1:28:00
He wasn't sure how he
was gonna do it. . .
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. . .as an actor, I found it stimulating
because he was saying:
1:28:06
"Do whatever it is you think
you're gonna do, but do it for real.
1:28:10
That may change how
I'm thinking about the scene. "
1:28:19
Sir Richard, this pistol
must be faulty.
1:28:22
I must have another one.
1:28:25
I'm sorry, Lord Bullingdon, but you
must first stand your ground. . .
1:28:28
. . .and allow Mr. Lyndon
his chance to fire.
1:28:33
I always felt Stanley was. . .
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. . .a filmmaker most appreciated
by his fellow filmmakers.
1:28:40
Critics were always looking for
something that wasn't in the movie. . .
1:28:44
. . .and then they were disappointed.
1:28:47
That's a little bit
Stanley's fault. . .
1:28:50
. . .for example, Barry Lyndon.
1:28:52
I think everybody was expecting
a kind of raucous Tom Jones movie.
1:28:57
You realize as you look at the movie
that it's about. . .
1:29:01
. . .this slightly dim, handsome boy. . .
1:29:04
. . .trying to find the clues and the
cues to what's the right behavior.
1:29:08
"What's the behavior that's going
to advance me in this society?"
1:29:14
So it's a movie really about
a young man defining himself. . .
1:29:18
. . .in a climate
that's foreign to him.
1:29:22
That's not at all what people
were lead to believe it was about.
1:29:26
Barry Lyndon was released
just as Hollywood entered. . .
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. . .the age of the blockbuster
action movie.
1:29:32
With a running time of three hours,
the film came in for heavy criticism.
1:29:36
It was labeled as tedious and boring
by critics in America and Britain. . .
1:29:41
. . .but in Europe it was hailed
as a film of breathtaking beauty.
1:29:45
I remember it won four Oscars:
1:29:48
Cinematography, production design. . .
1:29:51
. . .costume design and the music.
1:29:54
I think Stanley was disappointed
because in the end. . .
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. . .it wasn't a commercial success.