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Showing posts with label Marisa Berenson. Show all posts

when straw calls II

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Stanley Kubrick is said to have remarked upon notice he had cast Marisa Berenson in the role of Lady Honoria Lyndon in his film  Barry Lyndon- 

She wears a hat well.











that can not be doubted.



in the mood for more Barry Lyndon ? there's little augury here

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moving pictures- ...why I can't take my eyes off Barry Lyndon

Genius-these two- Stanley Kubrick & William Makepeace Thackeray.


The Luck of Barry Lyndon by Thackeray, was published in 1844 and based on the life and exploits of the Anglo-Irish rakehell Andrew Robinson Stoney. Stanley Kubrick adapted Thackeray's novel, making Barry Lyndon.

Whatever wooden Ryan O'Neal lacks as Barry, the languid Marisa Berenson makes up for as the unhappiest of women, Lady Lyndon.

Each minute of the film delivers art.

Whether it is 18th century costume, interiors- or landscape- the camera is recording a perfect canvas.

Kubrick wanted to create the most authentic period film ever made.

He shot on location- no studio sets and attempted to use only natural sunlight and candlelight.



Marisa Berenson is a walking canvas.



Scene after scene are moving Watteau(www.jean-antoine-watteau.org) pastorals:

"Although his mature paintings seem to be so many depictions of frivolous fĂȘtes galantes, they in fact display a sober melancholy, a sense of the ultimate futility of life, that makes him, among 18th century painters, one of the closest to modern sensibilities." (from www.jean-antoine-watteau.org- biography)

and so it is with Barry Lyndon.

Scenes from Barry Lyndon (all Lyndon from Warner Bros. and Watteau. (www.jean-antoine-watteau.org)









a bit gritty~ Part Deux

" I believe I will dip my pink and white body in yon Roman tub. I feel a bit gritty after the affairs of the day." W.C. Fields

a scene from one of my favorite movies BARRY LYNDON- a feast for the eyes. (here Ryan O'Neal and Marisa Berenson)

the House of Beauty and Culture- thank you

thanks for the hook up... you're always Welcome at Our House

(the Muppets and Marisa Berenson sing...)