The film follows Redmond Barry (Ryan O'Neal), an unprincipled but charming Irish youth who leaves his home after a duel kills his love rival. Through a series of adventures and misfortunes, he moves from a naive soldier in the Seven Years' War to a spy, a gambler, and finally, a husband to the wealthy Lady Lyndon (Marisa Berenson).
This is the story of Barry Lyndon : the red-headed stepchild of Kubrick’s filmography that outshines them all. Barry Lyndon
This technical decision changed the aesthetic of the film entirely. The film follows Redmond Barry (Ryan O'Neal), an
(originally developed for NASA) to film candlelit scenes using only natural light, giving the movie the appearance of a living 18th-century painting. The "Zoom Out" Technique: Barry Lyndon
