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25 minutes on... Barry Lyndon

Some dashed-off thoughts on my favorite Stanley Kubrick film.
A group of drunken men sit slouched around a table, light spilling in from a nearby window.
I don't really get into this below, but this is a gorgeous movie. (Credit: Warner Bros.)

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Emily St. James

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