but Adrian Lyne’sLolitaopts to heighten and detract different aspects. And so it feels like a satisfying second read of a book or a second watching of a movie, because you get a fresher perspective and newer insights
Lolita is arguably one of the least likable characters in film history; she is an ill-mannered, manipulative attention-whore who knows the power she has over Humbert and uses it to her advantage for money, attention and just generally to hurt people. I have not read the book, but I under...
Of course, the actresses are older than they play, with the exception of Lohan (who, at 17 years old, brings an R. Kelly-like meaning to "The Parent Trap"). Parents might see the Disney-friendly actress in the trailers and bring their young children, but this movie is not for those...
She may have been seventeen, but 1947 had Cary Grant, age forty-three when the movie was released, comically fending off Shirley Temple, a fervently devoted teen, inThe Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer. Shirley Temple had been America's little angel for years. In this case, the film never con...
LOLITA: I'm cold, I'm going to get a sweater. Climbing into the back seat, she accidentally kicks Humbert's right arm and falls. LOLITA: Oh! HUMBERT: Watch it, please! LOLITA: Do you have to drive so fast? You'll get us killed! What's the big, fat hurry, anyway?
Return to the top of the page Location of the Enchanted Hunters Hotel The location of the hotel has been identified atThe Movie District.In the post,Identification of The Enchanted Hunters Hotel in 'Lolita' and an Optical Illusion, I explore some possible reasons that might have been behind ...
I know it is madness to keep this journal but it gives me a strange thrill to do so; and only a loving wife could decipher my microscopic script. Let me state with a sob that today my L. was sun-bathing on the so-called “piazza,” but her mother and some other woman were ...
(mainly from Peter Sellers as always as well as Sue Lyon for her age). I may need more time to process it but one problem with the movie was that Lolita should've gotten angrier at her step-father right away for lying to her about her mother's death (which it felt like he hid ...
You can purchase brand items second hand online[2] , though you can also find items locally if you are careful. Mainstream stores are unlikely to have dresses or skirts that are full enough to fit a petticoat; while it is possible to find blouses that can work in these stores, it's ...