Stanley Kubricks Barry Lyndon ( New Trailer 2016) In cinemas 29 July, BFI release
Stanley Kubricks masterpiece Barry Lyndon returns to cinemas from 29 July. Enjoy a new take on the stunning epic drama with the films first new trailer in 40 years. To buy tickets and for more information visit UKUSAIreland 1975 Dir Stanley Kubrick With Ryan ONeal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee 184min PG With its meticulous historical accuracy and its astonishing visual beauty, Kubricks most underrated work is also probably his greatest. Deriving its story and characters (but not its tonal delicacy) from Thackerays comic novel about an 18thcentury rake, the film deploys a stately pace to chart the rise and fall of Redmond Barry (ONeal) as he flees Ireland, travels Europe and eventually seduces his way into the English aristocracy. Expertly combining caricature with actorly restraint while creating immaculate painterly tableaux with natural light or candles, Kubrick creates a world that feels ineffably strange ye
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