"Barry Linden" received a high evaluation from the American Film Critics Association
. The film pursues the quiet and neutral flat painting style of the 18th century. The morning and sunset landscapes in the film are like a soft and beautiful oil painting. The subtle differences in color and light and shadow caused by time changes make the picture present a rich layer. Beauty. Even when shooting large scenes, the film deliberately creates a flat effect that compresses the space, and its interior shooting is also quite elegant. The crew borrowed antique costumes from the museum as costumes for the film, which greatly enhanced the texture of the performance and the realism of the scene. The film chooses the music of Handel, Schubert, Mozart and Vivaldi as the soundtrack, which is also a very appropriate interpretation of the life situation and spiritual temperament of the aristocratic society in the 18th century. Although some critics criticized the film as being too sophisticated, the use of carefully created environmental images to strengthen and interpret the main characters is precisely the unique essence and method of the film as an art
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Barry Lyndon evaluation action
2021-11-13 08:01
Extended Reading
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Gabe 2022-03-25 09:01:06
Come, wander, there are plenty of directions anyway. Come on, pretend, there's a lot of time anyway.
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Lola 2022-03-24 09:01:37
A lot of center composition, even an over-the-shoulder shot will insist on placing the front-facing character in the center. A lot of Zoom out, removing the sense of space, is more like the inverse process of observing paintings. The music is neither happy nor sad, and it is firmly advanced.
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Redmond Barry: Sir, I... I have a confession to make to you. I'm an Irishman. And my name is Redmond Barry. I was abducted into the Prussian army two years ago, and now have been put into your service by my Captain Potzdorf, and his uncle, the Minister of Police... to serve as a watch upon your... actions... and to give information to the same quarter.
Narrator: [voice-over] The Chevalier was as much affected as Barry at thus finding one of his countrymen. For he too was an exile from home, and a friendly voice, a look, brought the old country back to his memory again.
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Narrator: [voice-over] Fate had determined that he should leave none of his race behind him, and that he should finish his life poor, lonely and childless.