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Some Reviews of the recently 're-released' Barry Lyndon


"Magnificent version of a profoundly compromised human life":

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/29/kubrick-barry-lyndon-vision-compromised-life
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"Reissue of the Week: Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon - terribly beautiful, relentlessly authentic.

Described by many critics as “glacial”, Barry Lyndon is among Kubrick’s more emotionally engaged films":


http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/reissue-of-the-week-stanley-kubrick-s-barry-lyndon-terribly-beautiful-relentlessly-authentic-1.2736074
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"Barry Lyndon review – Kubrick's intimate epic of utter lucidity.

Stanley Kubrick’s hypnotic masterpiece looks just as good 40 years on, as it follows the fluctuating fortunes of Ryan O’Neal’s humble Irish hero":


https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/28/barry-lyndon-review-stanley-kubrick-ryan-o-neal
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"Barry Lyndon: why it’s time to reassess Kubrick’s ‘coffee-table’ movie.

Beneath the courtship and civility of the master’s glacial period drama lies a film of striking savagery":


https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/25/stanley-kubrick-barry-lyndon-time-to-reassess
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"Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon: ‘It puts a spell on people’.

The director’s 18th-century epic is legendary for the hardships imposed upon its cast, with 150 takes for a single shot not uncommon. But, four decades on, the film’s stars remain united in praise of this beautiful, slow-burning masterpiece"
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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/14/stanley-kubrick-barry-lyndon-put-spell-on-people
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"It's time to reassess Kubrick's 'coffee table' movie"

Wow that's aggravating. As if no one has ever respected this movie and this guy is the first to suggest it's good. It's such a backhanded compliment for this top 3 Kubrick film

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