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Originally Posted by The Silver Bullet
Barry Lyndon (d. Stanley Kubrick, 1975)
A pure masterpiece of the cinema that is at once both emotionally and intellectually engaging. Kubrick's film is not only beautiful to look at it [many have unfairly claimed that its beauty is all it has going for it], but epic, intimate and captivating in its telling.
I watched this again a couple of weeks ago. I agree with you, there are many more layers to this film than its 'spot on' representation of its period. Another thing is that Ryan O'Neal gives his greatest performance, with the possible exception of
Paper Moon.
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