Essential Films: Barry Lyndon (1975)

This week: "Barry Lyndon" on the human quest to find happiness.
Written and edited by me, Julian Rhodes.
All music, images, and clips are used for the purposes of commentary in conjunction with the Fair Use Agreement under U.S. Copyright Law.

[@Jojoateyt]

I like the review but I disagree on one thing. I wouldn't describe Kubrick as an emotionless man. He once said in an interview that one of the temptations he faced, and had to work to avoid, was to dramatize everything. I simply believe he understood his films had to have an objective tone, that was sort of non-manipulative and authentic, in order to invite his audience to discover and draw their own emotions and conclusions for themselves, in a way that reflected on humanity, life and who they were.

[@JuliaMinervaRhodes]

Well, I didn't say he was emotionless, only that he experienced emotion differently. His work may come across as emotionless, but it's actually filled with feelings that we don't recognize because they're beyond our typical emotional scope.

[@georgeorr1042]

CircuitMembrane Well said !

[@wimsele]

CircuitMembrane you may have hit a nail on the head there...

[@Yous706]

@@JuliaMinervaRhodes hi essential films

[@eddyecho]

@@JuliaMinervaRhodes I don't think his work comes across as emotionless at all. I think this observation says more about the person who makes it more than anything else. Most of kubrick's films especially lyndon, full metal jacket, 2001 have been among the most emotional films I have ever seen

[@billt5410]

“I have not received satisfaction.”

[@mcasenl]

"I can't get no...!"

[@HuggableWinter]

Never has the word 'satisfaction' been so loaded.

[@RisitasKEKW]

He shouldn’t have fired into the ground. He should have MERC’D bulington

[@billt5410]

@@mcasenl kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXaXdGCGl9aib5Y

[@billt5410]

@@RisitasKEKW It was Barry’s last chance to be noble. Also, Lady Lyndon wouldn’t forgive him if he shoots Lord Bullingdon. So I’d say at that point he’s already doomed.

[@tudorlazescu4189]

This is the best review of Barry Lyndon I ever came across. Great work man

[@venturarodriguezvallejo1567]

You're absolutely right. At last, one guy who really have SEEN this outstanding work of Art! (By the way; ... what a voice: calm, warm and always articulated. A must).

[@knurdyob]

For me the film was about selfworth and how people value themselves. Showing the tale of a social climber in the 18th century, which gives a real purpose to the setting, given how this era is mostly characterized by the huge social differences between the poor and the rich. In the end though, none of us living now care about the rich from back then and none of them made a lasting impact on the world as they desperately want to believe in, all of them are as important to us as the poor, the ending quote really solidified this reasoning for me and gave a real purpose to the whole story, setting and characters. I feel like everything else, the character flaws, the lack of a role model for the main character and his drive to succeed, etc. are all there to help bring that other bigger theme to life, as it's so common with Kubrick films, it's about a grand theme of humanity, not a personal character study, although elements of stories like this are still very much present. The whole story is structured as if it's presenting someone important, showing how he aquired his title and all, the title of the film itself made me wonder upon first hearing it if this Barry Lyndon was someone that really existed or not. But in the end, despite the glorification his title gets, his story was in vain, he was as important as any other. This is why I think even though the search for happiness, or better yet, fullfilment, is a very present theme in the story, it's only there to support the real theme, how people deceive themselves into believeing in some sense of purpose to their existence, and the irony behind it.

[@jnagarya519]

"In the end though, none of us living now care about the rich from back then and none of them made a lasting impact on the world". Except for their establishment of the United States as indepedent from monarchy and dictatorship?

[@aureliogj7966]

i remember nearly crying at seeing the first time i saw that bit in 2:29. the lighting, the mastery of composition the costumes. A filmic Hogarth

[@JeremyGalloway]

I’m a simple man. I see the greatest film in the world on the thumbnail, I click the video.

[@sandrawilliamson6803]

Beautiful film. My husband was the Facilities Manager, when they did a part of the film around Dorset. My 2 children and I had were in the part of the birthday party. Fantastic memories.

[@harryhorton5415]

One of my favorite films. Some of the most interesting themes and approaches in the film is the spiritual principle of detachment. Barry Lyndon has a curious sense of staying detached basically from the events around him, and generally the world to somewhat of a degree. Though at times he gets embroiled in such events.He eventually recedes back into this curious, placid calm peaceful nature that carries an air of detachment to it. The second spiritual principle are the lush beautiful landscapes, panoramic views and classical music that introduces the idea that only the higher worlds of God carries true happiness. And our earthly existence, as a lower world can only promise basically, misery and pain, disillusionment. Our world was never meant to be a final destination for the human soul. As Shakespeare stated in his sonnets dedication: "All happiness and eternity promised." To the mysterious Mr. W.H. Note the significant word is eternity. Only eternity and the eternal bring true happiness. And the lush beauty of the landscapes and beautiful melodies of the classical music in the film capture these higher planes of God, that is the eternal, and brings these qualities to the dull evil ridden world of human existence. Barry Lyndon could be drawn to the aristocratic world for its tarp like covering of beauty , in the art, architecture and fashion and music though vile conflicts of evil and illusion are not far from the surface of the inhabitants of this aristocratic world. Interestingly, the beauty of nature and the essence of the eternal communicating the higher worlds of God on nature pop in and out of the progression of scenes in the movie as a reminder that nature possesses the original true region of beauty and human artistic endeavors that one finds with the aristocracy try to capture such bucolic beauty, or the essence of the eternal, that is in nature, where happiness in its most purest form resides. In a TV show, a Michigan hunter stated what he loved about hunting, trekking through the woods, as that he called the woods his cathedral. His experience of beauty and transcendence into happiness occurred in the nature's beauty around him. And there is a lot of that in Barry Lyndon.

[@MichaelL.-ip2zb]

The BEST movie ever made is Barry Lyndon.

[@Firebrand1967]

I like that.

[@calogerogriffin861]

agree

[@saturatedcranium]

No. Its a very great film, but their are better films.

[@MichaelL.-ip2zb]

@@saturatedcranium Name one.

[@saturatedcranium]

@@MichaelL.-ip2zb I'll name a couple

[@docmarion8902]

Everyone had to watch this movie at school when studying this period. Strangely, I was one of the only people who liked it (or even who actually saw it at home). I'm not saying I'm "special" or anything. I thought it was really interesting to see how depressing everything turns out to be in a man's life when it's missing the element of internal happiness. I even cried on the end. But really, it's an amazing movie. Slow-paced, but cryptic and beautiful.

[@docmarion8902]

Great video btw

[@bluecollarlit]

Being happy is a decision. And an attitude.

[@eddyecho]

@@bluecollarlit That is an opinion not supported by facts and scientific evidence. Also happiness is not an eternal state. Everyone goes through ups and downs in life. Watering everyone down to happy or not happy is either a display of ignorance or intellectual dishonesty

[@classicovideo3503]

A great film. I'm glad you were able to review it. And you always do a great job. Nice work.

[@mmelloe]

"i think you'll find that the epilogue was simply an ironic postscript taken from the book. as far as i'm concerned, it has nothing to do with nihilism." -kubrick

[@colinrynne4537]

James Ok....of course the epilogue is a direct reference to nihilism in so many ways. Kubrick denies this because that’s just his style......he is not going to outright say a + b = c......in fact at times he will go so far as to deny or dismiss analysis (having critics try to pin down the meaning of the work by directly confronting the artist (the creator) about “what it all means!”) because such a forced analysis of any medium so often detracts from the work itself.....cheapening it. How the epilogue is a direct reference to nihilism - regardless of how one starts or how one ends ones life in regards to social standing or the overall sum quality or richness of experiences had.....it’s ultimately irrelevant....because we all return to the same place.....the womb....the big sleep.....the great equalizer.....despite the desperate social climbings and climactic fall of the protagonist and others in the film ultimately don’t cry or morn or scorn anyone in the film....don’t feel bad for Barry or despise the opportunistic Runt.....take a deep breath....pull yourself away from the individuals story and look at the big picture....in the end it will all work out....evenly - it is also a reference to nihilism in an historic sense. Following the conclusion of the era of enlightenment and the late rococo style new and challenging philosophies were to emerge challenging and shattering the rigid, ordered social hierarchies on display throughout this film.......one of those philosophies to emerge being that of nihilism! So as the high point of Barry’s life draws to a close so to draws to a close the high water mark of the enlightenment......and as the film ends......the epilogue of the age of reason of beauty within hierarchy and order comes to a close as well ushering in earth shattering new paradigms and lenses with which to view the world.....such as nihilism..... Don’t be so quick to take what an artist says about their work as cannon law written in stone.....a lot of time an artist throws stuff out there to the public (thats not what I mean at all) just for the pure amusement of fucking with the mass culture (the status quo) The artist is gonna make his true fans/true admirers have to work for it (the meaning the symbology) the artist isn’t just gonna hand it out like candy..... that would be offensive to the toil and effort required of the artist and also cheapen the work itself......

[@haesklar3635]

@@colinrynne4537 wow

[@ksaulton]

Barry Lyndon is my favorite movie, your review is spot on, thank you

[@matthiasholke6141]

This film has always seemed to me to be about a man that, when his initial overtures of love (as misplaced as they were) are rebuffed he, henceforth, resolves never to allow himself to succumb to the power of love. He then embarks on a mission of self agency with a varying degree of success. Initially he is less successful as he is robbed, joins the army, defects, is impressed, again defects and ultimately finds his path to achievement, ironically, by being a cheater and a gambler. It is his ambition and efforts to seek material comfort inlieu of a deeper spiritual comfort (love), that is his tragic flaw and ultimately leads to his undoing. Kubrick at his best.

[@foxybingo1112]

A great review for a fantastic film. I was wondering, were you planning on covering Stalker and Mirror, two other Tarkovsky films?

[@willgibson1645]

do you think the film be described as a classical tragedy?

[@JuliaMinervaRhodes]

That would depend on one's definition of "classical tragedy". In my experience, this is more of a tragedy on an epic scale, whereas the tragedies of Greek drama were typically confined to a single location and a short time frame.

[@marichristian1072]

Greek tragedy involves a hero who usually through hubris( overwhelming pride which the challenges the gods) experiences a great reversal of fortune. After that, he has a moment of piercing insight into his transgressions and accepts whatever punishment the gods deem fit ( Oedipus blinds himself). Thereafter, he achieves redemption- usually through humility. Aristotle in his "Poetics" writes that an audience watching a tragedy should experience "pity and fear". "Barry Lyndon " is not an epic tragedy but it does have elements of the traditional Greek tragedy. He ends as a relatively poor cripple- shunned by the aristocratic society he longed to be a part of.

[@donaldpicard7752]

How can you not mention the cinematography and how Kubrick based most of his shots rite out of Constable paintings. One of the most beautiful shot films ever.

[@ulfingvar1]

Brilliant analysis, but I am uncertain as to the theory that Kubrick was emotionally different from most people, I just think he had an uncanny way of seeing the snarling beast AND silly clown 'neath the collective self-image of Man as "the thinking animal" (emphasis on thinking), portraying us, as individuals AND as a collective, as a hightly immature and childish species.

[@44zaydin]

Thanks for this. Your videos are well worth waiting for.

[@paxwallacejazz]

Barry Lyndon is a philosophical inquiry into the reality of Determanism vs the Illusion of Self Determination disguised as a historical epic. Kubrick is the Igor Stravinsky of film makers. The more modern, formally, mechanically and pitiously he portrayed the little puppet "Patrushka" the more we are moved. This is the triumph of brilliant elegant architecture over direct subjective expression. Because at the end of the day Directors like Spielberg and others find Barry Lyndon endlessly compelling.

[@classicmodernfilms7602]

I feel your pain man. I've been also struggling with keeping on time with my videos. Good to hear from you back. Great review once again. Speaking of Kubrick, I recently made one comparing 2001 a space odyssey and interstellar. Feel free to check it out. :)

[@floydgondolli8169]

I just love imagining crew/actors getting pissed because Kubrick has to wait like 4 hours for a cloud to move. Genius film

[@JohnDouille]

I've discovered your channel with your excellent video about "400 blows". I just wanna say, great video again. You maybe could have talk about the music usef in the film (For example, schubert being 70 years after the film's time period, giving the movie an impression of timelessness

[@My20GUNS]

Just got the Criterion Version. Great review for a great film!

[@liberte5847]

Outstanding from Paris France, merci beaucoup! Emmanuel

[@agnarletrisaieul8985]

Thanks a lot for this review, i've always miss the words to describ that movie to people , and now i've just put the exact words on it . really , thank you.

[@paddyrhatigan1590]

A masterpiece, truly great Film.

[@bulletpug_revolution2056]

Kubrick loved his cameras just as much as he loved computers as you see here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qp3Wi6KQgdGqeZo Check our that 80s IBM :)

[@jamessmethurst3537]

No doubts . This is a masterpiece. It looks like a Gainsborough painting in places. And the candlelight adds a special look . My favourite scene ? Check out Barry and his cousin playing cards with the backtrack of the chieftains women of ireland in the background. And any film with Murray Melvin deserves a view. I have to admit though that the first part is far superior to the second. Still it is in my top ten films. Xx

[@hiramdominicus7413]

Happiness?! What in god's name u get the feeling that the character pursue happiness??? :)))))) ANY of his films are a bit tiny cheerful at all.... check them out.... AGAIN! Grts

[@MajorRobertRogersRanger]

I would always say that this movie is a semi satirical look at the world of the super rich during perhaps Western society's most hierarchical era. Social climbers, gold diggers, a condescending view by old money towards the nouveau riche, the gauche attempts by the nouveau riche to buy acceptance into the heirarchy. The hangers on that the super rich attract hoping for some crumbs from the table, those who attempt to pass themselves as part of the super rich and of course, the servants who jealously guard their minor positions of power and influence. A fascinating look at social history and social interactions which is as applicable, pertinent and relevant today as it was back then. I loved this movie from the first moment watched it. Barry starts as a likeable and spirited underdog character who you root for, but becomes a nasty and self destructive one, for me personally I still rooted for him but with some reservations. A key phrase is spoken by the narrator at the intermission - "The same energies that drive a man to a fortune are often the same ones which cause him to lose it". Interestingly, Thackeray's other more famous book Vanity Fair features a female protagonist very much like Barry - innocent underdog who becomes a social climber, breaking moral boundaries and coming to an obscure end. A great comparison with Barry Lyndon is the 1979 TV Movie called The Bastard (based on John Jakes book). Both are 3 hour long epics set in same time period, with the two protagonists being born with tenious aristocratic links of determined women with no father figures. Both characters are burdened and pushed by their mother's dreams and both are presented with simmilar choices and scenarios. Difference being that the protagonist in The Bastard makes more morally correct choices and does not succumb to the same temptations as Barry. That being said, The Bastard is somewhat plodding by comparrison and despite a fine cast of stars of the day is a lot more wooden in terms of acting etc. Thanks for the magnificent breakdown and analysis, however, I think it is a movie best watched from a detached and objective standpoint with a large pinch of salt about the society it portrays. The final message just mocks all within that circle for all their duplicity, treachery and maneuverings for in the end despite what they all try to do to outshine each other, it is all in vain, for all are dead, forgotten and equal now

[@spyrock247]

Am I the only person that thinks he is just messed up from having his creepy older looking cousin seduce him, was he not hesitant because it was his cousin????

[@johnschroeter9743]

Very well done. Small quibble, it is Koobrick, not Kyoubrick.

[@LazlosPlane]

I swear, Kubrick could have filmed himself sitting on the bowl and critics would eventually come up with convoluted, pretentious, bullshit reasons to praise it. Barry Lyndon is a snore-fest, beside the visual beauty.

[@ДенисПикулин-ж9ч]

What about the issue of Barry looking for a father figure his all life and becoming one that failed? Also I'd like to remind that Kubrick was planning to film a Vanity Fair but had to switch to smth else. But the theme of vanity has a stronger accent than in a book The luck of Barry Lyndon.

[@sullivandmitry1416]

Barry Lyndon’s world was one of facade and lying. Pretending to be stoic and quiet and larger than life and Barry sought that his whole life. He was always pretending to be higher in status than everyone else and therefore felt fake. Hence the point of the movie, a man trying to be not what he is and eventually failing to pull off the lie.

[@AlmightyBruce]

OMG Barry Lyndon is a top 10 movie of mine

[@themystagogue4542]

This is the ONLY Kubrick film I haven't seen - and your video analysis and clips you've shown makes me want to see it now. It must be very daunting to create a channel like this when there are so many Essential Films. How do you pick!? Certainly for a channel it would be more tempting to review an essential film like Pulp Fiction which might generate thousands and thousands of views as opposed to a movie like 3 Women, which might garner you just a thousand hits in a year. But I love your selection of mainstream - Airplane and Alien (truly essential) to something that most americans wouldn't give the time of day, like Andrei Rublev. It's a shame people don't understand how LONG it takes to put a video like this together: To gather your materials and methodically record your review/analysis and then edit it together. My three picks for an Essential Film review would be American Psycho (which I think is almost a modern horror classic now), Fantastic Planet (Which just had a great Criterion release and looks amazing) and Le Samurai (The first foreign movie I saw as a teenager that I thought was really interesting, but didn't understand why at the time). Great Channel. Great Job.

[@JuliaMinervaRhodes]

I really liked American Psycho. And honestly if I really buckle down and focus, I can get a review done in a few days but recently with all the bustle of college life, it's been taking me a month to just stitch one video together. Too many interruptions, if only I could do this full time, haha.

[@2und2sind4]

You should really consider using a de-esser plugin on your voice

[@ruthm4749]

It is about the choices your given and the choices you make,, and how much we settle for

[@georgejohnson9039]

You, Sir, have rendered a great service to humanity with this analysis of yours. I thank you for that.

[@leonardovonneumann5848]

2:32 This is Michelangelo, not Boethius

[@JackD.Ripper]

the underrated masterpiece 😍

[@ddorricott]

Great upload! My most favourite film

[@bambachcha]

i found the movie funny not like a comedy but funny more than a drama.

[@Skydrag.V60]

Might be my favorite film of all time

[@richardjirsak4463]

08:38 "the answers are largeley up to us" ...well done

[@baritony8763]

Kubrick is greatly overrated.He requires scrutiny, which precedes exhaustion, to inevitably be followed by whimsical, rationalized interpretation.Yawn.

[@FRequena]

Great job buddy! I hope to see more videos :)

[@tenisalot]

You ignore critical scenes that show Barry's emotional development....the death scene of his son....the duel with his other son, whom he refuses to kill...I find your analysis rooted in comparing it to Hollywood fare...which is highly inappropriate...using words like distant and unemotional....of course, compared to Hollywood garbage!...and HAL is the most sympathetic in 2001?!! You may be the robotlike one my friend....

[@lucienfantke]

Prussian myself i couldn’t be happier than seeing Potsdam university used in the films settings. It has always puzzled me how Kubrick could enter and film in East Germany in 1975. Somehow no one seems to make a big deal out of it.

[@EyeLean5280]

Very nice! Thanks so much.

[@alevine1951]

On the contrary, the soul-crushing human tragedy can be, and in this case is, a very emotionally-satisfying conclusion. Your opinion is lightweight. Stick to happy endings and I trust you'll be emotionally satisfied.

[@jec1ny]

Good review. In the end I think Kubrick created an audio visual love letter to the 18th century disguised as cautionary tale of moral bankruptcy.

[@annakimborahpa]

Redmond Barry displayed great virtue in the second duel at the end of the film by shooting away to the side and letting Lord Bullingdon have a second shot at him that would strike his leg, causing its subsequent amputation. Stanley Kubrick does not reveal the internal motivation of his main character and leaves it to our imagination to guess what that might be. After the tragedy of losing his young son Bryan, did Barry not want to again break the heart of Lady Lyndon by shooting her first son? As the film reveals in its final scene, Lady Lyndon remained very much in love with Barry in his permanent exile from her, so if anything, he secured her undying affection with his decision not to kill Lord Bullingdon.

[@bartu8843]

How did you conclude that his quest was for happiness?

[@JuliaMinervaRhodes]

Isn't everyone's?

[@sunbeagle9769]

A total sociopath, except for his biological son. He is thrown out of England after he is crippled.

[@tylertaing1487]

I’m a huge fan of discussion and the study of film. Just a bit of criticism for your videos, I wish you would focus down on your viewpoints and perspective. Your analysis tends to jump from referencing the artists other work to an entire decade of social and cultural changes. It makes it really difficult to follow. A lesson from essay writing, a thesis, could really benefit your videos.

[@frankx8739]

Kubrick was mindful, not emotionless.

[@fluffy9592]

I absolutely love this movie! Everything is perfect, the intrigue, the acting, the camerawork, and most of all THE MUSIC!! The music compliments so much this movie, The movie is a masterpiece! ❤️

[@wendywoo2180]

A masterpiece of cinema, one of my all-time favorite movies, saw Barry Lyndon when it was released, I have the DVD and watch it a few times a year. Very underrated movie. Surprisingly, I can't get into any other Kubrick movie--2001 just about killed me back in the 70s & haven't seen it since--and never liked Ryan O'Neal, Kubrick didn't even want to use him in the movie, but Warner Brothers said he had to use a big name star & O'Neal was a big star at that time, but I think he pulled off the role pretty well.

[@danielstartek1497]

Are you're transitions from the Film Actors Guild to the Flaming Film Actors Guild?

[@colinrynne4537]

James Ok....of course the epilogue is a direct reference to nihilism in so many ways. Kubrick denies this because that’s just his style......he is not going to outright say a + b = c......in fact at times he will go so far as to deny or dismiss analysis (having critics try to pin down the meaning of the work by directly confronting the artist (the creator) about “what it all means!”) because such a forced analysis of any medium so often detracts from the work itself.....cheapening it. How the epilogue is a direct reference to nihilism - regardless of how one starts or how one ends ones life in regards to social standing or the overall sum quality or richness of experiences had.....it’s ultimately irrelevant....because we all return to the same place.....the womb....the big sleep.....the great equalizer.....despite the desperate social climbings and climactic fall of the protagonist and others in the film ultimately don’t cry or morn or scorn anyone in the film....don’t feel bad for Barry or despise the opportunistic Runt.....take a deep breath....pull yourself away from the individuals story and look at the big picture....in the end it will all work out....evenly - it is also a reference to nihilism in an historic sense. Following the conclusion of the era of enlightenment and the late rococo style new and challenging philosophies were to emerge challenging and shattering the rigid, ordered social hierarchies on display throughout this film.......one of those philosophies to emerge being that of nihilism! So as the high point of Barry’s life draws to a close so to draws to a close the high water mark of the enlightenment......and as the film ends......the epilogue of the age of reason of beauty within hierarchy and order comes to a close as well ushering in earth shattering new paradigms and lenses with which to view the world.....such as nihilism..... Don’t be so quick to take what an artist says about their work as cannon law written in stone.....a lot of time an artist throws stuff out there to the public (thats not what I mean at all) just for the pure amusement of fucking with the mass culture (the status quo) The artist is gonna make his true fans/true admirers have to work for it (the meaning the symbology) the artist isn’t just gonna hand it out like candy..... that would be offensive to the toil and effort required of the artist and also cheapen the work itself......

[@johnvicary9276]

I like the way you have combined the visual review with your narrative interpretation and added in quotes, other films by Kubrick Overall impressive

[@highwind1991]

I struggle between 2001, Barry Lyndon and Eyes Wide Shut in terms of choosing my favorite kubrick

[@jamescoppolino9144]

Adriano Vazquez I haven't seen Barry Lyndon, is it really that good? Eyes Wide Shut and 2001 are both top 10 for me.

[@foxybingo1112]

James Coppolino Its a beautiful film

[@willgibson1645]

Glad you mentioned Eyes wide shut with the other 2. I argue its his best film any day.

[@ainslie187]

My ranking of all Kubrick films: 1. Dr. Strangelove 2. A Clockwork Orange 3. Eyes Wide Shut 4. Barry Lyndon 5. 2001 6. Paths of Glory 7. The Shining 8. FMJ 9. Lolita 10. The Killing 11. Killer's Kiss 12. Fear and Desire 13. Spartacus

[@andrewcairns8266]

I say this film, A Clockwork Orange and Eyes Wide Shut. I love Kubrick but I still can't appreciate 2001 as much as I should be able to for some reason.

[@kemalcalsr879]

If only i could upvote twice ! Beautiful analysis, i had enjoyed the movie, but there was questions in my head, i hadnt really understood why the movie so good and such a diferent experince than most other films. This video answered them all

[@waltwilliams7063]

pretty good, pal.

[@hiramdominicus7413]

HAPPINESS???? u must review the film or all of his films again Sir :))))))

[@LEARSIKCIGAM]

4:17 he was a psycho

[@LTdrumma]

Killer movie My 46th favorite film; my second favorite Kubrick after 2001: A Space Odyssey

[@brendanhowland4054]

Lauty Bend holy fuck ur specific

[@aalexjohna]

Why don't you fuck off. Stick your opinion up your arse.

[@rapmusic1811]

I know you're doing these in alphabetical order, and it's probably much too early to call but will you be doing a video for Titanic (1997)?

[@phillipleconte3715]

the search for happiness is not remotely what the film is about, but i like your taste in movies. keep at it

[@DouchedByDemocrats]

Ahh...all i needed you don't say his name wrong (btw, wrong is what I say it is)

[@ckzf1842]

Thanks , brilliant analysis of the film, even if I may not agree with every point in your critique

[@waynemcauliffe2362]

Great film

[@lawrencedonnelly2176]

I believe that Barry was always 2nd and 3rd fiddle for Stanley But the hard work towards the time in which he lived Was Stanley, s true creation

[@BluRayAddict1]

Great review In my opinion A ClockWork Orange is Kubrick's best and one my all time favorite films

[@marianopietrangeli2276]

Non preoccupatevi faccio l'account con l'email di prima sull'altro dispositivo

[@cgbleak]

Thanks, I appreciate your perspective. Kubrick's movies are like onions, infinitely peel-able. Seems like you've peeled more than a few layers.

[@KenDanieli]

My mom dragged us to this in Manhattan when I was 13. We kids were livid.

[@ABQSkywatcher]

Very good analysis. Thank you for making.

[@fordburkett9444]

It is astonishing that this movie was not received with the accord it deserved when it was released. It truly is as if one enters a museum of wonderful paintings of that time period and sees them all come to life. One of the greatest movies ever made in my humble opinion.

[@briantrend1812]

Dam Barry reminds me of me and I live in the 21st century

[@jamessmethurst3537]

I think it's about time you reviewed mutiny on the buses.dude...

[@sigmundhoenigsberg5105]

Dude, you know a lot about filmography, but ferfuck sake, stop watching Hollywood movies! . Barry Lyndon is not a cold movie! Nor is any Kubrick movie! Is perfectly realistic, an exactly accurate depiction of the life of a man, any man: how we become adults the hard way, by un-learning ridiculous fairy tales that we are imbibed in our forming years, and by experiencing, processing, and reacting to what the world throws at us. ...and of course is also about how we sometimes do get what we want, but never the way we want it. . Ever read "Candide" from Voltaire? This movie reminds me of Candide an awful lot. archive.org/stream/candide19942gut/19942.txt .. and of Chekhov: "Anton, why do you only write about people who are born, grow up, are unhappy, and die?" "Well, isn't it the way it goes?" .

[@JuliaMinervaRhodes]

Sigmund Hoenigsberg No.

[@sigmundhoenigsberg5105]

Dude, the script is a rewrite from Thackeray(!!) I didn't know that yesterday, I swear. That means that the meaning of the piece is exactly what i said. PS: PLEASE read Candide and tell me what you think of it.

[@JuliaMinervaRhodes]

I hated Candide. Maybe the worst piece of "classic" literature I've ever laid my hands on.

[@larryhagemann5548]

Yes, an essential film for one to call a life complete.

[@mojoarmstretch7261]

Music in the background, please.

[@marselluswallace6]

Well now I'm depressed lmao

[@scotthoward7058]

Your videos are great......make more please

[@101325]

I have now decided that this is the greatest film ever made.

[@leonardochiodo5910]

I wanted this film to last even longer

[@jpittenger1988]

What's the classical music pieces in your video. Unable to get a good shazam. Thx

[@ivana7431]

Just search barry lyndon theme

[@abnerdupuis7110]

I don’t count the epilogue as Nihilist. It’s merely a call to the audience that the seemingly endless drama has come to rest forever. It seems similar to Shakespeare’s Fear No More the Heat o’th’Sun. And that’s far from saying that life is meaningless.

[@abnerdupuis7110]

This film can be compared a lot to Shakespeare. It’s kind of the Hamlet of our times. Not really a work trying to express one idea, but more an epic with an endless amount of layers and themes.

[@ninotropiano3022]

very well put, thanks

[@tomdrowry]

Haven't seen it for a while but isn't Barry Lyndon an Irishman not English.

[@JuliaMinervaRhodes]

Yeah, now that you mention it.

[@chukamuk]

Lost me at the bojangles horseperson reference. Get serious about film critique or give up.

[@-AtomsPhere-]

Charles Reutter have you ever gave Bojack a shot? You shouldn’t be so dismissive.

[@jitsguy1518]

I lm looking forward to your analysis of ‘The Revenant’

[@edwardblanton4809]

That will be a few years wait but a good choice

[@mridulchhibber]

This is a GREAT analysis!

[@aureliogj7966]

A high IQ Forrest Gump

[@amyclarke41]

excellent film 🎀

[@martynasosipovas3843]

I am not sure, but maybe it has something to do with reincarnation that you used Michelangelo Buonarroti portrait as Boethius? Is this a conspiracy or human error? All things considered I think I will go with conspiracy O_o

[@JuliaMinervaRhodes]

Are you high bro

[@martynasosipovas3843]

But surely you admit that at 2:32 that's not a portrait of Boethius. Nevertheless I found it interesting to listen, great observation, beautifully done work overall

[@JuliaMinervaRhodes]

Prove to me Boethius didn't look like that

[@martynasosipovas3843]

Or like that i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/001/030/DButt.jpg

[@JuliaMinervaRhodes]

That is clearly a photograph of Socrates

[@fredarcher7264]

This is too verbose !

[@JuliaMinervaRhodes]

For you, perhaps.

[@fredarcher7264]

vos autem inanis gloriae cupidi

[@JuliaMinervaRhodes]

non pertinens