"We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls. They allow us to enter other minds, not simply in the sense of identifying with the characters, although that is an important part of it, but by seeing the world as another person sees it."
-- Roger Ebert
If you're into "cinema" and watch "films" instead of "movies" Barry Lyndon is something you should see.
Pretentious? Yep.
Kubrick got 3 lenses from NASA (which were used to shoot the moon landing), modified them, and then used them to make this movie.
From wikipedia:
These super-fast lenses "with their huge aperture (the film actually features the lowest f-stop in film history) and fixed focal length" were problematic to mount, and were extensively modified into three versions by Cinema Products Corp. for Kubrick so to gain a wider angle of view, with input from optics expert Richard Vetter of Todd-AO.[9][13] The rear element of the lens had to be 2.5mm away from the film plane, requiring special modification to the rotating camera shutter.[14] This allowed Kubrick and Alcott to shoot scenes lit with actual candles to an average lighting volume of only three candela, "recreating the huddle and glow of a pre-electrical age."[9] In addition, Kubrick had the entire film push-developed by one stop.[13]
This flick will bore some people to death, for others it's one of the best ever made.
Cinephilia & Beyond does their normal, wonderful thing, with the original screenplay, shots from the production, interviews with those who made it, and much more.
If you're into "cinema" and watch "films" instead of "movies" Barry Lyndon is something you should see.
Pretentious? Yep.
Kubrick got 3 lenses from NASA (which were used to shoot the moon landing), modified them, and then used them to make this movie.
From wikipedia:
This flick will bore some people to death, for others it's one of the best ever made.
Cinephilia & Beyond does their normal, wonderful thing, with the original screenplay, shots from the production, interviews with those who made it, and much more.