The Making of Barry Lyndon

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Arts Documentary with no narration published by Criterion in 2017 - English language

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Based on William Makepeace Thackeray's picaresque novel of 1844, Barry Lyndon tells the story of a social-climbing trickster (Ryan O'Neal) whose opportunism takes him from an Irish farm to the battlefields of the Seven Years' War and the parlors of high society where he succeeds in marrying a beautiful aristocrat far above his social station (Marisa Berenson), only to see his gains eventually undone by avarice and spite. Meticulously conceived and sumptuously photographed-using a specially-modified lens and almost exclusively lit by candles and natural light-Barry Lyndon is at once a satirical and sympathetic portrayal of a strangely endearing antihero. (Because "he has charm and courage," said Kubrick, "it's impossible not to like him despite his vanity, his insensitivity, and his weakness.") Despite underwhelming audiences and critics alike when it was released in 1975, a time when period pieces were not all the rage, Barry Lyndon has quietly risen in the ranks of Kubrick's canon and is now widely considered to be not only among his finest achievements but a cinematic masterpiece without equal. This Criterion Special Edition has eight bonus features, starting with Making Barry Lyndon running thirty-eight minutes with cast and crew interviews, following more new featurettes covering the film's visual style for those with an interest in camerawork, editing and cutting the film, the influence of period art on film's visual style, the sound mix and the costume design on the production.

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MAKING BARRY LYNDON: Produced in 2017 by the Criterion Collection, this account of the making of Barry Lyndon features executive producer Jan Harlan, assistant directors Brian Cook and Michael Stevenson, actors Dominic Savage and Leon Vitali, excerpts from a 1976 audio interview with Stanley Kubrick, and more. (38 min)

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Part Two includes three featurettes:
ACHIEVING PERFECTION: This 2017 piece by the Criterion Collection, featuring Barry Lyndon focus puller Douglas Milsome, gaffer Lou Bogue, and excerpts from a 1980 audio interview with cinematographer John Alcott, details the technological and artistic achievements behind the film's cinematography. (15 min)
TIMING AND TENSION: In this 2017 interview by the Criterion Collection, Tony Lawson discusses the editing of Barry Lyndon. (14 min)
DRAMA IN DETAIL: Made by the Criterion Collection in 2017, this piece about Oscar-winning production designer Ken Adam features historian Sir Christopher Frayling ("Ken Adam: The Art of Production Design"). (14 min)

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BALANCING EVERY SOUND: In this 2017 Criterion Collection piece, actor Leon Vitali, who was Stanley Kubrick's personal assistant, discusses the filmmaker's original monaural audio work on Barry Lyndon and the 5.1 surround remix of the soundtrack made in 2000. (10 min)

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Part Four includes two featurettes + thearical trailer:
PASSION AND REASON: Conducted in 2017 by the Criterion Collection, this new interview features critic Michel Ciment ("Kubrick: The Definitive Edition") discussing Barry Lyndon. (17 min)
A CINEMATIC CANVAS: In this 2017 piece by the Criterion Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art assistant curator Adam Eaker discusses the fine art that inspired the visuals of Barry Lyndon, particularly the film's evocation of eighteenth-century painting. (15 min)

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Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4
Video Bitrate: 2 391 Kbps
Video Resolution: 800x480
Display Aspect Ratio: 5:3
Frames Per Second: 23.976 fps
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192 kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 1
Audio Languages: english
RunTime Per Part: 10 min 13 s - 42 min 57 s
Number Of Parts: 4
Part Size: 208 MB - 794 MB
Source: DVD (Thanks to andrmaj132@RuTracker.org)
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