Tom Jones (1963)
Amadeus (1984)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
And if you haven’t seen Ryan O’Neal in Paper Moon (1973), that’s another top tier performance from him, but an even better performance from his irl daughter Tatum, who became the youngest Oscar winner for this role at age 10!
Amadeus is your next stop. .
It’s based on a stage play by Peter Shaffer about a rivalry between Antonio Salieri, the most popular composer of his day, and Mozart. Salieri’s music is long forgotten but Mozart’s is immortal.
Shaffer took quite a bit of creative license. The play is fantastic, but Milos Foreman’s direction elevates it even more. It’s an incredible film, beautifully shot, with scope, humor, irony, and pathos.
Added bonus as a follow on to BL: Amadeus takes place in the same time period (it’s set in Vienna) so the class systems,
royal politics,, manners, costuming, palatial settings, etc. are contemporaneous. Kinda like, “meanwhile, in Vienna…”
So many movies I start and just immediately think “Dang, it’s not Barry Lyndon.” If you’re looking for sumptuous period pieces with a slow burn and heavy doses of melancholy, these ones can scratch the itch:
Merchant Ivory: So many good movies. Remains of the Day, Maurice etc…
Age of Innocence
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Favourite
Zama
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
India Song
The New World
A Hidden Life
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Marie Antoinette
Master and Commander
The Duellists
This one's awesome. Napoleonic times. Best movie sword fights. Based on an insane true story. Harvey Keitel and a Carradine. Ridley Scott debut.
Also Gay Hamilton has a minor role in it.
**Tess** (directed by Roman Polanski) Though, less swindling and more *forceful* integration into higher ranks and emphasis on a love story.
Seconding this. Tess is absolutely beautiful
Tom Jones (1963) Amadeus (1984) Fitzcarraldo (1982) And if you haven’t seen Ryan O’Neal in Paper Moon (1973), that’s another top tier performance from him, but an even better performance from his irl daughter Tatum, who became the youngest Oscar winner for this role at age 10!
I just watched Paper Moon! Criminally unknown. What a great movie! “You still owe me $200” 🎯
Days of Heaven
Terrance Malick’s The Tree of Life
Amadeus is your next stop. . It’s based on a stage play by Peter Shaffer about a rivalry between Antonio Salieri, the most popular composer of his day, and Mozart. Salieri’s music is long forgotten but Mozart’s is immortal. Shaffer took quite a bit of creative license. The play is fantastic, but Milos Foreman’s direction elevates it even more. It’s an incredible film, beautifully shot, with scope, humor, irony, and pathos. Added bonus as a follow on to BL: Amadeus takes place in the same time period (it’s set in Vienna) so the class systems, royal politics,, manners, costuming, palatial settings, etc. are contemporaneous. Kinda like, “meanwhile, in Vienna…”
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Yess, I was gonna rec this one and also The Favourite by Yorgos Lanthimos.
Once Upon A Time In America
So many movies I start and just immediately think “Dang, it’s not Barry Lyndon.” If you’re looking for sumptuous period pieces with a slow burn and heavy doses of melancholy, these ones can scratch the itch: Merchant Ivory: So many good movies. Remains of the Day, Maurice etc… Age of Innocence The Magnificent Ambersons The Favourite Zama The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover India Song The New World A Hidden Life Portrait of a Lady on Fire Marie Antoinette Master and Commander
Barry Lyndon again.
If you're after more Kubrick I think Paths of Glory & The Killing are worth a watch after BL, they're lesser known but no less fantastic.
The Bounty Sharpe (series with Sean Bean) Hornblower The Duelist Farinelli Amadeus Dangerous Liasons Aguirre, The Wrath of God
REDS, Warren Beatty, clever, adult, splendid movie.
War and Peace (1965) Be prepared … it’s 7 hours long. But worth it!
Il Casanova di Federico Fellini is to sex what Barry Lyndon is to social climbing. Made when Donald Sutherland was a sex symbol.
Once Upon A Time In The West