Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon goes insanely hard.
The score is unreal, and the film looks ridiculous from start to finish. Every frame feels like a painting.
And then his kid has to act like a little coward and disobey him, basically pushing everything off a cliff.
That’s what makes Barry’s rise and fall hit even harder: he claws his way into high society, only to slowly lose everything because he never truly belongs there.
Elegant, cruel, petty, and cold as hell. Kubrick cooking on low heat.