Barry Lyndon - The end of a gentleman [Scene 15]

[@bridgecross]

When we look at Stanley Kubrick's career, you might think he deliberately set out to make one film in each genre. He never repeated himself. Even more amazing, each film is noteworthy within it's own genre. The one science fiction film he made is one of the best science fiction films ever made. The one period piece he made is among the best period pieces ever made. The one horror film he made is still talked about today. The one modern war film he made is the one quoted by all the guys I know in the armed forces. You can't talk about gladiator movies without mentioning Spartacus. He was hands down the most talented director of his time.

[@vandolmatzis8146]

I agree

[@nakfoor1846]

So true.

[@manofocean]

I wouldn't say that's quite what he did. He made three or four war films (Full Metal Jacket, Paths of Glory, Fear and Desire, and Spartacus though lesser so), three crime films (A Clockwork Orange, Killer's Kiss, The Killing) and two comedies, if we don't count Barry Lyndon (Lolita, Dr Strangelove). And if we're to break genre down into its most basic form: Comedies (Dr Strangelove, Lolita) Thrillers (Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut, Killer's Kiss, The Killing) Drama (Lolita, Eyes Wide Shut, Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Barry Lyndon) Sci-Fi (2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange) So really The Shining is his one true one-and-done genre film.

[@vasvas8914]

@@manofocean A Clockwork Orange is waaaay different from just a crime film or sci-fi, I'd call it a social satire. And FMJ is no thriller

[@mvp4lithuania]

previous profession of a gambler without the previous success. I find this line so poetically satisfying

[@MidnightBlue766]

Probably because he didn't cheat like he did with when he was Chevalier's shill

[@sunnyjim1355]

Gamblers always want you to know when they've won... never when they've lost.

[@darreneriksen]

Probably my favorite line in the film. On the first viewing, the narration seemed almost silly, dated, but it was a masterstroke.

[@JHarder1000]

Sometimes I think this is the greatest film ever made.

[@carl_anderson9315]

One of the greatest for sure.

[@cassconner6023]

Agreed. Movies have been debased into cheap adrenaline hits. There is very little Art in cinema anymore. Certainly nothing that approaches this.

[@Sadness57]

Cinematically it is the best ever, every scene looks like a painting

[@alexeiharp7676]

I would agree on one of the very best on par with godfather 1&2, Arizona Dream and Django unchained in its own genre too

[@robynjones7691]

Yes, quite possibly so! A brilliant piece of art 👌🏻

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

The scene inside the estate with Lady Lyndon signing away her wealth for the various debts Barry accumulated over the years is so well choreographed and photographed. The symbolic light of the sun outside as it sets on their vanishing world with the shadow low-lit light to their left. Its' a sign of things to come for the aristocracy.

[@72Yonatan]

Easy come, easy go. The downfall of Redmond Barry in this refashioned tale of Thackeray was the ill advised goal of being admitted to the aristocratic class. He made many mistakes after his marriage to Lady Lyndon, and most of them were due to this false goal of pleasing these shallow people. Now most of them have vanished and are to be mostly worthy of our pity.

[@remembertotakeshowerspleas355]

Aristocrats still exist, especially in Britain. They simply learned to keep a lower profile.

[@bikebasket9594]

@@remembertotakeshowerspleas355 Yeah, there are certainly a few around in every country, titles or none.

[@JohnSmiffer]

@@remembertotakeshowerspleas355 Yep, And still own most of the country.

[@geoycs]

Easy come, easy go is your summary? Somehow that seems to miss something here….

[@fiveminutecritic1364]

"They don't make them like they use to" is such a tired phrase. I don't think they ever made them like this. There are years of love, betrayal and grief crashing into each other in the glances of these final shots. Kubrick's confidence in holding a scene like this, communicating all this emotional information without dialogue, is why he is the master.

[@derekfancett8218]

Let's give a thought to the actors that managed to convey so much with so little, Marisa Berenson in particular. A particularly wrenching touch is that she still signed herself H.Lyndon; correct but still packing an emotional punch.

[@chopstickx]

@@derekfancett8218Should she not have signed as H. Lyndon??

[@derekfancett8218]

@@chopstickx Since they were not divorced, you are legally correct. Equally legally though I suspect she could have signed Lady Bullingdon (her son's name). It would depend on what her bank would accept. Still, Ms Berenson's acting as she lingered over 'her' signature was beautifully done.

[@erikfreitas7093]

‘Lyndon’ was her name; Barry took on her aristocratic name when he married her (he was originally called ‘Redmond Barry’).

[@BegoneJonah]

"I don't think they ever made them like this." - They did in Europe!

[@kevinwaters5872]

Shame , regret , affection , longing. Her face says it all , without so much as a single word. A great scene from a movie that has improved with age.

[@binks3371]

The real shame is the type of movies we get today. If the protagonist doesn't wear a cape and doesn't have a superpower then the movie is not made.

[@PeterG1975]

@@binks3371 Australians have never heard of this film however Europeans I’ve met are absolutely in love it.

[@castelodeossos3947]

Superb but IMHO a tad drawn out, giving it a smell of the footlights.

[@WilliamDoyle-rb6lt]

Next to Kurosawa, Kubrick is my favorite Director .This movie is a absolute masterpiece. It is very heartening to me to realize there so many people that appreciate and love this as much. The narration of Thackerays text is hypnotic. Ryan O'Neil performance was epic ,RIP

[@jessesundvall2392]

" It was in the reign of King George III that the aforesaid personages lived and quarreled; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now. "

[@NormAppleton]

The point

[@pedrobakale7180]

Everyone has that regret in their hearts. It lasts a few minutes a day and then is passed on to move on, but it is terribly hard.

[@KaneK1234]

Pedro Bakale I don’t. Because I lived a life worth living. You obviously have fucked up somewhere if you feel that way.

[@kingamoeboid3887]

Mr Robot was it hard at times. Not trying to get personal or anything.

[@squiremuldoon5462]

You win at life, congrats

[@avian8338]

@@KaneK1234 Or you obviously haven't loved anybody truly. You might think you have, but you have not.

[@something289]

@@KaneK1234 shut up bitch

[@KenPotter]

Why is this movie not more popular? Same reason they don't sell French Wine at WWE Wrestling events.

[@varolussalsanclar1163]

That was absolutely perfect.

[@KenPotter]

@@varolussalsanclar1163 I'm glad someone got it.

[@KenPotter]

@George Lincoln Rockwell Archive Most movies these days obey the "6-second rule". The camera must never stay on the same target for more than 6-seconds. What IQ zone do you suppose demands that?

[@KenPotter]

@George Lincoln Rockwell Archive When I was in the Navy (Submarine USS Spadefish), I had never heard of this movie, but the only movie that played for a solid 6-months was "Roadhouse" with Patrick Swayze.

[@mskidi]

Because Kubricks' attention to detail couldnt substitute for his lack of natural artistic touch. Very mechanical to draw any intense interest by the audience. In comparison, The Duellists, which was apparently inspired by Barry Lyndon, was better acted, and as rich (perhaps even more) visually and aesthetically although shot at 1/20 of B. Lyndons' budget and by a rookie, at the time, film director.

[@hoofie2002]

The entire film is like a moving painting. Will never be done again like this.

[@KenPotter]

I did the math, and 500 Guineas would be like $160,000 U.S. today. (assuming that the real value of Gold has been steady)

[@ivorbiggun710]

Thanks. You've saved me the trouble. Quite a tidy sum and probably more than the scoundrel deserved.

[@maaz322]

@@ivorbiggun710 but he returned to europe to resume the life of a gambler in vain. He probably squandered his wealth and amassed great debt

[@-Patali-]

@@maaz322 In the book he ends up in jail

[@jec1ny]

£550 in 1770 converted to 2017 comes out to just a tick short of £48,000. Gold is not a stable store of value and general inflation is not reflected in the price of gold. See... www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/#currency-result

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

I just used it on a currency calculator for 1783 and it estimated it to about $81K/year USD which would be bit less when you convert it to British Pound. Not bad for just having one leg and no prospects

[@Jombo1]

I'm impressed with how they filmed him having one leg, especially for 1975

[@malena5026]

Jombo I think the last scene walking to the carriage is someone else maybe. And the shot of him in the bed could be a prob hiding his leg and replace it with another

[@provetamin]

@@malena5026 kubrick being perfectionist probably had o'neal cut his leg off for the scene.

[@malena5026]

@@provetamin commitment lol

[@eminkurtovic5477]

You just fold it up and strap the ankle really tightly to the hips or torso. It might hurt but only for a few minutes while filming.

[@lucasgroves137]

Ryan O'Neal explained this in an interview. They took his leg off surgically, and reattached it later. I'm not sure he recovered full function, but he chuckles about it, so I assume it's bearable.

[@gutspraygore]

So the question is what was she thinking while she was staring at nothing. Most of us have been in places where we take a moment to contemplate the implications of our life choices. Ostensibly, this is probably the first check to him she's signing and she is realizing that she will have to do this every year and be reminded of a darker part of her past for the rest of her life, and that alone can be a burden on one's soul. But there is an additional subtext here. Had she any love for Barry, she is also dreading the moment she'd be informed she no longer has to make the payments.

[@jenniferp1917]

I think one of the thoughts she has is, "dang, but it was kind of worth it...great lay..."

[@montag4516]

She was deeply numbed out from everything that played out, particularly the death of her youngest son and that her romantic ideal were illusion. At this point she is so overwhelmed she's likely not thinking of much or speaking much at all.

[@Jasonificatiation]

she is reliving the pain he caused her.

[@daveygivens735]

I think she was thinking about her lost son.

[@adamquiles2468]

Amazing how he went from likeable to really hateful when he married her for the money. Plus, he didn't know how to manage the money and he overstepped his boundaries letting everything go to his head. Glad he got his comeuppance.

[@richardgregory3684]

Well he wasn;t really all that likable anyway. He was a deserter from the army, and then moved on to become a professional card sharp and cheat, extorting payment from those who realise they've been cheated by threatening to challenge them to duels...knowing he is an expert with pistol and sword. So basically he's a nasty little shit throughout.

[@Leon-zu1wp]

@@richardgregory3684 Not at all. Barry does actually do the honorable thing. Wins a duel against the Captain, joins the military, boxes another soldier. It is only when he finds out that the Captain is still alive and his friend Grogan dies does he realize that war is hell and money is what matters.

[@darbyheavey406]

He should have killed the snotty brat in the duel.

[@apocalypseforever8434]

@@Leon-zu1wpa key flaw in the first half of the movie he struggles with is the complete absence of a father figure, the irony is in the second half is that he fails completely to be a good father figure to both his stepson and real son

[@johnheart6890]

Every frame is like a painting and a mirror into the distant past. We will never see another Kubrick.

[@NormAppleton]

Not so distant past

[@andretim75]

want to play this ingenious Schubert Piano-Trio Cello-melody again - Loved this immensely !

[@samanthab1923]

Right? ❤

[@NormAppleton]

It's tasty music isn't it?

[@leavervloet3750]

Dit is een absoluut meesterwerk van Stanley kubrick hij brengt de acteurs naar perfectie vooral ryan o neil is dat een fantastisch acteur ook al de andere film werd ondergewaardeerd zeer onterecht

[@unevilledeslivres]

Absolute masterpiece and a real re-creation by the master, Stanley Kubrick!

[@johnzee4945]

Great Kubrick actor Philip Stone, " Dad " in Clockwork Orange ; Grahame here and Grady in the Shining.

[@Zack123Xx]

Anyone in 2024? (W movie)

[@matthewseanmclachlan]

This is why he did 100 takes. Not because this scene took a 100 takes, but so the actors throughout the entire shoot could settle into their roles.

[@johnnyzeee5215]

Graham, Bullingdon' s representative, played by Philip Stone. He went on to play ' Dad ' in " Clockwork Orange ", and ' Delbert Grady ' in " The Shining. "

[@harrisonmcclintock6681]

Clockwork Orange was before Barry Lyndon

[@drobinson-uo7ic]

And the actor who played Chevalier played the victim in Clockwork Or age who was crippled by Alex and seeks revenge later.

[@chickenringNYC]

And the guy who played Captain Quinn was Dr. Smyslov in 2001 ;) And the guy who plays the bartender in The Shining was a character in Paths of Glory

[@johnnyzeee5215]

@@chickenringNYC Yes Quinn and Shmyshlov was Leonard Rossiter, and man in Paths of Glory, and the bartender in Shining was Joe Turkel. Believe he passed away this year.

[@lordsiward]

And Lord Hallan in this movie, played by Anthony Sharp, previously played the minister of the interior in A Clockwork Orange

[@chrisclr]

Truly an astonishing work

[@elisabettanucifora616]

I have always thought Stanley Kubrick to be the most brilliant movie director ever. No one like him was able to deal with different movie genres and always successfully: "Spartacus", "Paths of Glory", "2001 A Space Odyssey", "Shining", "Eyes wide Shut", just to name a few.

[@andreavoigtlander1087]

definetly not spartacus

[@elisabettanucifora616]

Why? It was the beginning of a career.

[@andreavoigtlander1087]

@@elisabettanucifora616 he didnt made spartacus kirk douglas did

[@elisabettanucifora616]

@@andreavoigtlander1087 Kirk Douglas was the main protagonist, the director was Kubrick.

[@andreavoigtlander1087]

@@elisabettanucifora616 he hasnt got artistic freedom

[@arnablahiri7023]

2:36 one of the greatest freeze shot ever

[@jameBBgumb]

...and when Mr Lyndon tried to prevent me from doing my duty, I... corrected him.

[@daveygivens735]

And when his mother objected, I....corrected her too.

[@bearmare9710]

Marisa Berenson is just the most beautiful creature.

[@-Patali-]

why would you leave out the last 30 seconds?

[@richardscally694]

Absolutely agree, how could they do that.

[@royalhero4608]

Quite generous of Bullingdon considering what he went through - why did he show such mercy to Barry? He could have gone after him anyway

[@silversnail1413]

Maybe he felt bad for maiming him permanently even though he hated him. Or maybe it was just a gentleman's honor type of thing.

[@robertwilliamson922]

500 guineas a year would set a man up nicely back in those days. A Guinea was a gold coin with a quarter ounce of gold. This would certainly be enough to make Redmond Barry wealthy for the rest of his life compared to the average man in those days.

[@kenoliver8913]

Yes, a big income for a working man but a reasonably modest income for a gentleman - certainly not enough to allow him resume his earlier habits. As a guide a typical workman's wage was somewhere about 10 shillings (half a pound) a week - 25 guineas a year.

[@robertwilliamson922]

@@kenoliver8913 So Barry Lyndon would be set up rather comfortably with an income 20 times the average working man’s wages. Without having to work. Twenty times wealthier than the average working man seems good to me.

[@kenoliver8913]

@@robertwilliamson922 Well yes, but then the average working man was desperately poor by our standards. It was an incredibly unequal society - Barry would previously have been associating with people who had a lot more than 500 guineas a year.

[@michaelwhalen5836]

What’s she thinking about? Barry, obviously. But what about him specificity? The son they shared, is my feeling.

[@FMolTo]

😢He llegado a la peli desde la maravilla musical de Schubert, cuando se estrenó yo era un adolescente inquieto incapaz de admirar ni comprender esta obra maestra de Kubrick, aquí se funden dos genios de distintos siglos y art s tan expresivas; nunca es tarde (60 años) si la dicha.....

[@classiclife7204]

Well, Mr. Lyndon, Lord Bullingdon has instructed me TO TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE THE CARETAKER.

[@shinestar2912]

The actor who played Lord Bullington would go onto being Kubrick's assistant for the rest of the director's life. The last thing he would do would be to consult on the Kubrick collection in Los Angeles before dying himself.

[@squaretriangle9208]

They were both born July 26th, Vitali 20 years later

[@robertmcquiggan9999]

500 guineas in the late 18th century is somewhere around £46,000 in 2023 pounds sterling. A skilled tradesman such as a plumber or stonemason was earning 3 shillings per day in those years; just around 40 guineas p.a. - which is around £780 p.a. in 2023 pounds sterling. He wasn't left penniless and poor in any sense of those words.

[@Jason58A]

At least he has his mom

[@Charliecomet82]

The draft is dated "1789"-the beginning of the end for the aristos.

[@JohnDouille]

Not in England

[@janosmarothy5409]

​@@JohnDouille I think he he means it in a gradual, creeping sense for all of the European nobility and crowned heads. A death beginning from 1789 until 1918, to pick a slightly arbitrary but significant date.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

Age of revolution

[@thisnicklldo]

I read the prominence of the date 1789 in the movie slightly more ambiguously. Yes, 1789 was a watershed for the aristocracy to be sure, but 26 years later essentially the ancien regime was re-installed, for the best part of another century, depending on which country you focus on. Some had died, and life for them was not the same afterwards, but really history would parallel the movie - a brief period of being eclipsed, followed by the re-imposition of their status. I'm quite sure Kubrick had all this in mind. Money begets power, and power is ever exerted for the benefit of the monied.

[@-Patali-]

Please, please reupload with the complete ending.

[@TheSuradkar]

Dilbert Grady sir...

[@DavidTheRoss]

Yogesh Suradkar I ... corrrrrected them, sir

[@epcotman32]

The narrator said he traveled the continent. Must've been tough to do with one leg.

[@huskyfaninmass1042]

I think he probably could have paid people to carry him around in those sedan cars.

[@eckdolmick5781]

Perfection

[@leavervloet3750]

Prachtige film kunst en ryan o neil top acteur zijn beste film ooit zoon talent

[@vector8310]

How static yet exquisitely expressive is the action in this film.

[@envitech02]

500 guineas was quite a tidy sum back then. A guinea was about 1/4 oz. Assuming today's price of $1943/oz, 500 guineas is about $240,000. So that's like 20k a month. Quite a princely sum.

[@opencurtin]

I was googling it as well we came up with similar amount , very nice for a scoundrel .

[@monpetitgraindesel6192]

🥀J’aimerais revoir ce merveilleux film❤️❤️❤️sur grand écran, au frais, confortablement installée dans un fauteuil d’une petite salle de cinéma de ma ville…canicule oblige…la France a très chaud.🥀 20.8.2023

[@georgeofhamilton]

Barry’s poor mother.

[@angelcachaza7158]

Seguro repetiré lo que antes dijeron otras personas, pero es inevitable. La historia, la fotografía, la ambientación y la banda sonora forman parte de la grandeza del cine

[@deztherhino]

Does anyone know how they made it look like Ryan O'Neal's leg had been amputated? I know it's easy to do nowadays, but how they pulled off the effect in 1974 confuses me.

[@snolan1990]

It will be something like a trick bed with a hole in which he was able to slide his leg.

[@snolan1990]

Bent up double with the bulge hidden by the tails of his jacket. I think I have read that Kubrick had asked Ryan O'Neal if he would be happy to have his leg amputated for the shot.

[@execelsior999]

Stanley Kubrick worked with some very clever people in the UK and was able to achieve a number of 'firsts' in this film e.g. filming by candlelight; and PROJECTING Ryan O'Neal's face onto a one-legged man - this is how this was achieved.

[@Tubebrerry]

Lol, Charles Jenkins, methinks thou art spun.

[@KenPotter]

Bed scene - knee bent so lower leg is in hole in mattress, (2) Walking toward camera - leg bent way up (maybe tied) so that you can't see. (3) Walking away from camera - Not Ryan, but a double who is an actual amputee.

[@phillipglass]

heyyyy. best part was right there!

[@albertobigiarini289]

Amo Barry lyndon capolavoro

[@DanielVodenitcharov]

0:01 That’s Mr Grady! I’m sure he could have *corrected* Lyndon

[@TrilobitesRTasty]

Delbert Grady, sir.

[@joeblow1748]

I find that young chap very honorable, brutal yes but he did what the grown ups failed to do and took responsebuility for the future.

[@-Patali-]

such a good video just to leave out the best part

[@JohnAsparagus96]

01:02 there's something absurdly hilarious about politely pointing out his intolerable circumstances so bluntly. 😂

[@richie9308]

Redmond finally got his money but it cost him a leg, his son, and nothing but grief, sadness, and guilt.

[@darkmask4767]

RIP Ryan O'Neal

[@judehutchinson8355]

I always felt bad for Lord Bullington

[@Leon-zu1wp]

He is going to end up like Barry because he doesn't have a father either.

[@darbyheavey406]

Barry should have dispatched the brat.

[@rsmith7994]

And with extreme prejudice.

[@ivorbiggun710]

For some reason I always thought t was Francesca Annis who played Lady Lyndon, not Marissa Berenson. Either way they are both very beautiful.

[@samanthab1923]

Francesca has a similar regalness about her as Paul's mother in DUNE.

[@michaelgeraghty3989]

The actor playing the barrister also played the valet in Kubrick’s The Shining.

[@johnnyzeee5215]

Her Ladyship Lyndon's initial was " H". We are not told in the story, or by the narrator, what the " H " stood for.....

[@darkwitchofthenorth5785]

H. Stood for « Honoria » her name.

[@johnnyzeee5215]

@@darkwitchofthenorth5785 Thank you. Is that from Thackeray's novel ?

[@darkwitchofthenorth5785]

I’m not too sure if it’s from the novel or if the director added it. Her name “Honoria” means “Honor”. Her ladyship was a woman of great honor and respect. Her name fits her character. She was the exact opposite of Barry.

[@acardboardbox7134]

@@johnnyzeee5215 Yes.

[@erikfreitas7093]

“A woman of great honor and respect” … makes you wonder how she ended up falling in love with and marrying someone like Barry … surely she had plenty of other more suitable suitors … the film doesn’t exactly make their romance convincing, but it’s a great film anyway.

[@Sibin1964]

Utterly baffled and beaten, what was a lonely and broken-hearted man to do? Barry took the annuity and returned to Ireland with his mother to complete his recovery. Sometime later, he travelled to the Continent. His life there, we have not the means of following accurately. But he appears to have resumed his former profession of a gambler without his former success. He never saw Lady Lyndon again.

[@luowatson6246]

yup, across the strait, the people like them were losing their heads.

[@kaspar_1982]

"utterly baffled and beaten", sounds like me by the end of the week.

[@achaudhari101]

RIP Ryan O’Neal.

[@McLarenMercedes]

Well, Barry Lyndon's long gambling career has finally ended.

[@MUFFINHEAD1985]

Right too

[@jasondean1634]

As for your creditors, I corrected them, Mr. Lyndon. And when Mr. Bullingdon tried to stop me from my duty, I corrected him too.

[@iosonozero1464]

...and then he had changed his name to John Silver...

[@warblerab2955]

what music is this? It was also used the John Adams miniseries.

[@jaypeej7830]

Schubert's Piano Trio no. 2 in E flat.

[@CaptainQueue]

2:41 anyone know the name of this estate, and where?

[@caelan8819]

CaptainQueue, It’s Castle Howard around 15 miles north of York.

[@esbenrose]

Waaaait a minute.....it's the guy from the Overlook hotel bar area...

[@Janon48]

The one time Barry did something decent(throwing away his shot thereby sparing Bullingdon) it bit him in the ass.

[@artlover1477]

I guess my reaction is would killing Bullington been any better? Damn if he did, damned if he didn't. He couldn't have won either way.

[@zeekwolfe6251]

Ryan O'Neal was miscast in this movie.

[@elpoo]

Imagine trying to make this movie - you would fuck it up so badly!!!

[@glorgau]

500 Guineas was a pretty good living in those days.

[@nataliarodriguesdossantos8378]

A Marisa Berenson é linda 😍

[@rmurphy440m]

Grady!

[@jstrahan2]

"500 guineas in 1789 had the same buying power as 94503.78 current dollars."

[@weirdshibainu]

A masterpiece of a movie..but. Barry did deserve his end.

[@NormAppleton]

So did Ryan O'neal

[@michaelcharlesthearchangel]

Sheerly remarkable. And the acting? Robust to say the least.

[@lewstone5430]

Icarus comes to mind.

[@richardgregory3684]

The annuity is actually quite generous - about £50,000 a year in today's money. Enough to live quite comfortably, although of course, it's a pittance compared to the rich lifestyle Barry has accustomed himself to. But it's really just a bribe, a way of ensuring that Barry is effectively exiled from England forever. The fact that Barry turns back to gambling - but without his previous success - suggests that he is unable to accept his new status in life (that of being respectably middle class) but rather attempts to gamble his way back to wealth, fails and falls into poverty. And now as he's missing a leg and is aging he can't resort to blackmailing and duels either. Which of course, is a fate he thoroughly deserves.

[@Tomhito]

Could worth a lot more. Considering back in the day that people don't have too much things to spend on like mortgages and insurances etc.

[@richardgregory3684]

@@Tomhito Uhh what? If you watched the film Barry ran up huge debts via mortgages and insurances to pay for his attempts to procure a Lordship for himself (because he was told that if Lady Lyndon died, her son would become the new Lord of the estate and inherit everything, leaving Barry penniless and at the mercy of Lord Bulligdon, whom Barry has spent years abusing). When Barry physically assaults Bullingdon in public his reputation is destroyed, and as pointed out "all the debts, mortagages and insurances were called upon in haste, and their amount was frightening". It is noted that Lady Lyndon's income is "hampered almost irreltrievably" to pay them off.

[@huskyfaninmass1042]

Would it have been OK if Barry moved to Wales? Did the Welsh and English not have a lot to do with each other back then?

[@richardgregory3684]

@@huskyfaninmass1042 No, the story is set in the 1770's and by that time it was the United Kingdom. Wales had long since been annxed by England, centuries earlier, and Scotland and England had unified in 1707.

[@edwardhogan1877]

I think he went back to Ireland where presumably he was outside the clutches of the debt collectors.

[@nimbledick9869]

In the book Barry is a much worse character, and interstingly after accepting his annuity he returns to England and before ending in Fleet Prison keeps up a correspondence with Lady Lyndon (who still loves him) until his death from Alcoholism in 1815.

[@johnzee4945]

" H. Lyndon", but her name is never said in the film.

[@greenhouseceltic1903]

Honoria

[@benredeemed7204]

how much was 500 guineas back then? anyone?

[@KenPotter]

That's EXACTLY what I'm left wondering. It's an important point to know. A Guinea was about 1/4 oz of gold, so if the value of gold is relatively constant, then a Guinea today would be about $325 US, so 500 Guineas = $162,500. Not too shabby just to stay out of England.

[@seanw8226]

@@KenPotter The value of gold isn't constant though. I remember reading a few years ago that 500 GBP in the mid 1700s was about 30,000 GBP in the present. Around $60,000 is probably more accurate.

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

@@seanw8226 That sounds about right, and still that ain't bad considering he's useless as a crippled. The story has him going back to mainland Europe but we all know he's not cut out for trying to recapture the past.

[@dagwort]

500 Guineas, about 125 ounces of gold.

[@Sadness57]

But I……. Corrected them, sir

[@opencurtin]

500 guineas into days money is around 200k a year .

[@captainscarlett1]

I always thought it would be cheaper and easier to hire a hit-man to whack Redmond.

[@jjbiggmann5576]

O YEA...KILL THE IRISH GUY......!!!.....JUST COS HE IS GOOD WITH THE LADIES....TYPICAL..!!

[@voiceofreason2674]

@@jjbiggmann5576 facts that’s what everyone overlooks in this movie is that it’s going down during the PEAK of anti Irish sentiment.

[@Muonium1]

How much is 500 guineas in pounds or dollars today?

[@TheZombieman87]

Roughly £525.

[@modernsophist]

It’s hard to feel bad for Lyndon. I was rooting for him up until he became a home wrecker, involving himself with a married woman, squandering his stepson’s estate, as well as abusing his stepson.

[@lukasmadrid1945]

For me, first i kinda liked him for his simplicity, midway when he gets involved w/ the lady started to dislike him but the love of his son and his sparing of the little lord in the duel turned me back to his side. Such a human film

[@keefriffards]

500 a year - convert $800USD from the year 1775 into todays terms (inflation adjusting based off of CPI changes), you would have about $17,778/mo for Mr Barry (about $213,000/yr).

[@raymondacbot4007]

He would have lived the rest of his life with an upper middle class pay, probably more than what doctors made in those days. A salary equal to that of a statesman or well known attorney. Not bad for an Irish low-born with one leg

[@keefriffards]

500 a year i think was the same amount of money that captain john quin was going to bring into barrys family upon his marriage to nora.

[@dysn3961]

I feel like that sums up his life well, getting himself into some really bad choices but also getting some good luck out of it too, 2 steps back 1 step forward

[@monsieurali8484]

In the novel, he ends up in a lunatic asylum and dies of delirium tremens after being deemed insane by the psychiatrists. I think it is safe to say Redmond Barry's life ceased being luxurious from this point onward.

[@markopolo958]

Took me awhile to learn what was meant by “the continent.” Never heard that expression, being from Canada.

[@jorgemeza4364]

Continental Europe

[@chopstickx]

Continental Antarctica

[@reeyees50]

Australia😂

[@gerardjagroo]

I think he deserved what he got here. The boy Lord might've been a coward but he didn't deserve to have his home and wealth usurped by that libertine

[@jjbiggmann5576]

WHY NOT...??

[@gerardjagroo]

@@jjbiggmann5576 If the loser wants wealth let him earn it like a real man not set up in somebody else's life like a freaking parasite. He got what was coming to him.

[@vivelafrance6357]

@@jjbiggmann5576 Does he deserve the wealth and power because he won the birth lottery?

[@jjbiggmann5576]

@@vivelafrance6357 I THINK THE HANDSOME IRISH GUY...SHOULD BE THE WINNER.

[@vivelafrance6357]

@@jjbiggmann5576 Apologies. I meant to tag Gerard Jagroo lol.

[@chrisclr]

Who narrated this?

[@nelliethursday1812]

Michael Hordern narrates the movie.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

2:20 "He travelled to the continent" Does the narrator mean Europe or America? It would more interesting if Barry had traveled to the US. The ending of this film takes place in 1789. Few years after the Revolution.

[@caelan8819]

Abraham Lincoln, The narrator is referring to Europe. I would think.

[@EugeneOneguine]

Since his "profession" was to gamble in royal courts, it has to be Europe. Excluding France because gambling was made illegal there by Louis XIV (at the exception of seaside resorts).

[@samanthab1923]

Whenever the Continent is mentioned that way it is referring to Europe.

[@wolfreplays88]

If that’s the case, why do I see soldiers with their uniforms dating back to the 7 years war?

[@Leon-zu1wp]

I think it's the United States they're referring to. Considering it is metaphorical for Barry's cheating and conniving being meaningless in the end, since it is a place where everyone is equal by law.

[@kevinwaters5872]

Such is life. For a no good gadfly.

[@jjbiggmann5576]

A MAN OF ADVENTURE....IRISH TOO..!!

[@JWP452]

The most ponderous movie ever made.

[@cassconner6023]

Movies have been debased into cheap adrenaline hits. There is very little Art in cinema anymore. Certainly nothing that approaches this.

[@jjbiggmann5576]

WATCH "FAST AND FURIOUS".....CAR MOVIE....GREAT ACTING.