With Barry Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick proved that he could master just about any genre of film. Sadly, this DVD doesn't live up to the lush beauty of the movie, as the picture quality is quite poor. Backgrounds flicker and shift, compression artifacts blur actors' faces, and the overall blurry nature of the digital transfer is a shameful distraction. It would seem that the resolution is too low throughout the 185-minute running length. Of course, the DVD is still watchable, and some viewers might not mind or even notice the flaws. Still, this adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel deserves much better. As with many Kubrick movies and DVDs, the sound is Mono. The Dolby Digital Mono representation is quite good, showing no signs of the trouble encountered with the picture quality. Dialogue, sound effects, and Leonard Rosenman's score are all crystal clear. The theatrical trailer, a full-frame affair, is a subtly humorous play on blurb-heavy trailers. The "Awards" section lists the movie's many awards and nominations over four screens. "Jump to a Scene" allows instant access to all of the DVD's 47 chapters, described by chapter titles. This is certainly not the definitive digital edition of Barry Lyndon, as there are simply too many flaws in picture quality, but the movie's charms and artistry do raise the DVD to worthy status.