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In Reply to: "Eyes Wide Shut". Watched This Film Again A While.... posted by AudioHead on June 05, 2004 at 15:57:22:
One hoped he would go out with a bang, not a whimper.His legacy survives thanks to "Lolita", "Paths of Glory", "Spartacus", "A Clockwork Orange", "The Shining" and his 2
masterpieces, "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001." He made only a dozen films. The fact that more than half are considered "classics" is a remarkable achievement. I can forgive him for the "Barry Lyndon" and "Eyes Wide Shut" debacles.
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fallen faster than an erection at a barmitzvah because of Pollack's "performance."
Only Tarantino is a worst director-actor.
Unless you know something I don't.I don't think Pollack's performance damaged the movie one bit. Although I must say only a moron or a great actor would read those idiotic lines with straight face... what an actor!
you're a tremendous admirer of "Barry Lyndon," but the morals then WERE where Kubrick seemed stuck.
He seemed to think that EWS would be shocking/sensational---well, maybe in the sixties. A bunch of old guys paying a bunch of whores to screw them in an old mansion? Hell, aging rock stars do it every night!
Kubrick for some strange reason got stuck in the lame revelations of the sixties... yes, that novel (according to many who read it.... I haven't) makes one boring reading today - one of those mandane works apparently that did not age well.As I said, Pollacks narration in the end was laughable, the text was so incredibly void of any emotional impact it was like listening to traffic noise.
One password... second password... that is all stuff from children's books. There is no philosophy there.
So perhaps you are right - he very well did *people* but just couldn't handle women.
In fact it is one of my favorite.
Not often Victor and I agree on something.
Ryan O'Neal as Barry Lyndon sucked BIG TIME!...The guy can not do drama....he can hold his own in comedy but drama is not his forte...
where he "does drama" rather convincingly; a film with Bruce Dern and Isabelle Adjani
Very sparse dialog and the best car chases on film bar none
I thought he was an appalling miscast for Barry Lyndon tho'; just don't know how Kubrick could have done that
Richard Chamberlain (Ken Russels;The Music Lovers) would have been my choice for that roleGrins
I don't agree he was miscast - I think that was a masterstroke by Kubrick. Ryan had right texture to make the role believable, and apparently Kubrick kept him under tight control, not asking to deliver more than Ryan could, so the overall result is very awarding and his dumbness shows just the right amount... I think.
Kunrick chose him for his Irish looks and his ability to affect the "lilt" of the language, something I think he does effectively.
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We had a lively movie discussion last night, several friends are hard core buffs. Going to see "Since Otar Left" in an hour - they say it is wonderful... have you seen it?
Next week...So we will speak about it....in four or five days from now...
Full of humanity, made for humans by humans, not robots. Incredible episode with Georgian music.I think you will love it.
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