Kubrick makes this seemingly boring period piece drama about the rise and fall of edmund barry, into a single one (well,actually 2 part) spectacular never boring epic movie. from the first word spoken by the narrator,until the last,.this movie grip me,if only he cast a much more stronger lead role(not ryan o’neill,whom i’ll always pictured as a spoiled brat from love story),this could be perfect.anyway,.this is still one of his best movie,that should stand along the classic like A CLOCKWORK ORANGE,2001: A SPACE ODYYSEY,and DR STRANGELOVE