897 Barry Lyndon

[Stefan Andersson]

Interesting comment on Fregonese´s Black Tuesday, Barry Lyndon and shooting by candlelight:

"cinematographer Stanley Cortez on shooting The Night of the Hunter and working with Charles Laughton: “The sharp contrasts in this picture, that was strictly my invention, and fortunately Charles agreed with that interpretation… (Film stock) Tri-X had first come out around then, and I had used it on Black Tuesday, where I experimented with a scene shot entirely by the light of one candle. I understand Mr. Kubrick is saying that Barry Lyndon is the first feature to shoot scenes with nothing but the light from some candles, but actually our scene with just one candle was the first. Anyway, the sensitivity on the Tri-X was faster than on the (filmstock) we were used to using."
(quote from Heaven and Hell to Play With: The Filming of The Night of the Hunter, book by Preston Neal Jones)

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-night- ... ns-career/

[Stefan Andersson]

Articles on the 0.7 lens used for Barry Lyndon:
https://www.dpreview.com/news/839071169 ... -of-optics
http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/sk/ac/len/page1.htm
https://theasc.com/articles/flashback-barry-lyndon

[HardNight'sDay]

I just re watched the film last night, still a great film. But afterwards I realized how shocking modern it is then your average period drama. And then, another thought came to mind: Redmond Barry is no different than Jack Torrance.

In fact, a lot of themes in Barry Lyndon will later be unitized in The Shining: Barry's and Jack's abusive testament of their families, how the comfortable mansions, hotels, and lifestyles are built on the suffering of millions, either it's war or genocide, and how history tends to overshadowed those aspects. I'm sure there's more but these are the ones that stuck out.