OSCARS '75: Barry Lyndon

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CONTENT WARNING: Workplace abuse, manipulation, discussion of vomiting from 47:00-47:18.

You’re never really done with Stanley Kubrick, no matter how hard you try. I mean, yes, we did an entire series on the little tyrant a year ago, and we named an entire rule about him. But at least when we watched those movies, there was something interesting and unique to hold onto. This movie, on the other hand, is a self-indulgent, boring adaptation of a pretty awesome story. I mean, how does the great Stanley Kubrick mess up the first English-language antihero? Perhaps it’s because he’s so focused on creating truly stunning film portraits composed with candlelight that he forgot to, you know, direct. Add to it one of the most uncharismatic lead performances in movie history and folks, we might just have the worst Kubrick movie ever here. Inspect your pistols and aim at Kubrick’s legacy as we continue our Oscars ‘75 series talking about the absolute bore Barry Lyndon

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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpt taken from “Sarabande Main Title” from the film Barry Lyndon, composed by Georg Friedrich Handel, adapted and conducted by Leonard Rosenman, and performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra. Copyright 1975 WEA Recordings Ltd.

Excerpt taken from "200 Years" from the film Nashville, written by Henry Gibson and Richard Baskin, and performed by Henry Gibson. Copyright 1975 ABC Records, Inc.