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Barry Lyndon
Kubrick charts the rise and fall of an 18th-century charlatan as an acerbic study of self-destruction amid social ritual.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Overview
Kubrick adapted William Thackerayโs The Luck of Barry Lyndon and in his hands, the eponymous mock-heroic soldier of fortune, becomes the plaything of fate. Ryan OโNeal is deliberately awkward and at times blank as Kubrickโs Lyndon, who embarks on a tour of 18th-century Europe, encountering battles, gambling houses and stately homes in pursuit of wealth, title and a family to call his own. His rise and fall are charted as a study of self-destruction amidst social ritual and class attitudes.
Ranked joint 45th in the 2022 Sight and Sound Great Films of All Time poll
moderate violence, sex, nudity
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