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Bull Shannon said:
I think HBO as well. Lyndon is high on my list of movies I saw as a teen trying to consume All the Good Culture, but barely understood or enjoyed. Now I’m a really boring adult, this stuff hits perfect. See also: Michael Clayton and The Third Man.
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Barry Lyndon is actually quite funny as a satirical bildungsroman where the lunkheaded protagonist stumbles upward through society by virtue of his pretty face and physical strength, loses everything, and still somehow ends up better off than he started despite shattering the lives of everyone around him.
 
kvetcha said:
Barry Lyndon is actually quite funny as a satirical bildungsroman where the lunkheaded protagonist stumbles upward through society by virtue of his pretty face and physical strength, loses everything, and still somehow ends up better off than he started despite shattering the lives of everyone around him.
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Casting unlikable, clueless prick Ryan O'Niell as unlikable, clueless prick Barry Lyndon.. inspired.
 
kvetcha said:
Barry Lyndon is actually quite funny as a satirical bildungsroman where the lunkheaded protagonist stumbles upward through society by virtue of his pretty face and physical strength, loses everything, and still somehow ends up better off than he started despite shattering the lives of everyone around him.
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Yeah well if you asked 19 year-old me I’d say it was two cool duels sandwiching a whole lotta slow, good-looking nothing.

I picked up the bluray in a criterion sale and rewatched it a couple months back. It rips, of course.

Still need to do my first full Eyes Wide Shit watch; I’ve only caught snippets channel surfing HBO.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
Somehow, Strangelove and Full Metal Jacket are the only two Kubricks I've ever seen from start to finish, and those both when I was too young to appreciate them. Something about Kubrick's reputation/legacy has always turned me off from really engaging with the rest of his work. Like how do you watch The Shining on its own terms for the first time in 2022 as a middle-aged man who is coming into it fully aware of how its iconography and influence have completely permeated our culture? But I think listening to this series has been the spark I needed, especially for the pre-Spartacus stuff, which I might have otherwise skipped (may still skip Fear & Desire)
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2001, Barry Lyndon, Strangelove, The Shining are all pretty much perfect. Lolita, Spartacus, Clockwork, Full Metal Jacket, and Eyes Wide Shut are just slightly below that.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
2001, Barry Lyndon, Strangelove, The Shining are all pretty much perfect. Lolita, Spartacus, Clockwork, Full Metal Jacket, and Eyes Wide Shut are just slightly below that.
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I think this is my top 4, but with FMJ and EWS above Spartacus and Lolita. I love Kubrick and Fear and Desire is very very skippable (I think he worked to have it never shown because he thought it was a POS)
 
kvetcha said:
The Killing also rips.
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I still haven’t watched that one but I added it to my watchlist when @The Denmarkian Wonder posted his image the other day.

I just rewatched The Shining over Halloween and I know Stephen King didn’t like it but for me, I prefer Kubrick’s movie to King’s book. I like King’s original story too but Kubrick elevates it to high art.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
I still haven’t watched that one but I added it to my watchlist when @The Denmarkian Wonder posted his image the other day.

I just rewatched The Shining over Halloween and I know Stephen King didn’t like it but for me, I prefer Kubrick’s movie to King’s book. I like King’s original story too but Kubrick elevates it to high art.
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I read the novel first and ended up preferring it, but am planning to rewatch the movie less as an adaptation and more as it’s own object.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Also, I loved 2001 way before I had ever read any Arthur C. Clark but the book is almost a companion piece to the movie adding context to some portions of the film that are add insight and context to the artier/psychedelic moments of the film. It’s easy to love 2001 even without the book but the book takes the film to another level.
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I also remember really enjoying the sequel novel
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Also, I loved 2001 way before I had ever read any Arthur C. Clark but the book is almost a companion piece to the movie adding insight and context to some portions of the films more the artier/psychedelic moments. It’s easy to love 2001 even without the book but the book takes the film to another level.
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Jan said:
I also remember really enjoying the sequel novel
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In my younger “read everything” phase I inexplicably picked up 3001, the third sequel. It’s funky.
 
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