Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.
This week, a special crossover episode with When Irish Eyes Are Watching, an Irish film podcast wherein Alex, Clíona and Séan take at a look at films connected to the Emerald Isle.
The 250 and When Irish Eyes Are Watching are crossing over for a St. Patrick’s Day treat. Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon.
Barry Lyndon is the epic story of the eponymous character, a dashing Irish rogue who seems to bumble his way through the eighteenth century. Using nothing but his wits, Barry manages to manipulate his way to the fame and fortune that he so covets, only to discover a fortune won is not so easily kept.
At time of recording, it was ranked the 225th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 10th March 2018.
- A special podcast episode recorded with Alex, Clíona and Séan. They were very gracious hosts, as ever.
- Listen to When Irish Eyes are Watching on their homepage.
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- Barry Lyndon at The Internet Movie Database.
- The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
- Kubrick discusses the genesis and production of Barry Lyndon with critic Michael Ciment, 1975.
- Richard Schickel reports from the set of Barry Lyndon for Time, December 1975.
- Paul Whitington at The Irish Independent on Kubrick shooting Barry Lyndon in Ireland, March 2015.
- Vincent Canby reviews Barry Lyndon for The New York Times, December 1975.
- Harold Rosenberg assesses his delayed reaction to Barry Lyndon in The New York Times, February 1976.
- John Hofsess in The New York Times on the difficulty in reacting to Barry Lyndon as a film critic, January 1976.
- Tim Robey at The Telegraph on the production and reputation of Barry Lyndon, July 2016.
- William Cook BBC Arts on Barry Lyndon as Kubrick’s overlooked masterpiece, July 2016.
- John Patterson at The Guardian on the need to critically reassess Barry Lyndon, July 2016.
- A.O. Scott at The New York Times on the shifting critical and cultural opinion of Barry Lyndon, April 2000.
- Readers respond to A.O. Scott’s reassessment of Barry Lyndon in The New York Times, May 2000.
- Marketing executive Robert Dorfman marvels to The New York Times about Barry Lyndon‘s capacity to divide audiences and critics, April 2000.
- David Sims at The Atlantic on the “alien majesty” of Barry Lyndon, October 2017.
- Ed DiGiulio at The American Cinematographer on the use of NASA lenses in shooting Barry Lyndon, March 1976.
- John Alcott discusses the art of shooting Barry Lyndon with The American Cinematographer, March 1976.
- Josh Zyber at High-Definition Digest on the aspect ratio controversy around the home media release of Barry Lyndon, June 2011.
- Michael Ciment on the use of symmetry in Kubrick’s compositions and narratives.
- Jim Emerson at Scanners on the use of symmetry and the religious themes of Barry Lyndon, October 2004.
- Jim Emerson at Scanners on the use of zoom within Barry Lyndon and the religious implications, August 2006.
- Elizabeth Bleicher on Barry Lyndon as “Professor of Imposture”, May 2011.
- Michael Klein on narrative and discourse in Barry Lyndon in The English Novel and the Movies, 1981.
- Michael Newton at The Guardian on the Freudian subtext of Barry Lyndon, July 2016.
- Geoffrey O’Brien on the passage of time in Barry Lyndon for Criterion, October 2017.
- Lucas Reilly at Mental Floss on why people wore powedered wigs during the eighteenth century, June 2012.
- William Stephenson on history in Barry Lyndon for Literature/Film Quarterly, October-December 1981.
- Jason Bellamy and Ed Howard discuss Barry Lyndon at Slant Magazine, October 2011.
- Darren on the illusion of civility in Barry Lyndon, March 2018.
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