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Post by Popeye Doyle on Aug 1, 2021 21:09:05 GMT
How does Kubrick follow up A Clockwork Orange? Why, with an 18th century costume drama, of course. Popeye is adverse to such films but this was, for a better lack of word, interesting. To think, the story is set in motion because Redmond Barry couldn’t have his cousin. At three hours, it remains almost consistently interesting. I do think the second half is more engaging, though. Not sure how I feel about Ryan O’Neal’s performance. Colin Jacobson, over at dvdmg.com, offered a decent description - “ O'Neal offers a pretty bad performance as Lyndon but ends up accurately portraying the character. O'Neal seems stiff, wooden and flat, but in reality, that's probably the way Lyndon should appear. Lyndon seems to be a virtual cipher, a fairly dull-witted guy with few obvious talents who gets by on his good looks. Hmm - sound like any actor you can recall? I don't know if O'Neal actually tried to play Lyndon as such a dud, but it works well.”
Then there is the famous cinematography.; yeah, it’s gorgeous. Stan the man does love his zoom out shots and the recurring visual motif of characters so damn still it’s like looking at a painting. On a very trivial note, the Criterion Blu-ray retains the 1970s Saul Bass Warner Bros. Logo. Nice.
3 out of 4
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Post by ck100 on Aug 1, 2021 21:21:38 GMT
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Post by Mulder and Scully on Aug 1, 2021 21:32:12 GMT
It doesn't any duller than Kubrick films. All he made were painfully dull, pretentious, self-indulgent crap.
One of the most overrated and over-hyped film maker of all time.
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Post by phantomparticle on Aug 1, 2021 22:20:16 GMT
Outstanding masterpiece by a supreme cinema artist. It's one of those love it or hate it movies with little compromise between the two camps. There isn't much you can say about it that hasn't already been expressed.
Kubrick shares artistic space with another unyielding giant, Carl Theodor Dreyer, both of whom made only a select few films which they helmed with unique, determined vision.
My only regret is that I did not see this in a theatre in '75 and only got around to it via vhs (shudder). It is an essential that should come to the attention of Turner Classic Movies when discussing their future limited theatrical releases.
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Post by politicidal on Aug 2, 2021 13:02:37 GMT
Nora was a bloody tease.
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Post by kolchak92 on Aug 2, 2021 13:05:46 GMT
It's among Kubrick's finest work, which is saying a lot.
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Post by mortsahlfan on Aug 2, 2021 15:42:23 GMT
I usually am averse to watching movies with costumes, but unlike others, this movie didn't overemphasize it.
Redmond was teased and tested by his cousin, and fell in love with her in her game. He's even willing to risk his life dueling with an Englishman in the military (his family basically sold him out for some money, not caring about his life).
When he has to flee, the first thing that happens is that he's robbed. I think he was corrupted by these two events, and probably learned that in life, you either fuck or get fucked.
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Post by vegalyra on Aug 2, 2021 15:56:30 GMT
I enjoyed the cinematography which was beautiful but the story itself was a little boring and it took too long for the plot to play out. The costumes were amazingly done as well.
I would have preferred Kubrick's version of Napoleon.
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Post by mstreepsucks on Aug 2, 2021 18:32:05 GMT
I saw it in the video store, and i looked at the pictures from it. It didn't look good , looks boring. But i got it anyway, then i wished i hadn't rented it.
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Post by amyghost on Aug 2, 2021 18:49:10 GMT
Excellent film; the casting of O'Neal seemed a bit bizarre at the time, but one realizes now in watching the film that he was somehow uniquely perfect for the title role: a beautiful vacuum who drifts through his life untouched by the events of it. I somehow think no other major actor of the era could have portrayed Lyndon so piercingly, even if unintentionally so. Kubrick certainly knew his casting apples in this one.
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Post by mstreepsucks on Aug 2, 2021 20:17:01 GMT
How does Kubrick follow up A Clockwork Orange? Why, with an 18th century costume drama, of course. Popeye is adverse to such films but this was, for a better lack of word, interesting. To think, the story is set in motion because Redmond Barry couldn’t have his cousin. At three hours, it remains almost consistently interesting. I do think the second half is more engaging, though. Not sure how I feel about Ryan O’Neal’s performance. Colin Jacobson, over at dvdmg.com, offered a decent description - “ O'Neal offers a pretty bad performance as Lyndon but ends up accurately portraying the character. O'Neal seems stiff, wooden and flat, but in reality, that's probably the way Lyndon should appear. Lyndon seems to be a virtual cipher, a fairly dull-witted guy with few obvious talents who gets by on his good looks. Hmm - sound like any actor you can recall? I don't know if O'Neal actually tried to play Lyndon as such a dud, but it works well.” Then there is the famous cinematography.; yeah, it’s gorgeous. Stan the man does love his zoom out shots and the recurring visual motif of characters so damn still it’s like looking at a painting. On a very trivial note, the Criterion Blu-ray retains the 1970s Saul Bass Warner Bros. Logo. Nice. 3 out of 4I ag I agree with one thing though you said. It's totally logical that after clock orange that he would make a 18th century costume drama.
It pretty much makes total sense that he would make that film followed by that film. Cuz he made 2 that take place in the future earlier.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Aug 7, 2021 23:29:56 GMT
Watching again, took notice of actors who worked with Kubrick previously -
Patrick Magee (A Clockwork Orange)
Leonard Rossiter (2001: A Space Odyssey)
Steven Berkoff (A Clockwork Orange)
Anthony Sharp (A Clockwork Orange)
Philip Stone (A Clockwork Orange, The Shining)
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Aug 8, 2021 4:53:44 GMT
Watching again, took notice of actors who worked with Kubrick previously - Patrick Magee (A Clockwork Orange) Leonard Rossiter (2001: A Space Odyssey) Steven Berkoff (A Clockwork Orange) Anthony Sharp (A Clockwork Orange) Philip Stone (A Clockwork Orange, The Shining) . Kubrick had his own little stock company, like John Ford. Joe Turkle was in The Killing, Paths of Glory and The Shining |
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Post by Prime etc. on Aug 8, 2021 17:08:17 GMT
The duel scene was suspenseful and bizarre (when the guy throws up)--but a crowdpleaser it ain't.
I don't remember Steven Berkoff in either movie.
Who was he in A Clockwork Orange?
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Post by wmcclain on Aug 8, 2021 18:50:11 GMT
The duel scene was suspenseful and bizarre (when the guy throws up)--but a crowdpleaser it ain't. I don't remember Steven Berkoff in either movie. Who was he in A Clockwork Orange? Berkoff: the policeman beating Alex during interrogation. The actor who plays Lyndon's stepson, vomiting during the duel, became Kubrick's assistant. There is a fine documentary about him called Filmworker. Between genius and the final product are a lot of invisible hands.
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Post by Prime etc. on Aug 8, 2021 18:58:44 GMT
Berkoff: the policeman beating Alex during interrogation. I don't remember him at all
If he had said "these people are so vulgar with their methods" I would have remembered him better.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Aug 8, 2021 21:29:48 GMT
Berkoff: the policeman beating Alex during interrogation. I don't remember him at all
If he had said "these people are so vulgar with their methods" I would have remembered him better.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Sept 17, 2021 2:59:58 GMT
Watching again, took notice of actors who worked with Kubrick previously - Patrick Magee (A Clockwork Orange) Leonard Rossiter (2001: A Space Odyssey) Steven Berkoff (A Clockwork Orange) Anthony Sharp (A Clockwork Orange) Philip Stone (A Clockwork Orange, The Shining) . Kubrick had his own little stock company, like John Ford. Joe Turkle was in The Killing, Paths of Glory and The Shining Forgot about Godfrey Quigley, who also appeared in A Clockwork Orange as the prison chaplain. |
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