Lolita (1962)
- Directed by
- Stanley Kubrick
- Genre
- drama film, romance film, comedy drama
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 32m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 2,263 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A middle-aged literature professor becomes obsessed with his landlady's adolescent daughter. He marries the mother to stay close to the girl. The film follows his destructive fixation and the consequences.
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What happens
Lolita is a 1962 black comedy-psychological drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The black-and-white film follows a middle-aged literature professor who develops an infatuation with an adolescent. It stars James Mason as Humbert Humbert, Shelley Winters as Mrs. Haze, Peter Sellers as Quilty, and Sue Lyon (in her film debut) as Dolores "Lolita" Haze. The novel was considered "unfilmable" when Kubrick acquired the rights around the time of its U.S. publication. Owing to restrictions imposed by the Hays Code (1934–68), Kubrick and producer James B. Harris were compelled to tone down the pedophilic elements that were central to the novel's narrative. Sue Lyon was 14 years old at the time filming began. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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