

[@abeorama]

Nietzsche's 'birth of tragedy'

[@LacoSinfonia]

“It is impossible to convey what high hopes Barry had for young Bryan, or how he indulged in a thousand fond anticipations of the boy's future success and figure in the world. But Fate had determined that Barry should leave none of his race behind him... that he should finish his life poor, lonely, and childless.” The narration in this film is immaculately written.

[@Defender78]

Realized that the same child sized carriage and the same pair of sheep with the feather headdress are used in both the Birthday party scene heading to the right, and in this scene heading towards the left side of the screen.

[@TheGlasgowGamer]

@@LacoSinfoniaIt is my favourite narration in any film. It does everything to make the events of the movie flow in a unique and wonderful way by telling you everything and still pulling surprises.

[@ThePreachingOfHisWord]

A lot of actors, actresses said it was tough to work with Kubrick because he was such a perfectionist. These films are a product of that perfection. RIP Stanley Kubrick

[@kingamoeboid3887]

Latiume Vea I felt sad after watching Eyes Wide Shut because of that. I adored Stanley Kubrick since I saw A Clockwork Orange for the first time.

[@ThePreachingOfHisWord]

The One Man Army Agreed!

[@sarinabi]

🖤

[@lornithogeek7049]

He's not perfectionist is maniacal! But he's a very good maniacal

[@dunkirknolan7018]

The only time he really went too far and it wasn’t worth it even if the film was good was the way he mentally tore down Shelley Duvall. There are just some things that aren’t worth achieving perfection. Especially at the stake of ones mental health. Duvall never recovered from that psychological abuse, and to this day that’s an asterisk I have on an otherwise good career of kubrick

[@LisaMichele]

Everything about this entire film is utter perfection. I've heard a lot of people say Ryan O'Neal was miscast but my god, look at the acting in this scene. He gives it everything. So good!

[@dario1998]

literally the GOAT Stanley said: I couldn't find a more suitable actor than Ryan himself.

[@Chris-0703]

It really isn’t. It is terrible actually. He is such a bad actor.

[@octopusmagnificens]

Well said.

[@Wilantonjakov]

@@Chris-0703 that's just observably false

[@chadallen7943]

I think it would surprise you to know that the entire film was considered to be perfect by you because of an assistant who took pictures and Cooper decided he was going to change his entire whole outside dual because of it to the inside of that Barn

[@_pascalwittwer]

This scene might be the darkest, saddest and most emotionally contained in all of Kubrick’s filmography. The heavy music when it cuts to Bryon’s coffin is just genius. This scene is why Barry Lyndon will forever be my Favorite Kubrick film.

[@elianab1794]

I love the depiction of Christianity in this movie. Very solemn, but oddly beautiful. I’m not a Christian, but Reverend Runt’s recital of “I am the resurrection and the life” and “We brought nothing into this world…” is so beautiful

[@connorpusey5912]

As a Christian, and Barry Lyndon being one of my favorite films, I also find his recital of scripture beautiful. To me it is also powerful because of the truth that flows through the words, and the actors delivery is excellent.

[@ArsenicJulep]

Directly from the Book of Common Prayer, which didn’t change that much until 1979.

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

Best scene in what is one of the best films of all time. Kubrick's masterpiece (even greater than 2001, in my opinion).

[@furkanaydogmus96]

WheresWallace4883 I totally agree with you!

[@cemylmaz1164]

WheresWallace4883 2001 was boring and its like an art school movie

[@holeymattress8128]

Ending scene in Paths of Glory brings me to tears each time, this is a close second.

[@ahmedabusabib5424]

Cem Yılmaz try watching it again or try seeing like an analysis video on it

[@TheBorzoilover]

This scene always moves me to tears and Ryan O'neal portrays the grieving father magnificently.

[@dvaccaro96]

One of the best scenes I've ever seen, thank God for Kubrick

[@comradeogilvy1254]

I can never reconcile the disturbingly large amount of people who write off Barry Lyndon as ‘boring’, ‘a snoozefest’’, ‘deadpan’ etc etc with scenes like this... As someone well acquainted with the death of loved ones before their time, this scene hits me in the feels fierce like few others ever have 😞

[@dario1998]

Their Knowledge of the medium stops at: Avengers and Pearl Harbor that’s why they think this movie is boring. They don’t know anything about cinema

[@cianbroderick1900]

To love a movie like this (ironically in this case) is to love life and depictions of it. Marvel and Pearl Harbour are for those who either don’t think about life or those who’ve shielded themselves from thinking about life

[@rodlecid]

The loss of a child is an unbearable pain you can't never get use to !!

[@CyfilmsProductions]

The on-screen emotion swells, the music swells, and just as everything's climaxing, Kubrick reaches out the screen and punches us in the gut with the most methodical heart-wrenching cut in cinema history

[@thunderbolt2145]

I've seen this film well over 20 times, and this scene always makes the tears well up. Ryan O'Neal my not have been Brando, but he could certainly hold his own. An excellent piece of acting.

[@user-mg1hp4fu4u]

Totally agree

[@cianbroderick1900]

Brando wasn’t exactly Brando either. His abilities have been greatly exaggerated

[@TitoMariategui]

one of best scenes i've ever seen period.

[@OhHiMark2004]

R.I.P. Ryan O’Neal.

[@JBOczkus]

I've seen this film 3 or 4 times and my jar drops at this cut every single time. Absolutely flawless.

[@AdamAus85]

The first time certainly gets you right in the feels.

[@Hauri1972]

This is one of the most powerful scenes I have ever seen. And the music by Händel makes it almost impossible to endure, seeing the child and the parents suffer and then the cutover to the burial scenery where it fully unfolds.

[@anguslauder2431]

Music makes some of kubricks greatest scenes 1- death of barry lyndons son he captures utter despair perfectly with sarabande 2 - final scene of paths of glory the german woman singing and the dramatic emotional change in the scene is incredible 3 - final scene of full metal jacket when the soldiers are marching through the apocalyptic like landscape singing the mickey mouse song Genius!

[@Hauri1972]

And the German women became (or maybe even was at that time) Kubricks wife

[@MrDeeNicee]

I love the tragic irony of Bryon's request for Barry to tell his story about the fort. Instead of something comforting Barry's last exchange with his son is a self-aggrandizing and violent story that didn't even happen.

[@cianbroderick1900]

Sounds like how the final thoughts many people have in life comes from the bible. An grand anthology of stories that are only loosely linked to truth

[@connorpusey5912]

@@cianbroderick1900 I’m sorry you feel that way. I saw your response to a previous comment saying how those who love Barry Lyndon love depictions of life and couldn’t agree more, as this is one of my favorite films. On this particular response however, I must disagree. I understand that this sounds like foolishness to you, but I can only hope that God may one day open your heart to the truth. Seek, and you will find.

[@furkanaydogmus96]

"'l am the resurrection and the life,' saith the Lord. "'He that believeth in me, though he were dead... "'...yet shall he live. "'And whosoever liveth and believeth in me... "'...shall never die.' "l know that my Redeemer liveth... "...and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. "And though after my skin worms destroy this body... "...yet in my flesh shall I see God. "Whom I shall see for myself and mine eyes shall behold... "...and not another. "We brought nothing into this world... "...and it is certain we can carry nothing out. "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away. "Blessed is the name of the Lord."

[@sophiewalters634]

These are the Funeral Sentences from the Book of Common Prayer, 1662. As a Catholic, I find them beautiful and profound. The language alone is majestic.

[@jamest4682]

@@sophiewalters634 I completely agree - arguably, the Church of England at its finest.

[@Sdfghjk442]

Through one beautiful image to another, you are watching the progression of Barry from innocence to cold heartedness ending in pure dispair.

[@NYCBG]

Just one word: KUBRICK.

[@audysetiawan8436]

This film made me heartbreaking slowly in almost 3 hours

[@AdamAus85]

Well said Audy. I know what you mean.

[@calogerogriffin861]

Well

[@JoeStunner]

If you can watch this scene without shedding a tear or ten, you're probably already dead.

[@user-ko9qf2up6m]

dead ? really? so you don't know about real pain we live in our country

[@andrewmccloud8581]

أرزة لبنان PISS off

[@TheWelchProductions]

Then I’m probably already dead.

[@CHRISTIANNWO]

Already dead in part of the body

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

I mean basically he is the cause of lord bullingdon being abused and eventually challenging Barry to a duel

[@geofflegeoff6795]

I was so much sad when this moment came, Bryon is so nice ..

[@AdamAus85]

+Geoffroy Ganzi I agree, gets me in a teary state every time.

[@geofflegeoff6795]

:(

[@geofflegeoff6795]

Did you love the movie?

[@horizongames1563]

Geoff le Geoff I loved it. So heart wrenching.

[@pugglespugson8599]

Was so nice*

[@TheBorzoilover]

This scene broke my heart all those years ago and still does in 2022, a brilliant and moving performance from Ryan O'Neal the whole film was pure class.

[@gabriel.robinson04]

"The doctors were called, but what does a doctor avail in a contest with the grim, invincible enemy." Holy shit lol

[@saladsalad9991]

This is the saddest scene in movie history. Handel's sarabande playing, the kid so clear headed and wanting his parents to promise they love each other and stop quarreling so the family will unite in heaven... I don't even believe in heaven and I'm still shook. Then the funeral march scene comes up with the cute sheep pulling the tiny coffin.. holy shit what an act. It's so great you have to cuss about it.

[@maratonlegendelenemirei3352]

So what do you believe in?

[@saladsalad9991]

@@maratonlegendelenemirei3352 Science.

[@Farahmand1010]

Magnifique...

[@McLarenMercedes]

And now Barry Lyndon is dead too.

[@SnakeGondor]

Rest in Peace Ryan 🕊️🖤

[@AdamAus85]

Oh, I've just seen. Very sad. RIP

[@jjcooks7401]

I saw this movie in cinemas last night (digital, unfortunately, not 35mm) and that cut had a big impact on me.

[@CsuarezFla]

"Pa pa, am I going to die?"

[@EstebanGunn]

He cries because he realizes this is the last time he will tell the bedtime story to his son. It is the bedtime story to a sleep he will never wake up from.

[@veinteporciento]

Such an awesome movie. Ryan O'Neal's acting is so underrated...

[@sebastianpacurar8350]

Vă salut,sunt din România,un film de epocă, dramatic și tragic,foarte bun ,merită revăzut

[@stefaxefrancy6565]

R.I.P. Ryan O'Neal 🕊️🙏

[@vicdysa1053]

this scene always brings tears to my eyes...

[@TheWayOfDesert]

Rain, black suits, sad music, sequence shot. Thank you Stanley Kubrick to have been a visionnaire of the cinema and to have brought revolution to the 7e Art! We’ll never forget you and your talent!

[@MrRoscommon3]

Could this be the most touching movie scene of all time? So poignant and Marisa Berenson is amazing.

[@phillytheflyerable]

kubrick had no heart huh

[@weepingboy3]

I loved this movie.. it is truly a classic…every scene a masterpiece..The music always touched my heart

[@abdulkadiryanalak1045]

3:26 gives feelings first hand, so deep and definetly very striking.. Dramatic..

[@stpat7614]

About the only time I ever felt sorry for Barry.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Smiling through his tears--the Ryan O'Neal specialty! With the departure of Elizabeth II, I was thinking about that movie's final words: "These people lived in the 18th century. Rich or poor, good or bad, they are all equal now."

[@ulfingvar1]

Some people bitch about Ryan O'Neal and Marisa Berenson not being good enough actors to carry the story. I strongly disagree. And this scene proves my point...

[@clivedavies5618]

Poignant beyond words, wonderful acting and the funeral cortege are heartbreaking.

[@epcotman32]

While Barry loved his son, he utterly spoiled him.

[@freddielee1831]

Probably the saddest death scene in film history, for me. Kubrick was a genius

[@ulfingvar1]

I sincerely believe this is THE greatest film ever made, yes, even greater than 2001, which, exquisite as it is, DO contain a handful of scenes that carry on a tad too long for their own good, but here there is not one superfluos second.

[@CJStew06]

Which is incredible for a 3-hour period drama, but I completely agree.

[@Ilovemesumgravy]

This scene is so impactful. I randomly heard Sarande once again then this scene flashed right back at me. A memory I never knew existed

[@txkink]

The music is also great - Handel : Suite No 4 in D Minor, HWV 437, Sarabande

[@georgejones8481]

txkink it's Darude-Sandstorm

[@samanthab1923]

It's perfection, whatever it is.

[@Aracatamus]

Great acting in this scene.

[@adolin1338]

'but i cant feel anything except in my hands' that effing cut... this is really a special movie. my favorite of all time by some distance. Truly a work of art.

[@abhishekpatel9808]

The orchestra played a major role in this movie.

[@AdamAus85]

Aye, the soundtrack is fantastic.

[@AdamAus85]

Aye, the soundtrack is fantastic.

[@futuropasado]

Never call Kubrick cold again. Thanks.

[@seansmith6255]

Where film would play a sad song at the funeral This one plays the main theme More intensely than ever Because this sums up the tragedy and themes of this movie perfectly Luck gave barry this life and now it's begun to rip it away He gave his son a luxurious life that he never had growing up, but ultimately, that luxury resulted in his death when his father gave him the horse The power climb and luxury all don't matter when life could just as easily take it all away "The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away." Barry wanted to be rich Ended up, poor He wanted to have a child But ended up childless He wanted fame And ended up forgotten It's kind of poetic that this is the most overlooked of kubricks post strangelove work But those who saw it will never forget MASTERPIECE

[@jorgemartinquaranta9313]

That cut might be seen as an statement about life and death. That cut means, one second you are alive, and the next second you're dead. As simple as that. But humans, and most certainly in the 18th century Europe, need rituals to sink in such a difficult moment. In my view, it's not even against religion, it just shows how difficult is for us to understand a child's loss.

[@kellykempkilroy]

Oh my heart, be comforted; the child is with his Altogether Lovely Savior.🙏

[@clydetheabdomenmuncher8786]

This scene never fails to get a few tears out of me. Maybe it’s my inner father.

[@dane4453]

The actress who played the Countess of lyndon is absolutely beautiful.

[@strangebrew1231]

The music when it cuts to the procession is so visceral

[@juanvaladez5703]

Incredible, simply incredible. God is good. 🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@TheRanfo]

watta cut!

[@phillytheflyerable]

a stab in the fucking heart

[@nschuehly]

That must be the most heartbreaking scene ever put on film.

[@thinkingchairmusic]

this is the most gut-wrenching grief alongside hereditary. wow

[@bonapartist]

3:20 note the snot. That's acting. Reminds me of Samurai Cop when that one ancillary cop character has snot dripping obviously and blatantly down his face. Samurai Cop and Barry Lyndon were always meant to be compared to each other.

[@ccfliege]

topnotch comment

[@vik_body_beld7294]

jeez...what an emotional scene...brings tears to my eyes!

[@PrimalElf]

One of the most saddest scenes of all time

[@isaacmhdz]

This is the third film I saw by Stanley Kubrick, and already, this is his TRUE masterpiece. This scene was so powerful that I almost cried. This scene proves that not only is Kubrick a great director, but he is a mastermind in filmmaking. Thank you Stanley for making such adoring films.

[@GeorgeMillerUSA]

I would have love Kubrick more if not all of his work was detatched and emotionless. Paths of Glory was surprisingly emotional and it made me cry unlike 2001 and The Shining.

[@CHRISTIANNWO]

Paths of Glory is a personal favorite. Very emotional.

[@andres65080]

This and 2001 are masterpieces BEYOND masterpieces. Art, in my opinion, equal to that of the great renaissance painters. Timeless, classic, unsurpassed

[@sergeant_chris6209]

This scene is absolutely gutwrenching

[@GooseGumlizzard]

people gave Ryan Oneal shit for his acting in this movie but he convinced me in this scene.

[@didierwanderer]

fabulous break of tone over the funeral procession

[@lizclegg7556]

Yes, that was the best bit (actually the only good bit).

[@bautibonzini2835]

A father's soul being restored by the wise yet innocent wish of his young son. That's how I would describe this scene.

[@user-vl1kk3ij3d]

its so sad watching your child dying in front of you, more worse if you don't have a child and you know you have no hope and no chance to have one. at least he did have had a good memory with his own child.

[@Samuel-b]

I just watched this today and this scene had me crying like a little bit*h lol!

[@panagiotisalexandrosriniot3368]

cant stop crying

[@fahadparvez204]

this scene is like a bullet piercing through my heart. hurts so bad

[@johandavidcastanocaicedo4511]

Una de las mejores escenas que he visto en el cine

[@gordonhead8213]

There is a sub-text here: the son of the Irish adventurer is already talking like a young lord and thinking of himself as one. And he repeats Lord Bullingdon's statement about their quarreling and the implications of it! Barry begins to tell the story of taking the fort, but chokes when he comes to the part about "....in three minutes we left them....", meaning they left them dead. Does he choke at the memory or at the resonance of his son's impending death, or both? The larger metaphor of course is that here is their punishment for adultery, implied if not actual.

[@OLDGREGG315]

Gordon Head Bryon was not born out of adultry. He was born in wedlock and there is no evidence to say that Barry and Lady Lyndon ever actually had sex before marriage. They kissed and held hands and shit most certainly but it is never shown nor suggested that they did anything sexual. At least as much as I can recall.

[@CsuarezFla]

he couldn't finish the story because Bryan died when he was telling it to him. he dies exactly when Barry starts to cry and is at the part of cutting the French artillerymens heads off.

[@CsuarezFla]

BeTheDeathOfMe, I can agree with that.

[@Chris-0703]

Oh shut up

[@lizclegg7556]

@@OLDGREGG315 I thought there was adultery. Bullingdon the Elder at the card game calls Barry over and refers to him cuckolding him.

[@xarx117]

Its my most heartbreaking scene

[@Gnao_fuzz]

La più bella sequenza del più bel film di sempre.

[@pepereira100]

heartbreaking

[@nautaki]

This scene is heartbreaking...

[@oneandy2]

good lord this is hard to finish

[@daveygivens735]

I always draw a parallel with this and the death of Rhett Butler's daughter. I wonder how common it was for children to be injured this way in past centuries.

[@commando5659]

Sad so sad 😢😥😥😢😥 SAME IN 2021 .

[@damvm3211]

I never realized the irony of Bullingdon being the one who tells Bryon that “quarrelsome people” don’t go to heaven

[@Tom-zk2sg]

for the people who did not see the whole movie : they used the sheep-carriage for Bryan' s birthdate ....and then some months later they used the same sheep-carriage for his funural.

[@reynaldoflores4522]

That's really macabre!

[@xarx117]

That cut.... damn.

[@leavervloet3750]

Dit is acteertalent van de bovenste plank ryan o neil is marvelus deze sense is top wat een acteur eigenlijk was deze rol een oscar waard een zeer goed acteur

[@conanxsander9107]

She knew He was genuine and True to the oath he made with their son, despite what people were saying about him, and she never forgot while people did their best to forget .

[@Gnao_fuzz]

Simply the better.

[@vincentd659]

When Lord Lyndon is introduced by the narrator and lady lyndon appears the lord Bullingdon child is seen, when Barry's son dies well the same child actor ( Dominic Savage) is at the funeral procession on the right but Bullingdon was an adult ( Leon Vitali )

[@albertobigiarini289]

capolavoro assoluto il mio film di kubrick preferito

[@karinebql]

Emocionante!

[@OliverObz]

was this actually filmed at 50fps?