Ryan O'Neal Discusses Stanley Kubrick

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Ryan O'Neal and Leon Vitali discuss what it was like to work with Stanley Kubrick.

[@vova47]

Good to see Barry finally getting along with Lord Bullingdon.

[@Starwithnonname]

Hahahaha...

[@markeeledge]

Haha :)

[@potato4534]

vova47 I still kinda wish they tackled each other during the interview though

[@jpcastledark]

😆

[@garmonbozialynch7003]

We have received satisfaction

[@54jeanmarie]

Barry Lyndon is an extraordinary masterpiece.

[@cinemar]

Amen!

[@robweissman5952]

Hey Rotten Tomatoes.... Would it have killed you to put LEON VITALI 's name along with Ryan's name in the title?

[@Mat-fw1ky]

Rotten Tomatoes is a clown show. They called “24 Eyes” one of the great anti-war movies of all time “thin soup”. But Avengers 14 they’ll give 98%. Ooo...I’m so mad!

[@charlesknowlton7198]

LEON VITALI was pretty much the guy who brought Stanley Kubrick his coffee.

[@robweissman5952]

@@charlesknowlton7198 If you think that's all Leon did then you clearly don't know very much about Kubrick.. Anyway, what greatness have you done in your life that makes you think you're entitled to make such a nasty comment?

[@charlesknowlton7198]

@@robweissman5952 First, if I told you about the "greatness I have done", you would never believe me. Second. The thing that makes me "entitled to make such a comment" are the many documentaries I have seen and the many books I have read about Kubrick. It is clear, Vitale was a glorified gopher. But I'll go one step further. In some of the discussions I have seen him participate in, I wonder how much he was even paying attention to what Kubrick was doing.

[@Deepbluecat]

Leon seems like a very cool guy.Always gracious,intelligent and seems approachable. Thanks Leon for continuing all the transfer and title work and for the interviews.

[@stewartbloomfield8035]

leon is great. fmj crew.

[@PatrickRyan147]

How did Stanley Kubrick convince these studios to give him the millions that he needed to make these very unusual films that we still don't fully understand to this day 🤔🤔🤔 He IS a very special man indeed

[@777jones]

Thank God they did give him the money. That’s the best thing they probably ever did.

[@RunningP123456]

Because as weird as some of his movies were, he was always successful at the box office.

[@Alexander-tj2dn]

I saw the film again some days ago, it´s really a masterpiece. To me it´s Kubrick´s second best film after 2001.

[@alankirkby465]

How about " Paths of Glory " ( just a thought) Peace to all.

[@Alexander-tj2dn]

@@alankirkby465 Very good also.

[@jonathanpence9067]

I actually put it slightly ahead of 2001, personally. For me it's his greatest achievement and one of the very best films ever made.

[@mkphotofilm]

It is most definitely his most beautiful. And I love the zoom outs. I personally love FMJ more, but this is definitely my second favourite. But all of his films since 2001 were totally amazing.

[@maxidelacaze]

For me it would be number five after A Clockwork Orange, 2001, Dr Strangelove and Eyes Wide Shut. But I believe every movie since Paths of Glory is a masterpiece, so they could be ordered any way you want and it would be right.

[@benrosn8154]

Amazing absolutely phenomenal actors. They’re so good Barry Lyndon is one of the best films of all time Ryan O’Neal is amazing in it and so is Leon Vitali

[@andrewattenboroughtwothumb4697]

It’s such an incredible masterpiece Barry Lyndon and both Ryan o’neal and Leon are both incredible actors

[@teletubetodd]

A wonderful tribute to a great filmmaker (and a great film: "Barry Lyndon" is my favorite Kubrick film) by those who were there. Also, how touching that Ryan aka Barry beat Leon aka Lord Bullingdon in the film and is very warm with him here. But Ryan also remained friends with Ali McGraw years after "Love Story" (A.R. Gurney's play "Love Letters" reunited them in 2015), remained friends with ex-wife Leigh Taylor-Young, and reconciled with partner Farrah Fawcett, so he knows how to stretch out relationships, for better or for worse. Thanks for posting!

[@ilovetheseventies6461]

I love Ryan O'Neal a brilliant actor and still very handsome

[@laalaag2auntyayag776]

And a terrible, just awful human being

[@geo-george2639]

@@laalaag2auntyayag776 You can't have everything.

[@legomoviesstudios8822]

@@laalaag2auntyayag776 what did he do?

[@ADAPTATION7]

@@laalaag2auntyayag776 Really?

[@MrBrian987987]

What a film! His acting seemed so real. I love the understatedness of it, only because there was so much drama behind each scene. "You can put your hands down now."

[@gregorylapointe4157]

I can definitely hear Red Cape's voice from Eyes Wide Shut when Leon talks. I always liked Ryan O'Neal, glad he got to star in Barry Lyndon.

[@deckofcards87]

Peter Sellers does a very funny impression of Kubrick in Lolita as Quilty, apparently.

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

It's amazing.

[@listeniolistenio5160]

Remember when he beat the shit out of him in the quartet scene xD Barry Lyndon was Kubrick's masterpiece. Unbelievable cinematography. After a few watches it's less "boring".

[@cherylb2008]

Barry Lyndon was heavily criticized but I just love that movie. Leon was great in that. Ryan was such a handsome man

[@Fuliginosus]

I wish the interviewer had encouraged Barry to beat Lord Bullingdon one last time.

[@johndunne7656]

that's so funny!!

[@patriciogonzalez2290]

We need Heraldo

[@felixcat4346]

I am so happy to see time catch up with photogenic actors. Now they look like the rest of us.

[@christinerichard145]

Barry Lindon, fabulose and Ryan O'neal I Love him when he was young !

[@Charliecomet82]

O'Neal reminds me a lot of Barry-a nice guy, but basically a lightweight who skated by on his looks and his charm.

[@rossl5908]

Barry was all surface level niceties but had no real depth to his personality and so wasn’t capable of learning from his mistakes. He was also a brutish rogue who looked for instant gratification like booze, gambling, women and totally ruled by his emotions - never looking to the future. Ryan O’neal was perfect

[@GFSagredo]

@@rossl5908 Redmond Barry / Barry Lyndon was a heavily flawed person: greedy, selfish, and not particularly smart. But he had heart, and courage, and knew how to be honorable and fair. Paradoxically it was not his flaws, but his virtues, that led him to disaster. Which is a testament to the hypocritical times in which he lived. All in all, a memorable, vivid character that feels 100% real. And to see how there are so many out there that think Kubrick is 'cold' and calculative... The man knew how to flesh out characters like only the best filmmakers can. Hell he even made a computer into an iconic movie character. I can't think of anybody else that achieved that.

[@wyskass861]

@@rossl5908 With Barry being one of the most memorable awful people, we see it subtly and felt to me like he was just missing the capability for integrity. What's more interesting how Ryan O'Neill was very similar in faults, but amplified multiple times worse which would, if in a story make the character too one dimensionally awful and non-redeeming.

[@777jones]

@@GFSagredoow! Love what you said there. Stanley had a keen sense of witty, yet restrained, writing. He set a high bar that will probably never be equaled.

[@thedude4795]

Rest in Peace, Ryan O'Neal! Thank you for Barry Lyndon April 20, 1941 - December 8, 2023

[@davedogge2280]

Leon saw 4,000 kids for the role of Danny in The Shinning ? there were no accidents is Stanley Kubricks' movies..

[@amcaesar]

This is fabulous.

[@joliecide]

Orson Welles once said, of the younger generation of directors working at the time, Kubrick was a giant.

[@hermanhale9258]

I've heard several actors say Kubrick wouldn't tell them what he wanted, and I always thought, why not? If you want a certain type of character, tell them who. So Ryan saying Kubrick told him to give the speech like Glenn Ford is very interesting.

[@deathchronicles6960]

😂 i noticed that

[@davidfulton179]

I watched Barry Lyndon when I was about 19 years old during Kubrick "fit" I was going through where I had to see it all. I was watching them in order, beginning with KIller's Kiss (obviously I wouldn't had seen Fear and Desire). It was pure picnic for many happy weeks! Then I got to Barry Lyndon and felt shut down. "What is this? This slow-paced, meandering character study..." I watched Barry Lyndon in when I was 19 but I didn't SEE it until I was 50. I don't know how else to say that. It read perfectly for me at that age. As visceral and as visually compelling as Kubrick's films are, none (save perhaps 2001) are as sumptuous and as resonate as Barry Lyndon. In many ways, it is as "shocking" as Clockwork Orange, but in a different way. I suspect I might find it takes another 30 years to fully inculcate the full measure of its artistry.

[@ryangettig274]

"He and the camera were akin....."-one the best quotes on the Master.Rest Easy Stanley:)Wish I were akin to, y'know Marisa Berenson....

[@ryangettig274]

Dig the loyalty for the Crafstman-Maestro they worked for-it's 20th Century Heart-Warming Stuff!

[@zz424]

Wow Kubrick was so amazing he s*** gold and it never stink

[@ilikerosey846]

Interesting interview.

[@Sadness57]

Lord Bullingdon looks older than his stepfather

[@mattwardpictures]

Being Kubrick's personal assistant for 25 years might do that to a person...

[@robzilla730]

Looks like a juicer

[@guitaoist]

Leon is Kubricks personal assistant… they shared the same July 26 birthday… Better believe Stan knew that

[@scotty]

Terrific

[@cinemar]

What is that awesome looking book in the background?

[@sclogse1]

EXACTLY.

[@leavervloet3750]

Barry lindon was een der mooiste films ooit vele mensen twijfelde aan het acteertalent van ryan o neil maar hierin gaf hij iedereen het nakijken een grote vertolking prachtig

[@nickharris2120]

what happened to the editing on Eyes Wide shut?

[@robzilla730]

nick harris Kubrick died and the suits took over the editing. They didn't like Kubrick 's cut because he was spilling too many secrets. So they butchered it on purpose.

[@nickquist1206]

And it was still a great movie, despite what the conspiracy theorists say.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@robzilla730 Nuts

[@billyleroy2465]

I agree with Vitali ..Kubrick is my favorite director.

[@roseforyou83]

Amazing icons

[@rockinchimp]

Love Ryan O'Neal in The Driver.

[@michellerosejacksoncomedy]

rockinchimp Yeah he was great he had that Clint Eastwood vibe to him.

[@rockinchimp]

Dee Dee Nolan Could drive better than any Eastwood character though haha.

[@greglapointe1311]

I thought Ryan was great in The Driver also.

[@kamuelalee]

The precursor and perhaps the model for Ryan Gosling's flick "Drive"

[@ryangettig274]

@@kamuelalee A part originally meant for Steve McQueen,Ry totally delivered on that one-simple line readings like "You did"&Go HOme"-a film style that Michael Mann re-vamped in Thief&Heat as well:)...

[@rackinfrackin]

(4:38) Ryan O'Neal turns into Danny Kaye.

[@conrad0747]

I feel so sad for Ryan O'Neal and his family. Farrah Fawcett dies of cancer in 2009, Then Ryan & Farrah's son who has Schizophrenia is in jail for attempted murder.

[@lorimiller4301]

Their family has certainly suffered. I wish their show Tatum and Ryan had carried on. I found it very interesting. He had everything yet couldn't keep it.

[@wyskass861]

Sad for Ryan? He was the reason for all the pain and suffering his children experienced. He was an awful narcissistic monster multiple times worse than Barry Lyndon yet interestingly along similar lines.

[@Greggorious123]

Jesus Christ Ryan O'Neal looks like my dad here! Leon Vitali looks completely different and sounds completely different from his Lord Bullindon days.

[@Sadness57]

Barry Lyndon is the best Kubrick film

[@-ta3alaa2olak77]

-Kiss your father lad. = He's not my father.

[@aliens4143]

"He was about 3 feet tall. 2001 is a genius movie, man, it will blow your mind."

[@zanmanur5203]

Ryan O'Neal looks like he just woke up.

[@pat3834]

Just ask Shelley Duvall about Stanley's direction!!!

[@beatotheelder6170]

Hahaha I was thinking the same thing. “I never heard him shout at an actor.”

[@danielplainview2584]

@@beatotheelder6170 Leon was on set during the Shining. There is no actual evidence that Kubrick ever yelled at Shelley. The closest evidence there is to that is him getting annoyed with her in the making of because she missed her cue to go eat soup while the crew waited outside in the snow and were working with multiple machines that needed to be reset.

[@thedude4795]

​@@danielplainview2584fuckin right

[@FluffyBuzzard2TheMax]

"I saw 4000 boys" "If they resist, forget it" "If they don't want to come in the room on their own with you, no good" "I have seen Clockwork orange over 1000 times"

[@geo-george2639]

It does sound ominous.

[@uriahfiiya]

😬

[@Alvaro-fh5dd]

Leon Vitali aka ¨The man in the red cloak¨ Remove your clothes!

[@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838]

Oh man Oh god

[@spacemonkey377]

One of the greatest movie ever made that Barry Lyndon

[@josephaziz1731]

Coin toss as to whether 'Barry Lyndon' was superior to '2001'. Both incredible artworks. There are two warring camps.

[@jetnova3788]

2001, for me. I’ll be seeing it for the fifth time on the big screen in a few days. It took a few tries to warm to Barry Lyndon, but now I find it just as re-watchable as any Kubrick film from Dr Strangelove on.

[@sclogse1]

The production design is a special effect all to it's own in 2001. Name the shot. Even watching the arm on the pod open the hatch door slowly rotating or that door needing that strange round key for Hal's memory...these "little" things affected you like no other film.

[@Satchel334]

Just realized these were the two stars of Barry Lyndon! Ryan looks like he could use a laser neck job and a coffee colonic! Kubrick should have made twice as many films!

[@sclogse1]

It's fun in the sun. Women get it more than men. You need to be Italian to skate through.

[@rossl5908]

Why does Ryan O’Neal look like he’s wearing a mask of Ryan O’Neal.

[@undergroundjohnny]

Leon has watched Clockwork Orange OVER 1000 times? LOL - ok hahaha

[@kingamoeboid3887]

undergroundjohnny what can I say it’s the greatest film ever.

[@stereo-type1510]

"I've never heard Stanley shout at an actor" Shelly Duvall:😶🙄

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

She's an actress.

[@joelocke5968]

👍

[@mkphotofilm]

I want Leon Vitali to demand satisfaction

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

I wanted the Man In Red to say, "you have been a very naughty Gee Pee!"

[@nielskjr5432]

Who's this guy, Leon Vitali?

[@thedude4795]

He began working for Kubrick as the role Lord Bullingdon, then pretty much abandoned his own promising acting career for becoming Kubricks number 2. He made a documentary called Film Worker which details his behind the scenes work. There's more to the story, I can't really do it justice.

[@CornishCreamtea07]

What's wrong with Leons neck?

[@Deepurplerain]

That's why KZbin is made for.

[@nattyps3160]

It's sad Ryan was such a horrible dad & boyfriend/husband b/c he wasn't a bad actor. He was blessed as a young guy w/ good looks they say he is very smart but he is a narcissist. Tatum said in her book that levels Ryan & a lot of celebs , that her Ryan's mom had groomed him to be a star. She worshipped Ryan beyond that of a regular loving mom. That's where the narcissism came from. Plus I've read so many stories how Ryan in the 60s & 70s would just have to look at a woman at a party & she'd dump her date or boyfriend to be w/ him. He stole Albert finney 's gf , Angelica Huston left Jack Nicholson to be w/ Ryan until Ryan beat her up she ran back to Jack & of course famously took Farrah faucett from husband Lee majors. It's too bad Farrah didn't just stay w/ Lee. Cause Ryan destroyed Farrah & their son. It's no coincidence that the 3 kids out of his 4 that he raised all had serious drug problems. I last read that when Redmond went on a shooting rampage his brain was so damaged from the drug abuse he wasn't fit to stand trial. U know how badly damaged u have to be to be declared legally insane ? Look at all the pychotic killers who do stand trial. They are obviously insane but legally insane is something else & is very very hard to prove. It's not like Redmond just went free if ur not fit for trial u go to a mental hospital & for a very long time of not forever. Movies & TV make it sound like if u prove ur insane u just go to some cushy hospital for a few months.

[@janetclaireSays]

I don't know much about his first wife but I think she is the only mother of any of his children who didn't have addiction problems. That's why Ryan raised the other 3. So I think there is more to it than just him.

[@stevecox7075]

Yawn.

[@betsyduane3461]

Kubrick's films were not poorly received. He was nominated for best picture 3x. Stop this myth.,

[@sclogse1]

I could never sustain what Shelley Duvall sustained in all those scenes. I'd do it for 20 seconds and get sick.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

rt videos are better than their reviews amirite

[@DrayWillSlay]

rifleshots? lol

[@Danimal300zx]

He sure wasn't encouraging with Shelley Duvall. He belittled her and definitely raised his voice to her.

[@deckofcards87]

+Danimal300zx Because she was frustrating him. The most successful work method he found with actors was for them to not act, but instead "be." Only way to really have her "be" in terror for example, is to put her on edge emotionally. I guess she wasn't an actor who could go there on her own, but there's the wonderful paradox - her tedious, sulky over-dramatized performance is perfect within the context of the film. I'm sure that's why Kubrick was harsh. If she couldn't do it herself, Kubrick had to do it for her.

[@getheroutofthetruck]

+Danimal300zx that's directing.

[@Greggorious123]

+Danimal300zx I think Kubrick was certainly misogynistic. It comes across so blatantly in his films.

[@deckofcards87]

+Greg Williams​​​​​ Not sure where you get that from. He adored his wife and daughters. Was surrounded by and inspired by women. Most of the subtext of "Eyes Wide Shut" is anti-misogyny. Sue Lyon in "Lolita" manipulates and drags James Mason's Humbert Humbert around by leash, figuratively speaking. Full Metal Jacket's entire climax is set around the Marines being practically castrated by a sniper who turns out to be a 15 year old girl. 

[@mumboslick89]

+Greg Williams I think Stanley was just showing that the world is pretty Misogynistic.

[@cultfilmfreakreviews]

Lord Gollumton

[@joetheplumber2970]

Hate to be that guy but Kubrick (has good as he was ) had no idea how to finish a movies.

[@taketheredpill1452]

rotten tomatoes is ROTTEN

[@bennyvega100]

Does Leon have cancer or something?

[@alexthompson9516]

B.J. Funk The bandana is his thing, he's probably bald under there.

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

B.J. Funk HIV?

[@tonywords6713]

look how red his neck is

[@justsaying7742]

Kubricks second best movie after his 1969 moon landings.

[@FigmentSALabel]

Snore.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Nuts

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

Vitali looked awful for years. That's what working with Kubrick does to you.

[@bneale]

Seen the movie when I was in my twenties. Dry and boring. Turned me off period pieces.

[@gregorygarcia7807]

a square plastic Fiji water bottle. perfect analog for American cinema crap that will be fawned over and picked apart until... mozart's pieces were not all gems. some were to pay the rent. let's not pretend. it's what kubrick couldda wanted b4 sharon tate.

[@renaissance6745]

Stanley Kubrick grossly overrated could not direct people chose terrible bad actors and there is so much hype crap about his film techniques

[@tonywords6713]

The Emperor desperately awaiting your next groundbreaking masterpiece, random youtube commenter

[@66gtb]

The Emperor Mystified by this. Let me guess, you're a fan of super hero movies?

[@renaissance6745]

Worked with him and knew him , eyes wide shut would have been good but once again ruined by choice of dreadful bad actor a/hole tom / you know who !! and no no no only interested in intellectual crafted art house films DIGNITY ALWAYS DIGNITY

[@gigisdad]

Doesn't trolling get boring after a while, eh?

[@gigisdad]

That's your claim. I don't believe it. Simple as that.

[@teeniebeenie8774]

alas, poor amateurish ryan ruined barry lyndon

[@alexthompson9516]

teenie beenie Nah

[@montag4516]

But isn't amateurish exactly what the charachter of Barry Lyndon was? At least at first.

[@michaelheintzelman1903]

Ryan hasn't stood the physical test of time very well.