That was pretty much the view of a lot of the critics at the time it came out, but re-looking at it they're changing their minds.
Either way, Kubrick was a genius. I've watched it bit-by-bit before on the small screen, but often find my mind wandering when I'm watching anything on TV, but in the cinema I was transfixed from the word go. B > On 26 Aug 2016, at 14:50, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm a big Kubrick fan, but found BL boring. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 3:37 AM, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> >> Kubrick's Barry Lyndon was recently re-released, so yesterday I watched it >> on the big screen for the first time. Wow. If it comes to a cinema near >> you, don't miss the opportunity to be ravished. >> >> https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/31/barry-lyndon- >> review-stanley-kubrick >> >> Famous for its use of a 50/0.7 and a 35/0.7 lens, shot in natural light, >> composition based on 18th-century paintings, great acting, great story, >> great everything. >> >> B >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
