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Description: Genre: Drama / Theatrical Release: 1962 / Director: Stanley Kubrick / Actors: James Mason, Shelley Winters ... / DVD ... more
Lolita (DVD) ... released 01 June, 2006 at Warner Home Video / Features of the DVD: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen / Stanley Kubrick's 1961 version of Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov's notorious 1953 novel, prompted a scandal in its day: even to address the issue of paedophilia on screen was deemed to be as perverted as the hapless protagonist Humbert Humbert. James Mason plays Humbert, the suave English Professor whose gentlemanly exterior peels away as quickly as his scruples once exposed to Sue Lyons' well-developed teenage beauty. In order to be close to her, he marries her mother, the lonely and pathetically pretentious Charlotte (Shelley Winters) only for her to expire conveniently, leaving Humbert free to embark on a motel-to-motel trek across America with Lolita in tow, evading suspicions that theirs is more than a father-daughter relationship. Peter Sellers, meanwhile, gives a Dr Strangelove-type tour de force performance as Clare Quilty, a TV writer also in pursuit of Lolita, who harasses Humbert under several guises, including a psychiatrist. As a movie, Lolita is flawed, albeit interestingly so. The sexual innuendo (a summer camp called Camp Climax, for example) seems jarring and pointless, while Sellers' comic turn detracts from any sense of guilt, tension or tragedy. It's as if the real purpose of the film is to offer a sort of silent, mocking laughter at the wretched Humbert and systematically divest him of his dignity. By the end, he is a babbling wretch while Sue Lyons' Lolita is pragmatic and self-possessed. It's Mason and Lyons' performances, which lift the film from its mess of structural difficulties. Decades on, their central relationship still makes for pitifully compulsive viewing. On the DVD: Few extras, sadly, though the brief original trailer is excellent, built around the question, "How could they make a film out of Lolita?". The original black and white picture and mono sound are excellent. --David Stubbs

Newest Review: ... teenager with a penchant for drinking too much pop, chewing gum and adopting an overly flirtatious manner, all of which make ... more

 ... her the typical, perfect nymphet in Humbert's eyes. In the book she is said to be 12, but in the film in order to make it *slightly* more acceptable, her age is put at 14. After Lolita goes away to an all girls summer camp, Humbert marries Charlotte in order to remain close to Lolita, though this technically makes Humbert Lolita's Step-father. However, all the way through Mason never lets you forget that it is Lolita who he loves. Shortly after the honeymoon, Charlotte discovers Humbert's notes about his love fo...more

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peel.rebekah
Crowned Review Lolita (DVD): But in my arms she was always Lolita. (1678 words)
by peel.rebekah - written on 13/10/01 (Very useful, 345 readings)
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Difficult intro bit: There's this book, right, and it is (kinda unfortunately) the better known of this particular author's work, even though he wrote some really insightful and wonderful other stuff. It was originally published in a weirdy pornie type of way (Travelers Companion series)...which, I suppose, it kinda is...but then again it isn't; then there was the normal outraged UPROAR...and then a few years later, just when most of the 'disturbed' memories of Lolita were beginning to settle and gather dust somewhere in the nether regions of societies' brain (apart from those great thinkers of the Legion of Decency and the Catholic ...

AllyPally1991
Premium Review Lolita, fire of my loins (1086 words)
by AllyPally1991 - written on 13/08/08 (Very useful, 57 readings)
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Lolita was on the TV last night, and as I only finished the book a week ago, I figured I'd give it a watch. I must say that I was not disappointed. "Lolita" is a classic film depicting the life of Humbert Humbert, a european genius who has a fascination for "Nymphets", sexually charged young girls between the ages of 9 and 14. This classic black and white portrait was the first attempt to put the classic book "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov onto film. The film opens with a battle between two men, which concludes in one, Clare Quilty (Peter Sellers) being shot. The shooter is revealed to be one Humbert Humbert (James ...

GuruOnAMountain
Premium Review Lolita (DVD): Lolita (610 words)
by GuruOnAMountain - written on 20/06/05 (Very useful, 283 readings)
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It is not often that you stumble across a movie that is both captivating and uncomfortable to watch, but Lolita, directed by Adrian Lyne is exactly that kind of movie. It is based on the novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov and is the story of a man called Humbert who finds himself falling in love with a 14 year old girl who reminds him of his childhood sweetheart who tragically died young. The film stars Jeremy Irons and he was the reason I was first drawn to it, but I doubt I would've bought it had I not spotted it on special offer. However, I was not disappointed. From the onset Irons brings a sensual subtlety to the character of Humbert. I at first ...

 
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