Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon (1975) Directed by : Stanley Kubrick Written by : Stanley Kubrick, based on William Makepeace Thackeray's Novel Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Leon Vitali, Patrick Magee Rating: PG Release Date: December 18th, 1975 Ryan O'Neal and his drunken entourage in Barry Lyndon Image Source Life is like Churchill’s famous description of the Russians following the conclusion of the Second World War; “a mystery, wrapped in a riddle, inside of an enigma.” Through the measurement of microwave background radiation we can ascertain the age of the universe; 13.8 billion years of age, how long humans have existed, ( around 200,000 years ), and we know how the vast network of nerves, veins, organs and bones make up the human body and somehow amalgamate into what we call consciousness. What does a single life mean, then in the grand scheme of things; when the whole of human life, everything we’ve created, thought about, loved, h