Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on January 17, 2019 at 10:42:49

In Reply to: RE: SO true about Kubrick! I finally got around to watching Barry Lyndon the other day..... posted by geoffkait on January 17, 2019 at 10:14:34

While O'Neil is just a mediocre actor, Kubrick made him truly shine in BL.

That shaell remain one of the great examples of unexpected casting. I simply loved every moment Ryan was on the screen - he fit so darn perfectly in the overall picture. The masterpiece became only better due to his presence.

I believe part of EWS downfall was in Kubrick's desire to repeat that successful trick. Take a shit actor, and build such a structure around him that he positively shocks everyone.

Perhaps Tom was not the right person for that trick, but it failed there miserably.

Perhaps O'Neal's succeeded simply because he didn't think of himself as of a super-star, and let the director use him as a master would use his brush.

Edits: 01/17/19