DAY 256 | How Kubrick Achieved the Beautiful Cinematography of Barry Lyndon

Driven by years of hatred and humiliation, Lord Bullingdon challenges his drunk father-in-law to a duel.

Barry Lyndon chronicles the rise and fall of an ambitious 18th-century Irish rogue named Redmond Barry. Forced into exile and military service after a duel, the young man uses his charm, luck, and cunning to climb the European social ladder, eventually marrying the wealthy Countess of Lyndon to acquire a title and fortune.

The film was released in 1975 and was directed, written, and produced by Stanley Kubrick, who adapted it from William Makepeace Thackeray's novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1884).

The film was shot in locations in Ireland, England, Scotland, and Germany.

Major artistic contributors include Academy Award-winning cinematographer John Alcott, who famously employed special lenses to shoot many interior scenes using only natural light or candlelight to evoke 18th-century paintings, and production designer Ken Adam.

The principal cast features Ryan O'Neal as Redmond Barry/Barry Lyndon and Marisa Berenson as Lady Lyndon.

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