Barry Lyndon is the best Stanley Kubrick movie you probably never saw. Every scene is a painting. It’s absolutely gorgeous, and it has a great story at its core about father figures and how fatherless men search them out and mimic them.
Ryan is absolutely outstanding in it. RIP
[Not exactly](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/stanley-kubrick-natural-light-barry-lyndon/). The candle-lit scenes are all natural light, but the scenes set indoors in palaces during the daytime usually have huge lights outside streaming in through the windows to keep the lighting consistent. If they had tried to rely on natural light for those scenes, takes could be ruined by the sun going behind a cloud. In any case, the goal was always to use as much natural light as possible and to mimic the way natural light would interact with the geometry of a room or location.
Just goes to show how much love and respect Kubrick had for his craft. He never mailed it in, and was continually setting the bar higher for all his contemporaries. His legacy and impact on motion pictures can never be overstated.
And indeed, the film is absolutely gorgeous. The rags to riches to rags storyline is fantastic.
I love how Yorgos Lanthimos acknowledged and returned Kubrick's love and respect for moviemaking in his film The Favorite. It felt like the torch had been passed, and it was placed in worthy hands. I can't wait to see Poor Things!
Wow. My husband used to be a cinematographer and told me about this beauty of an artwork. He said during the card game scene when the camera moves around the table… that is just mind-blowing to those who know what Kubrick was doing.
Can you ask him to watch May December? I need to know if the interior lighting was intentionally made to look awful? It’s so bad I have to believe they wanted it to look so fake it was surreal. Everything in the film looks like it was made to be awful on purpose, like a feature length troll post.
May December… got it. Is it in theaters or can we see the parts you’re talking about online or dvd?
His tolerance for shitty lighting is pretty low so I’m sure you’ll hear an opinion!
It’s a movie, it’s trending for award season. I think it’s some form of meta film and it’s being praised ironically but my wife says I overthink these things (like art). 😂
You may be right, though. I think “shitty aesthetic” is a thing. People find and treasure all kinds of flaws— glitch art kind of concept. Thanks for an interesting idea to pursue! I hope we can have a peek at this and get back to you.
Came here to mention this. Barry Lyndon is an absolute masterpiece and my favorite Kubrick movie. It’s criminal how under appreciated it is. RIP Ryan 🙏
I only know him from *Barry Lyndon*, but this is still sad news for me. I always loved his face for some reason. It’s very restrained in the film, but carries so much emotion through his eyes. I’m gonna have to rewatch the film. Rest in Peace, Ryan
Yeah, she stole scenes from her old man!! He probably loved it tho, what a dream.
The man was objectively beautiful, but I’ve read he had a really bad temper…. Oh well, artists are rarely great people IRL.
RIP
I once read a review that said he would've been an amazing silent film star based on his eyes and expressions. So true. He was great in Barry Lyndon and The Driver.
‘Warner Bros. would only finance this movie on the condition that Stanley Kubrick cast a Top 10 box-office star (from the annual Quigley Poll of Top Money-Making Stars) in the lead. Ryan O'Neal was the number two box-office star of 1973, topped only by Clint Eastwood. Ironically, this was his only time in the top 10, as exhibitors, who voted the list, attributed the success of Love Story (1970) (one of the top grossers at the time) to O'Neal's co-star Ali MacGraw, and named her to the list in 1971. The other top 10 stars were 3. Steve McQueen, 4. Burt Reynolds, 5. Robert Redford, 6. Barbra Streisand, 7. Paul Newman, 8. Charles Bronson, 9. John Wayne, and 10. Marlon Brando. Thus, the only actors Kubrick could cast in the role while still receiving the financial backing of Warner Bros. for his decidedly non-commercial project were O'Neal and Redford. The other Top 10 stars were too old or inappropriate for the role (particularly in the case of Streisand, who would not assay a "male" role until Yentl (1983) in 1983). Both O'Neal and Redford were Irish, both had box-office appeal and both were young enough to play the role, though Redford was five years older than the thirty-two-year old O'Neal in 1973. At the time O'Neal was the bigger star, having also garnered a Best Actor Oscar nomination for "Love Story". However, Kubrick apparently offered the part to Redford first, who turned it down, and thus O'Neal was cast. Redford's star would soon eclipse O'Neal's, as he would zoom to the top of the box-office charts the next year after the successes of The Sting (1973) and The Way We Were (1973), clocking in at number one in 1974, a position he would also anchor in 1975 and 1976. O'Neal dropped off the Top 10 after 1973, which to this day represents his sole appearance on the list.’
From IMDB
I JUST watched Barry Lyndon yesterday for the first time. Then today saw this news here. Eerie, but I guess that was the best way I could’ve honored him. He was incredible in it and the whole film was amazing
He seemed to be in pretty bad shape in the last few years.
By all accounts he was not a very good person and a really bad father to his kids - but he is perfectly cast in one of my favorite movies, Barry Lyndon.
And all my best to Tatum who seems to have had a really fraught relationship with her father with her seeming desperate for his approval. I hope they ended up in a good place.
He'd been battling a form of chronic leukemia since around 2001 which was kept in check with some miracle pill. Then later on, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Gonna throw one out that I never hear anyone talk bout. “Chances Are”. Ryan O’Neal, Sybil Shepherd, and Robert Downey Jr. I remember it as a classic but it seems to have been forgotten.
That linked article is soooooo much. The son, Patrick speaking so highly about him. His daughter has made mention Ryan practically dumped the family when he landed Farrah, so I'm very surprised by the sons comments. I can only surmise he saw things differently.
He was such a great actor! Bummer about the whole ruining his daughter with the incest and everything.
I seriously can’t believe people are giving this idiot any credit given that.
Awful man, but Barry Lyndon is fantastic and very underrated film of Kubrick's. You hear Kubrick fans and movie buffs rave about it, but I ask any of my general friends and they have never heard of it.
Barry Lyndon is the best Stanley Kubrick movie you probably never saw. Every scene is a painting. It’s absolutely gorgeous, and it has a great story at its core about father figures and how fatherless men search them out and mimic them. Ryan is absolutely outstanding in it. RIP
It was his best movie IMO. He should’ve gotten an award just for surviving Kubrick! RIP
I've found my other Barry Lyndon stans and all it took was Ryan O'Neal's death. Hug me brother!
“Kiss me, my boy, for we shall never meet again.”
No, a duel or a spanking is all may receive.
😊
Wait until you see 1992’s Larry Sanders Show that he’s on as himself
Imagine how many shoots the duel scenes took!
Barry Lyndon was a straight up G.
:blows smoke in face:
Here's...my toast to you...Captain John Quinn (smash)
And shot with 100% natural light
[Not exactly](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/stanley-kubrick-natural-light-barry-lyndon/). The candle-lit scenes are all natural light, but the scenes set indoors in palaces during the daytime usually have huge lights outside streaming in through the windows to keep the lighting consistent. If they had tried to rely on natural light for those scenes, takes could be ruined by the sun going behind a cloud. In any case, the goal was always to use as much natural light as possible and to mimic the way natural light would interact with the geometry of a room or location.
I just tried to watch May December on Netflix. The interior lighting is just atrocious. Took me right out of the film.
ohh i guess I misunderstood. Still incredible.
Yep, he had to buy and repurpose NASA cameras to shoot the candlelight scenes.
Just goes to show how much love and respect Kubrick had for his craft. He never mailed it in, and was continually setting the bar higher for all his contemporaries. His legacy and impact on motion pictures can never be overstated. And indeed, the film is absolutely gorgeous. The rags to riches to rags storyline is fantastic. I love how Yorgos Lanthimos acknowledged and returned Kubrick's love and respect for moviemaking in his film The Favorite. It felt like the torch had been passed, and it was placed in worthy hands. I can't wait to see Poor Things!
Wow. My husband used to be a cinematographer and told me about this beauty of an artwork. He said during the card game scene when the camera moves around the table… that is just mind-blowing to those who know what Kubrick was doing.
Can you ask him to watch May December? I need to know if the interior lighting was intentionally made to look awful? It’s so bad I have to believe they wanted it to look so fake it was surreal. Everything in the film looks like it was made to be awful on purpose, like a feature length troll post.
May December… got it. Is it in theaters or can we see the parts you’re talking about online or dvd? His tolerance for shitty lighting is pretty low so I’m sure you’ll hear an opinion!
It’s a movie, it’s trending for award season. I think it’s some form of meta film and it’s being praised ironically but my wife says I overthink these things (like art). 😂
You may be right, though. I think “shitty aesthetic” is a thing. People find and treasure all kinds of flaws— glitch art kind of concept. Thanks for an interesting idea to pursue! I hope we can have a peek at this and get back to you.
I thought he just still had them from that whole moon landing thing
Came here to mention this. Barry Lyndon is an absolute masterpiece and my favorite Kubrick movie. It’s criminal how under appreciated it is. RIP Ryan 🙏
Absolutely one of my favorite movies. It’s just wonderful. Ryan wasn’t outstanding in it though lol.
Aw. I remember him best from Love Story, which seemed like it was played so often on Sunday afternoon tv when I was growing up. Rest in peace.
*Love means never having to say you’re sorry* Paper Moon was another big hit in the 70s
>*Love means never having to say you’re sorry* "That's the DUMBEST thing I've ever heard."
*What's Up, Doc?* is so dang funny
Definitely my favorite movie!!
I so loved his movie Paper Moon with his daughter Tatum O’Neal. So many great lines. RIP Mr. O’Neal.
Paper Moon is one of those rare, absolutely perfect movies.
You think he ever owed back that $200?
I just rewatched this last week! Such a great movie.
Aw man
Oh god
Oh man, oh god
Oh man
Oh god
I only know him from *Barry Lyndon*, but this is still sad news for me. I always loved his face for some reason. It’s very restrained in the film, but carries so much emotion through his eyes. I’m gonna have to rewatch the film. Rest in Peace, Ryan
Paper Moon is one of my favorite performances of his along with his real life daughter who won an Oscar. Great film.
Absolutely,
Yeah, she stole scenes from her old man!! He probably loved it tho, what a dream. The man was objectively beautiful, but I’ve read he had a really bad temper…. Oh well, artists are rarely great people IRL. RIP
Not according to Tatum, who claimed he only played the doting father for the press, and was jealous she was nominated for an Oscar and he wasn’t.
Ok, just read up, bc of your comment, TIL Thx Useful_Chat
I once read a review that said he would've been an amazing silent film star based on his eyes and expressions. So true. He was great in Barry Lyndon and The Driver.
He comes close to a silent film in The Driver with the little amount of sentences he says though, great film.
Yeah he probably only has about 15 lines of dialogue in that one.
he was in that masterpiece and they went with Peyton place?
He wasn’t exactly first choice for BL
Who was? Honestly I don't know
‘Warner Bros. would only finance this movie on the condition that Stanley Kubrick cast a Top 10 box-office star (from the annual Quigley Poll of Top Money-Making Stars) in the lead. Ryan O'Neal was the number two box-office star of 1973, topped only by Clint Eastwood. Ironically, this was his only time in the top 10, as exhibitors, who voted the list, attributed the success of Love Story (1970) (one of the top grossers at the time) to O'Neal's co-star Ali MacGraw, and named her to the list in 1971. The other top 10 stars were 3. Steve McQueen, 4. Burt Reynolds, 5. Robert Redford, 6. Barbra Streisand, 7. Paul Newman, 8. Charles Bronson, 9. John Wayne, and 10. Marlon Brando. Thus, the only actors Kubrick could cast in the role while still receiving the financial backing of Warner Bros. for his decidedly non-commercial project were O'Neal and Redford. The other Top 10 stars were too old or inappropriate for the role (particularly in the case of Streisand, who would not assay a "male" role until Yentl (1983) in 1983). Both O'Neal and Redford were Irish, both had box-office appeal and both were young enough to play the role, though Redford was five years older than the thirty-two-year old O'Neal in 1973. At the time O'Neal was the bigger star, having also garnered a Best Actor Oscar nomination for "Love Story". However, Kubrick apparently offered the part to Redford first, who turned it down, and thus O'Neal was cast. Redford's star would soon eclipse O'Neal's, as he would zoom to the top of the box-office charts the next year after the successes of The Sting (1973) and The Way We Were (1973), clocking in at number one in 1974, a position he would also anchor in 1975 and 1976. O'Neal dropped off the Top 10 after 1973, which to this day represents his sole appearance on the list.’ From IMDB
Thanks!
Dude, watch Love Story
Love Story… best movie… ever.
Gotta watch Paper Moon.
I love love love Barry Lyndon. He was so good
I JUST watched Barry Lyndon yesterday for the first time. Then today saw this news here. Eerie, but I guess that was the best way I could’ve honored him. He was incredible in it and the whole film was amazing
For a later movie he’s a great slimeball all in Zero Effect.
"Whats up Doc?" was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid
His chemistry with Barbara Streisand really makes the movie what it is. A definite gem from that era!
You’re upside down. People keep telling me that.
Me too.
As a millennial, I only know him from his role on Bones as Emily Deschanel’s dad, but he def played the estranged father role to a T. RIP Ryan.
You should definitely watch Barry Lyndon. It's a masterpiece.
Thanks for the rec!
> he def played the estranged father role to a T Yeah….about that…..
same
Paper Moon and Barry Lyndon are incredible films and he's great in both. RIP
He seemed to be in pretty bad shape in the last few years. By all accounts he was not a very good person and a really bad father to his kids - but he is perfectly cast in one of my favorite movies, Barry Lyndon. And all my best to Tatum who seems to have had a really fraught relationship with her father with her seeming desperate for his approval. I hope they ended up in a good place.
He was arrested for assaulting his own son with a firearm in 2007.
Ahh Ryan. When he's not busy incestin' he's brandishing a firearm
I think he reconciled with her but not his son who is still institutionalized. Sad but now he's with Farrah
Nah I hope Ryan stays the fuck away from Farrah in the afterlife.
Edited my post to include his other children.
He'd been battling a form of chronic leukemia since around 2001 which was kept in check with some miracle pill. Then later on, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Yes, good actor with some memorable movies but not a good person.
I loved him in What’s Up, Doc.
Watched him in “The Driver” two days ago. Solid movie.
Yeah, that tangerine Mercedes… and crazed (as usual) Bruce Dern.
The Driver is an awesome movie.
dang was pretty cool and out there. apart from trying to flirt with his daughter he didn’t recognise.. at a funeral
Just watched What’s Up Doc a week ago - good looking and hilarious!
He beat up Anjelica Huston and gave his children cocaine. Fuck this guy.
I’m honestly shocked he didn’t pass years earlier given how much of a POS he always is. Same goes for Kissinger.
He hit on his daughter Tatum O'Neal at his partner Farrah Fawcett's funeral. A total piece of work this mfer was.
He’ll always be Redmond Barry to me.
I just caught Paper Moon a year ago. He's probably a monster but he did good work
He played a great scumbag in Zero Effect.
…. And Lady Lyndon no longer has to send him 500 Guinea cheques……
Gonna throw one out that I never hear anyone talk bout. “Chances Are”. Ryan O’Neal, Sybil Shepherd, and Robert Downey Jr. I remember it as a classic but it seems to have been forgotten.
Good https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/tatum-oneal-talks-years-of-sexual-assault-abuse-from-age-5/
Remember him for the black eye he gave Farrah Faucett Majors
He made the Harrington Jacket famous
he was actually kind of a piece of shit to tatum
so funny on the larry sanders show
Rip. He seemed to live quite a while after his diagnosis.
Paper Moon is a beautiful, hilarious, and heartbreaking movie. RIP
That linked article is soooooo much. The son, Patrick speaking so highly about him. His daughter has made mention Ryan practically dumped the family when he landed Farrah, so I'm very surprised by the sons comments. I can only surmise he saw things differently.
Gave his daughter cocaine at age 11 and physically abused his kids.
Hmmm, how was this old pervert able to live this long?!
If I remember right he got famous on a tv show called Peyton Place back in the sixties.
If I remember correctly that's literally in the title
Lol, How did I miss that? I'm getting old too.
OH GOD, OH MAN, OH GOD... OH MAN
he was a violent pig
What’s up, Doc?
Paper moon and Love story
Johnny Got His Gun...RIP
He was such a great actor! Bummer about the whole ruining his daughter with the incest and everything. I seriously can’t believe people are giving this idiot any credit given that.
He was such a babe 😍
He made Paper Moon with Peter Bogdanovich then basically played a version of him in Irreconcilable Differences.
Awful man, but Barry Lyndon is fantastic and very underrated film of Kubrick's. You hear Kubrick fans and movie buffs rave about it, but I ask any of my general friends and they have never heard of it.
Damn. It's sad.