CLIP FILM BARRY LINDON PRODUCTION: USA, UK DIRECTOR: Stanley Kubrick STARRING: Ryan O Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Kruger, Diana Koerner SYNOPSIS Barry Lindon is a 1975 film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray. Set in 18th-century Europe, the film follows the rise and fall of an ambitious Irishman named Redmond Barry, who later assumes the title Barry Lyndon. Redmond Barry is a penniless but determined young man who sets out to elevate his social standing. After a failed romantic pursuit, he is forced to ee his hometown and eventually joins the British Army and serves in various military campaigns during the Seven Years War, experiencing danger, betrayal, and desertion. Through manipulation and charm, Barry climbs the social ladder by marrying a wealthy aristocrat, Lady Lyndon. After this marriage, which makes him rich, Barry indulges in luxury but alienates those around him. His arrogance, extravagance, and cruelty set the stage for his unravelling. The death of his beloved son and escalating tensions with Lady Lyndon s son from a previous marriage lead to Barry s social and emotional ruin. BEFORE WATCHING 7 Put the given sentences in the correct order to write a film review of Kubrick s masterpiece. a. It s a slow-burning, richly composed character study of ambition, vanity, and the impermanence of status. If you re intrigued b. Based on the novel by Thackeray, called the first novel without a hero, it observes a man without morals, character or judgment, unrepentant, unredeemed. Born in Ireland c. his style, since it is certainly in every frame a Kubrick film: technically awesome, emotionally distant. It has the arrogance d. in modest circumstances, he rises through two armies and the British aristocracy with cold calculation, interpreted by Ryan O Neal who Kubrick directed as if he were still life. e. by awed protagonists and tragic grandeur, Barry Lyndon is a masterpiece you should see even if it rewards patience. Kubrick s vision is known for f. would have had Kubrick s confidence in taking this ultimately inconsequential story of a man s rise and fall, and making it in a style that dictates our attitude toward it? g. of genius. Never mind its budget or the perfectionism in its 300-day shooting schedule. How many directors h. its meticulous attention to historical details, breathtaking cinematography, and classical score. This movie confirms extravagance: prodigalit , sperpero di denaro flawed: imperfetto swordmanship: abilit nel maneggiare la spada unravelling: rovina unredeemed: irredento 254 Big and small screen