Wonderful Collection of Ephemera from Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon

Somehow I keep coming back to Barry Lyndon. I think that’s because it’s such a profoundly emotional experience - Martin Scorsese

Kubrick with the Barry Lyndon cast and crew during shooting, 1975

Kubrick with the Barry Lyndon cast and crew during shooting, 1975

I’m not sure if I can say that I have a favourite Kubrick picture, but somehow I keep coming back to Barry Lyndon. I think that’s because it’s such a profoundly emotional experience. The emotion is conveyed through the movement of the camera, the slowness of the pace, the way the characters move in relation to their surroundings. People didn’t get it when it came out. Many still don’t. Basically, in one exquisitely beautiful image after another, you’re watching the progress of a man as he moves from the purest innocence to the coldest sophistication, ending in absolute bitterness – and it’s all a matter of simple, elemental survival. It’s a terrifying film because all the candlelit beauty is nothing but a veil over the worst cruelty. But it’s real cruelty, the kind you see every day in polite society.
Scorsese on Kubrick

Barry Lyndon spanish lobby card 1976

Barry Lyndon lobby card US 1976

Barry Lyndon lobby card US 1976

Barry Lyndon lobby card hands up

Barry Lyndon album

The back of the Barry Lyndon OST album

The back of the Barry Lyndon OST album

Barry Lyndon, US lobby card. 1975 b

Stanley Kubrick filming Barry Lyndon. Still photographer- Keith Hamshere

Stanley Kubrick filming Barry Lyndon. Still photographer- Keith Hamshere

The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon paperback

The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon paperback

Barry Lyndon poster ATV area

Stanley Kubrick filming Barry Lyndon. Still photographer- Keith Hamshere

Stanley Kubrick filming Barry Lyndon. Still photographer- Keith Hamshere

Barry Lyndon US lobby card 1975

Barry Lyndon BTS

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Stanley Kubrick's letter to projectionists Barry Lyndon

Stanley Kubrick’s letter to projectionists Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon pin badge

Barry Lyndon pin badge

Barry Lyndon lobby card fight

Barry Lyndon poster

Barry Lyndon poster

Barry Lyndon lobby card army

Barry Lyndon lobby card boat

Barry Lyndon poster

Barry Lyndon poster

BARRY LYNDON, Marisa Berenson, 1975

BARRY LYNDON, Marisa Berenson, 1975

Marisa Berenson dressed in Cream of Quorum chiffon at the set of Barry Lyndon with Tatum

Marisa Berenson dressed in Cream of Quorum chiffon at the set of Barry Lyndon with Tatum O’Neal.

Barry Lyndon lobby card Marisa

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Stanley Kubrick and Ryan O’Neal on the set of Barry Lyndon, 1974

Stanley Kubrick and Ryan O’Neal on the set of Barry Lyndon, 1974

Barry Lyndon lobby card b

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