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anyone here seen Barry Lyndon (1975 kubrick)? thinking of watching
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Date: February 17th, 2023 1:18 PM Author: fantasy-prone aromatic dilemma people who are hurt I like kubrick and english history so its in my wheelhouse. But its 3+hrs so does xo recommend? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45946853) |
Date: February 17th, 2023 1:19 PM Author: frum psychic property Yes , it’s visually stunning and has an eccentric, interesting plot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45946857) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 1:19 PM Author: Zombie-like Hairy Legs Yes it's great but very depressing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45946861) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 1:19 PM Author: insanely creepy dysfunction police squad you wont regret it, fantastic movie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45946864) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 1:19 PM Author: Hideous native It's probably the most widely recommended film in the history of xo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45946865) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 1:20 PM Author: Mustard party of the first part messiness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45946866) |
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Date: October 21st, 2025 7:41 AM Author: Charlie Kirk Did Nothing Wrong (TDNW) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#49363491) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 1:29 PM Author: Racy translucent international law enforcement agency Great Film and one of the most unlikely to be fully engrossed for over 3 hours (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45946926) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 1:29 PM Author: fantasy-prone aromatic dilemma people who are hurt 180 responses itt. I'll watch this weekend and report back... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45946930) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 1:36 PM Author: Hideous native Watch it in the highest resolution you can and in the dark (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45946982) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 5:37 PM Author: Shivering smoky private investor Don't expect any women to enjoy it, especially the last hour. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45948115) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 5:57 PM Author: Hideous native (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45948179) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 1:43 PM Author: Shivering smoky private investor I think it's still the only movie with indoor scenes lit entirely by candlelight, with no artificial lighting whatsoever. Kubrick could only do that because he got one of 4 (four) copies of the fastest lens ever made. Barry Lyndon is the only movie he ever shot with that lens, and it's the only lens he uses throughout the entire movie.
The lens was originally designed by Carl Zeiss to be used to take photos on the moon. Part of the reason people think Kubrick was involved in faking the moon landing is because no one knows how he ended up with a copy of that lens. Also, it wasn't usable in its original state. Kubrick had to modify a film camera to be able to even use it.
I have mixed feelings about it. I agree that the candlelight scenes are a neat stunt. Like the Copa scene in Goodfellas, it's good to have examples of moments when a director pulled off something incredible. My chief complaint is that the lens is too grainy in outdoor shots. I think that's because, in addition to using a fast lens, Kubrick also used fast film. So you have all these outdoor shots where there's shitloads of light, but you never get an image that looks anything like, say, Lawrence of Arabia. Look at any given frame from that movie and it looks like it was shot in 8k resolution even though it was shot on film. |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 1:45 PM Author: Racy translucent international law enforcement agency The outdoor scenes looked great for what he was trying to achieve. The whole Film looks like a painting.
https://neiloseman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/barrylyndon031.jpg |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 1:47 PM Author: Shivering smoky private investor Shrunk down to that size, sure. Blown up in 4k on a 65 inch TV it's GRAINY because he used fast film. Why use fast film outdoors? Look at what Kubrick could have done:
https://youtu.be/zcI1UrgqO_0 |
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Date: February 20th, 2023 1:10 PM Author: disturbing chapel https://neiloseman.com/barry-lyndon-the-full-story-of-the-famous-f0-7-lenses/ - if anyone is curious
It’s interesting to note that, although Barry Lyndon is famous for its fast lenses – the f/0.7 Zeiss Planar primes – the movie also used a very slow lens, a custom-built T9 24-480mm zoom. From various accounts, other zooms used seem to include a Cooke T3.1 20-100mm and possibly a 25-250mm of some description. |
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Date: February 20th, 2023 9:17 PM Author: Shivering smoky private investor Yes now that you mention it there are some crazy zoom shots. Interesting link but makes me wonder if they didn't fuck something up when they moved the film plate back. If you can keep the film super close to the lens you can get a sharper image. That's how Leica and Contax did it. Kubrick should have hired Japanese or Germans to engineer the camera, not this guy. I didn't realize the film was only 100 and he had to push it, but that would also explain some things. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45960052) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 1:50 PM Author: Multi-colored drunken old irish cottage step-uncle's house it's in the top 5 on XO's essential film list (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45947046) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 1:54 PM Author: frum psychic property what are the others? (american psycho, no country for old men?) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45947072) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 3:00 PM Author: Shivering smoky private investor Thief is better. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45947368) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 2:08 PM Author: Multi-colored drunken old irish cottage step-uncle's house https://boxd.it/fgthe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45947140) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 3:04 PM Author: Shivering smoky private investor Gallipoli should be higher up there. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45947396) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 2:48 PM Author: titillating hyperventilating nursing home Not sure there’s any other film that has the level of XO consensus on its greatness than BL.
I’ve never seen an earnest attempt (or any attempt at all come to think of it) on XO to poke holes in it, argue it’s overrated, etc.
Meanwhile I’ve certainly seen well-reasoned (even if i personally disagree) screeds against AP, NCFOM, GGR, The Wire, The Sopranos, and whatever other films/shows are enshrined in our collective autistic antisocial canon. |
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Date: October 21st, 2025 7:44 AM Author: Charlie Kirk Did Nothing Wrong (TDNW) don’t forget the cousin lust (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#49363494) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 3:00 PM Author: Shivering smoky private investor Happiness (1998)
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The Name of the Rose |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 3:06 PM Author: adulterous regret Blade Runner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45947404) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 3:17 PM Author: Shivering smoky private investor Lots of us aren't into the original. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45947451) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 1:56 PM Author: Mustard party of the first part messiness Probably number one, I've never seen XO collectively recommend another film the way it does Barry Lyndon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45947081) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 3:01 PM Author: Shivering smoky private investor The was once a thread where someone asked if they should watch The Godfather (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45947375) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 3:04 PM Author: Trip sooty stead degenerate If you polled all the poasters who have seen both films re: which is better, it would be a landslide for BL
Nothing against The Godfather, big fan |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 1:56 PM Author: bistre beady-eyed temple tattoo absolutely classic banger (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45947077) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 2:39 PM Author: Vivacious State Lord Bullingdon did nothing wrong (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45947250) |
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Date: February 20th, 2023 10:39 AM Author: fantasy-prone aromatic dilemma people who are hurt not a clique scholar but I noticed the difference between the alpha jock Barry and the loser/prep bullingdon. the only thing bullingdon did wrong was be born a pussy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45957371) |
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Date: July 11th, 2023 2:53 AM Author: Purple kitty cat “I do NOT have SATISFACTION!” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#46534099) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 3:02 PM Author: Rusted hunting ground One of the GOAT movies.
The novel is also well worth reading -- very different tone and style.
Movie is ultimately about female flightiness (love of rakes & alphas) and what it means to be male. Also, the treachery of the eyerish. |
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Date: February 21st, 2023 11:09 AM Author: Multi-colored drunken old irish cottage step-uncle's house what it means to be a handsome coward bringing in 1,500 a year (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45961699) |
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Date: February 17th, 2023 3:16 PM Author: frozen digit ratio Yes I watched it with boner police. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45947445) |
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Date: February 20th, 2023 10:37 AM Author: fantasy-prone aromatic dilemma people who are hurt watched last night and it is a complete 180. i dont have anything to add that hasnt already been said (cinematography, costume design, settings, score, etc are amazing). Only miss is ryan o'neal who I am never impressed with. would have been an interesting Jack nicholson role. Or time machine collin farrel back there. still o'neal is at least adequate.
Its a bummer films like this are never made anymore. we only get top cinema from scorsese, tarantino, and those guys are grandfathered in. I cant imagine anyone ever making something like Lyndon again. sad. |
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Date: February 20th, 2023 11:09 AM Author: Hideous native 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45957443) |
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Date: February 20th, 2023 11:58 AM Author: bistre beady-eyed temple tattoo yeah, people are making good movies but big budget studio film has no art except for a couple guys who can swing their dicks around (people you named plus christopher nolan) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45957579) |
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Date: February 20th, 2023 9:18 PM Author: frum psychic property glad you liked it. i think nicholson would have been a complete miscast in the role though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45960055) |
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Date: February 20th, 2023 9:24 PM Author: Bateful naked public bath newt oneal was great. lol at nicholson (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45960070) |
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Date: February 20th, 2023 9:25 PM Author: frum psychic property i thought he did great too. collin ferrel transported to the past couldve probably done OK in the role (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45960077) |
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Date: February 20th, 2023 9:29 PM Author: Shivering smoky private investor He basically plays himself. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45960111) |
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Date: February 20th, 2023 9:43 PM Author: fantasy-prone aromatic dilemma people who are hurt you're thinking about crazy nicholson. I'm talking about his subdued performances. think chinatown. he's got that manic energy but keeps it tackled beneath the surface. if done right it would have been an oscar performance. o'neal was just such a jew pussy in real life its hard for me to ever take him seriously. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45960191) |
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Date: February 20th, 2023 9:47 PM Author: Vivacious State Kubrick cast O'Neal precisely because he was a kinda dumb but handsome guy. He stunt casted like that in a lot of his Films. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45960211) |
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Date: February 20th, 2023 9:51 PM Author: fantasy-prone aromatic dilemma people who are hurt Fair point. especially considering cruise in Eyes Wide Shut. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45960227) |
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Date: February 20th, 2023 10:06 PM Author: fantasy-prone aromatic dilemma people who are hurt lol'd (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45960290) |
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Date: October 21st, 2025 7:47 AM Author: Charlie Kirk Did Nothing Wrong (TDNW) disagree on O’Neal
he had a much more subtle fury than Jack could ever pull off, which is necessary for a ladder climber.
can’t imagine Jack speaking German and pulling off the Dandy parts |
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Date: February 20th, 2023 9:38 PM Author: Provocative Ceo I remember hearing that kubrick was originally going to make a napoleon biopic but couldnt get proper funding. he then transferred preproduction over to barry lynden. Given the look of lyndon I cant imagine how 180 napoleon would have been. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45960155) |
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Date: February 20th, 2023 9:45 PM Author: fantasy-prone aromatic dilemma people who are hurt ridely scott has a Napoleon movie coming out soon. joquin phoenix is the lead. I'm optimistic and am a fan of Ridley but god damn a Kubrick Napoleon would have been amazing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5292309&forum_id=2в#45960206) |
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