Great stuff. Between this and the Long Goodbye you're checking a lot of boxes on my personal list of "films I can't get my friends to watch". Next you'll pull out a double feature of Patton and M*A*S*H, or even better On the Waterfront. Thanks!
Haha yea, luckily I was able to convince a friend to watch Barry Lyndon but no luck with the The Long Goodbye. Glad you liked it and thanks for the comment!
Lovely! Just lovely! So the British Army are in lavish colors for a VERY specific reason- you can't see blood on their uniforms. They choose that color because of the blood camouflage. Pretty cool, no?
@@holdyourbeak8644 ha!! Son of a gun. I never looked it up. My buddy told me that DECADES ago. Turns out red is the color of prestige. Also it was cheap and abundant. That better? Thanks bro.
the film’s opening shot is out of control…interestingly, the trees in the frame are Monterey cypress (Hesperocyparis macrocarpa) a non-native species from california..the film takes place around the last half of the 18th century (the film alludes to both the 7 years war and american revolution)…this tree was sampled and seed/saplings were taken back to europe (the Kew Gardens) by german botanist karl theodor around 1840. so, although notirious for his quest of verisimiltude and realism..kubrick fucked up in his (arguably) greatest shot, frame and film opening ever…go figure
using this space to talk about anything movies is a great time so feel free to comment
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Just found your channel today…fantastic videos and analysis! Thank you.
Your commentary was as beautiful as the movie. I look forward to more.
Love this amazing movie... the later duel scene is my fave, but there is so much subtext throughout... you captured some of it here. Ty
You're a wonderful essayist and this video was a compelling and enriching watch!
Thank you!
Great stuff, good video essay man
Thank You for enlighting us into the overview of this movie , Thanks fior taking the time and keep them coming,i am subscribing
I love your line about how the movie is as obsessed with beauty as the characters (I'm paraphrasing).👍
Is that some meta commentary by Kubrick?
Great remarks!
Great stuff. Between this and the Long Goodbye you're checking a lot of boxes on my personal list of "films I can't get my friends to watch". Next you'll pull out a double feature of Patton and M*A*S*H, or even better On the Waterfront. Thanks!
Haha yea, luckily I was able to convince a friend to watch Barry Lyndon but no luck with the The Long Goodbye. Glad you liked it and thanks for the comment!
He was riding through the Irish countryside
Lovely! Just lovely!
So the British Army are in lavish colors for a VERY specific reason- you can't see blood on their uniforms. They choose that color because of the blood camouflage.
Pretty cool, no?
That is just false though. A myth that you heard or read and believed.
@@holdyourbeak8644 ha!! Son of a gun. I never looked it up. My buddy told me that DECADES ago.
Turns out red is the color of prestige. Also it was cheap and abundant. That better?
Thanks bro.
the film’s opening shot is out of control…interestingly, the trees in the frame are Monterey cypress (Hesperocyparis macrocarpa) a non-native species from california..the film takes place around the last half of the 18th century (the film alludes to both the 7 years war and american revolution)…this tree was sampled and seed/saplings were taken back to europe (the Kew Gardens) by german botanist karl theodor around 1840. so, although notirious for his quest of verisimiltude and realism..kubrick fucked up in his (arguably) greatest shot, frame and film opening ever…go figure