--- joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
"As for Barry Lyndon -- it's a beautiful and faithful
> rendition of a Thackaray novel. If you don't like
Thackaray, you won't like Lyndon."
I thought I liked Vanity Fair, but I sure hated the recent movie made of it -- a costume drama with no core.
BobW
> Carl Remick wrote:
>
> >Hmm, it seems LBO is *still* all crazy. Just for
> the record:
> >"Nashville" was a piece of crap, but no more so
> than any other Altman
> >movie I have seen. As for Kubrick, the best movies
> I've seen of his
> >are "Dr. Strangelove" and "Paths of Glory." I
> barely remember
> >anything about "Barry Lyndon" except the movie
> seemed exceptionally
> >long.
> >
> Agreed.
>
> As for Barry Lydon -- it's a beautiful and faithful
> rendition of a
> Thackaray novel. If you don't like Thackaray, you
> won't like Lyndon. But
> it is very true to the spirit of the novel. It's
> only weakness was
> putting Marisa Bernenson in the role of the rich
> widow. She is a model
> who can't act, which is a problem.
>
> Joanna
>
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