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Two characters in this film exchange longing gazes at a gambling table, then wordlessly head out and share a kiss. A climactic scene from this film is set in a dilapidated barn with cooing pigeons and accompanied by a low, throbbing melody in the timpani and strings. This film zooms out from its title character on a balcony after he viciously beats his stepson. Superfast Zeiss cameras developed for NASA were used to shoot this film by (*) candlelight. (10[1])The main (10[1])title and duels in this film feature a D minor sarabande by Handel. Paintings by William Hogarth inspired shots in this film, whose protagonist flees the Seven Years’ War and takes his aristocratic wife’s last name. For 10 (10[1])points, Ryan O’Neal stars as an Irish social climber in what period drama based on a Thackeray novel (-5[1])and directed by Stanley Kubrick? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Barry Lyndon
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