Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon" - Not Well Received When Released - May Be His Masterpiece

Alan: It is hard to imagine any movie so long (3 hours) -- and so slow -- keeping us so interested in what will happen next.

It is a curiosity that Kubrick created "Barry Lyndon" between "Clockwork Orange" and "2001: A Space Odyssey."

In Praise Of The Slow Burn: Why The Languid, Candlelit Barry Lyndon Is Kubrick's Masterpiece
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3lWVw91r3xlvZyN10rnhqqj/in-praise-of-the-slow-burn-why-the-languid-candlelit-barry-lyndon-is-kubrick-s-masterpiece

Kubrick's Anti-Reading Of The Luck Of Barry Lyndon

http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/0087.html

Kubrick By Candlelight: How Barry Lyndon Became A Gorgeous, Period-Perfect Masterpiece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/07/27/kubrick-by-candlelight-how-barry-lyndon-became-a-gorgeous-period/

Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon: It Puts A Spell On People

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/14/stanley-kubrick-barry-lyndon-put-spell-on-people?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Gmail

Friend Chuck's Comment
"I read that the reason Kubrick made so many takes of a scene was not that he was dissatisfied but that he was hoping something surprising might happen. He was always waiting for the unexpected brilliant magic of chemistry or improvisation to appear. Thus the multiple takes without particular direction of the actors. This setting the stage for the possibility of brilliance to emerge is very different from the idea of him as a demanding rigid perfectionist with predetermined ideas that had to be met. Rather than controlling his actors he wanted to release them to their full potential."