Lolita
Summary:
"How did they make a movie out of Lolita?" teased the print ads of this Stanley Kubrick production. The answer: by adding three years to the title character's age. The original Vladimir Nabokov novel caused no end of scandal by detailing the romance between a middle-aged intellectual and a 12-year-old nymphet. The affair is "cleansed" ever so slightly in the film by making Lolit... Full Summary >>
Cast:
James Mason - (Humbert Humbert)
Shelley Winters - (Charlotte Haze)
Peter Sellers - (Clare Quilty)
Sue Lyon - (Lolita Haze)
Marianne Stone - (Vivian Darkbloom)
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Review:
Of all of Stanley Kubrick's films, Lolita typically gets the lowest marks. While in many respects that's a fair assessment, it sells short the accomplishment of making a workable film of Vladimir Nabokov's novel within the restrictions of the early '60s, or any era, really. Working from a Nabokov script, Kubrick places his emphasis s... Continue >>
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