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In Reply to: Re: Me complaining? Not at all..., just expressing my opinion, man! And now please... posted by Victor Khomenko on February 5, 2004 at 06:12:29:
...the film being not so much about himself as it is an extremely accurate portrait of his time´s society, with him as a man who is craving not for love, or for enlightenment, but for assuring economic well-being for himself, in that society. And he never really grows up into a real man (while he shows some nobleness when, in that duel which puts an abrupt end to his pretensions, he chooses not to take advantage over his opponent, and makes an empty shot, just to find out that his opponent, born from a higher place, is even less noble than he, and makes no fuss of limping him).That the film portrays that society is confirmed by the date in that document Lady Lyndon signs, assigning him a pension, if I remember well: 1789, the year in which the Declaration of The Rights of Man was proclaimed in France, whose First article says that " Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good", exactly the opposite of what has been happening in the story Kubrick so beautifully has told us.
Ryan O'Neal´s bovine (or sheepish, if you prefer) acting never reveals a change inside him..., because he doesn´t actually change: he starts poor, climbs into that society, but he never is more than a parvenu with poor tastes (he chooses a picture because of its size, not for its quality, or for some personal affection), kind of a nouveau riche, as it frequently happens..., and he finally goes back to his early living, poorer than he started, with one leg less to rest on. Kubrick never left much (if anything) to chance when filming, and he was able to choose pratically whoever he wanted for his pictures and, needless to say, Mr. O'Neal never was a good actor..., but he fit like hand in glove for Kubrick's purposes.
I will never deny the splendid quality of this film, which as I have said, has no peer in sheer beauty. And, as a portrait of a class doomed to disappear because of its selfishness and its lack of real soul, it´s virtually impossible to better. But it doesn´t portray much of the inner soul of the character it takes its name from. My feeling is that maybe much of what you are seeing in it comes from yourself, not being really in the author's intention.
Regards
BF
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Follow Ups
- I need no interpreter, as there´s not so much to look for in that character... - orejones 10:39:54 02/05/04 (2)
- Well, now you are changing your words... and more than once - Victor Khomenko 11:27:08 02/05/04 (1)
- You have understood...nothing at all. - orejones 05:32:37 02/06/04 (0)
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