Barry Lyndon

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Stanley Kubrick stands among film cameras outdoors, gesturing while directing on the set of Barry Lyndon, with crew members and trees in the background.

Barry Lyndon

film by Kubrick [1975]

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Films of the 1970s of Stanley Kubrick
…passed in the preparation of Barry Lyndon (1975), which Kubrick adapted himself from William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel of the same name. Ryan O’Neal starred as the title character, an 18th-century Irish rogue. Kubrick’s obsessive insistence on filming with natural lighting of the period (including scenes illuminated only by candles) necessitated…
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…passed in the preparation of Barry Lyndon (1975), which Kubrick adapted himself from William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel of the same name. Ryan O’Neal starred as the title character, an 18th-century Irish rogue. Kubrick’s obsessive insistence on filming with natural lighting of the period (including scenes illuminated only by candles) necessitated…
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Lighting
Stanley Kubrick’s decision to film Barry Lyndon (1975) in candlelight is a notable example.
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Stanley Kubrick’s decision to film Barry Lyndon (1975) in candlelight is a notable example.
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