2014 opens with a bang as Point of View Presents - "Barry Lyndon: A film by Stanley Kubrick” (1975).
A film of epic scope, stunning beauty, and uncompromising vision, Barry
Lyndon is perhaps director Stanley Kubrick's most polarizing and least
seen work. Adapted from William Thackeray's picaresque novel, “The Luck
of Barry Lyndon,” the story is one of the rise and fall of an 18th
century social climber, Redmond Barry, played affably by Ryan O'Neal in
his most surprising role. Barry Lyndon
received only mixed reviews upon its initial release. The period
piece's underwhelming reception was said to have deeply depressed
Kubrick who would not return to filmmaking for another five years when
he would commit Stephen King's “The Shining,” to celluloid.
Nevertheless, Barry Lyndon's contribution to film history should not be
overlooked. Kubrick and his Academy Award winning cinematographer, John
Alcott, devised special cameras for the picture allowing the production
to shoot in realistic 18th century candle light, a feat never achieved
before or since. Nearly forty years later, the film is justly hailed by
many as Kubrick's forgotten masterpiece.
Our screening
will start promptly at 7pm. Because our couch seating is limited please
feel free to bring your own pillows, cushions, or chairs.
Barry Lyndon is the eleventh screening in
the P.O.V. Series which meets monthly in the Skyline Room of Tapp's Arts Center to
discuss films of varying eras, styles, and genres from around the
world.
Admission: $5.00