I watched a truly fascinating documentary on the life of Stanley Kubrick last night. It may have been on Bravo, A&E, or Ovation TV.
Aside from loving attention to all 10 of Stanley’s movies, there were great commercials, including for Guiness! But what got my attention was the closing sequence, working backward from Eyes Wide Shut, Full Metal Jacket, Barry Lyndon,. . .through his earliest movies, and in the background was a lovely whistle playing, I believe, Women of Ireland.
No credit for the music or the musician. Can anyone verify the music, and maybe find out who the musician was, and of course what breed of whistle they played?
can anyone tell me who Barry Lyndon is?? Sorry I dont think I have heard of him..But I am also very bad with names so I might recognize who your talking about if given some info. of course I dont know who Stanley Kubrick is either..
[ This Message was edited by: C4 on 2002-11-24 14:07 ]
Stanley Kubrick is one of the greatest film makers ever. He was responsible for Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, among others. Barry Lyndon is a film he made, which is very under rated. It is about a young Irishman’s rise into 18th century English nobility, and his inevitable fall.
Stanley Kubrick was a groundbreaking movie director, with these films to his credit: 2001 A Space Odessy (how DO you spell that word?), Full Metal Jacket, Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (my fave!), Barry Lyndon (which I haven’t seen yet) Eyes Wide Shut (his last), Clockwork Orange (which I still can’t watch all the way through) The Shining (the one with Jack Nicolson) Spartacus, and two or three earlier ones that I don’t remember.
He was a bona fide genius as far as film-making was concerned, and way ahead of his time in reference to film techniques and lighting, but with the genius came obsessions with control, he was reclusive and difficult to work with. Because of the genius, though, Warner gave him full control over his pics, which notoriously ran WAY over time and budget.
Whether Barry Lyndon is a fictitious character or not I leave to someone else to say.
You forgot Lolita, Paths of Glory, and his first Fear and Desire, which was never released because he was too embarassed. Also, the film A.I. was his idea, but he was never able to accomplish it.
The movie’s soundtract was primarily from the first two Chieftains’ albums, and served to introduce the general, nontrad oriented American public to the group. However, I remember it was hard to hear, for the movie was so awful. Ryan O’Neil was a simpering git. RCM
On 2002-11-24 12:41, jim stone wrote:
Barry Lyndon was a great movie that
flopped horribly! And there was
whistle music, too!
Huh? Did you get to see the specially re-edited version or something? “Barry Lyndon” was a visually beautiful film with absolutely no content. I have never before or since paid to sit through something so dreadfully dull or interminably boring.
Of course, what else should we have expected from the ‘star?’ of “Love Story” amd a supermodel.
In actual truth, it was one of only two movies I ever walked out of before the end, which at the rate the movie was going would not have been any more than three or four days distant at most.
The other was a purported comedy called “Three Amigos” . I honestly wished the bad guys had been given live ammunition. Come to think of it, I wished that during “Barry Lyndon” as well.
“Barry Lyndon” was a visually beautiful film with absolutely no content. I have never before or since paid to sit through something so dreadfully dull or interminably boring.
It was visually beautiful. It is, by far, one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen. It is slow and doesn’t say much, but neither does 2001 and it is considered to be one of the greatest American films of all time. It sounds like you saw Barry Lyndon with the intention of being entertained. That’s a shame. Some films are meant to be enternaining. Not this one. This film should be seen as a work of art. I remember seeing it for the first time, on the floor in front of my friends big screen TV, just taking it in. Every shot, every scene is visually stunning. Perhaps if you went in with a different attitude towards film, you could have appreciated it on as many leves as I did.
Did I mention that Stanley Kubrick was one of the most controversial directors of all time too? The above debate is eternal about all of his movies. People love them, hate them, feel both ways (that’s how I feel about 2001), change opinions. I don’t think I’m ready to go back and see Clockwork Orange yet, tho.