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When director Stanley Kubrick released his film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel about a hopelessly pathetic middle-aged professor's sexual obsession with his 12-year-old stepdaugh...( read more 
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MCT:August 23, 2008Lolita ou Comment métamorphoser la pédophilie en un phénomène fort sympathique. Une approche, ma foi, fort différente (!) de celle qu'entreprendra Adrian Lyne dans son remake 35 années plus tard. Curieusement, Kubrick délaisse rapidement l'aspect sensuel de la chose - en fait, c'est faux, mais il la relègue bien plus souvent au second plan - pour s'attarder sur le phénomène sociologique qui entoure les comportements de Humbert et de Charlotte.
Naturellement, la présence de Peter Sellers dans le rôle de Clare pimente encore davantage les choses, et la situation n'en devient que plus ambiguë, repoussant toujours davantage les frontières de l'amour et du désir. Les performances de Mason et de Winters ne sont pas à dédaigner, et Kubrick signe encore une fois une grande adaptation littéraire du roman de Vladimir Nabokov. -
MCT:August 3, 2008
Stanley Kurbrick's seriously messed up story of an abused girl and a sick professor, and a world of disturbing ideas, is not for the light hearted. The movie that coined the term for underage naughty bits, "Lolita". Eew. Fortunatley though, it's not nearly as visually sick as it implies, otherwise nobody would watch it at all.
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MCT:July 31, 2008This was a great film. Acting was great from James Mason and the young Sue Lyon. Peter Sellers was fantastic doing so many different accents as usual. Really funny and directed really well. It's one of them movies where your on James Masons side even though he is a little on the weird side.
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MCT:July 21, 2008
Much funnier than the later version, blacker more tongue in cheek. Shelley Winters was brilliantly replusive as the mother.
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MCT:June 16, 2008
part of me enjoyed what this film has to offer, and another part was thoroughly unimpressed. While Kubrick's directional style is impressive in its subtlety and playfulness with the audience's emotions and imaginations, I don't think Nabokov's characters were brought out to their full potentials. Mason's Humbert lacked the passionate, perverse psychosis and tragic dramatic drive that makes him such a memorable character. while still a well-written, well-made adaptation for the time, it only does justice to a shadow the the true Lolita story.
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MCT:June 14, 2008
The first scene between Sellars and Mason is one of the best scenes I have ever seen in film history. It is beautifully shot, beautifully written and beautifully acted. This is one of the greatest opening scenes in history, not only because of those reasons, but because it gets your attention straight away and you aren't waiting for a long time for the film to get going.
And the opeing titles, just before this scene are phenominal. Short and sweet and a lot more inventive than those long ones you see in films. It sticks in mind almost as well as that first great scene.
But, the rest of the film is utterly superb aswell.
Stanley Kubrick, again, brought another great feature to the world of film. -
MCT:June 11, 2008
James Mason acts perfectly, portraying obsession at its worst. This movie was very powerful to say the least. Putting a social taboo in effect and giving it a black comedic spin.
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MCT:June 7, 2008
Totally enjoyed James Mason (his bathtub scene is priceless) as well always amusing Peter Sellers who keeps this from ever getting too serious. Sue Lyon was good, though perhaps a little too old for this role; however this was 1962 so I'm sure an older almost grown girl was the only way to pull it off (originally she was 12 in the book). Enjoyable and a brave endeavor for it's time of the story of a lack-luster lonely middle aged writer (and also a pedophile) that becomes obsessed with young Lolita and once he has her, begins his creepy struggle to hang onto her.
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MCT:June 2, 2008
Love it! I love everything about it. Great mood, great script, great performances. Fun as hell to watch. And what I consider to be the greatest balance of comedy and drama ever made. Kubricks first true masterpiece, done on his own terms. Sellers is great to watch especially when directed by the master of american cinema.
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MCT:April 23, 2008I hated it.
I hate Kubrick anyway but God damn, this was boring and I hated every single character and it was just too damn long. -
MCT:April 17, 2008Watching Kubrick's "Lolita" is like talking to a virgin who's trying to convince you that he/she knows something about sex. Since he/she is underneath uncomfortable with the subject and does everything so his/her ignorance wouldn't get exposed, there's a lot of work of imagination. In fact, from one point on, there really nothing else besides imagination. But we know that where there's too much imagination, there's not much substance since imagination is always a part of storytelling, not its fundament.
And what seems almost abstract to me, after I watched this flawed film is that I felt as if this powerful story about love, lonlieness and suffering was told by some old nun in Sunday school, a non-experienced creature who could use a reach around once in a while, so maybe that way her way of storytelling would gain some power and necessary spice to adds up its character.
Not that I'm mocking Kubrick here. In fact, I mock screenwriter, the great Nabokov himself who must've thought that the screenplay is still a book where he can deliberatly leave plenty for readers to imagine. He must've forgotten - or he simply didn't know - that certain elements in cinema simply must be shown, otherwise it's a deep black hole. As Roman Polanski once wisely said: "When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they cut off his head. If you don't, it's like telling a dirty joke and leaving out the punch line." The problem is that Kubrick agreed on it, as if he was thinking too that having Humbert ask Lolita: "Do you love me?" was enough for us to be engaged in the drama of the two.
Maybe that was Kubrick's point. To focus mainly on consequences, not on the tension between the two. Maybe. Well, if so, it remains unconvincing and even Winters' lovely acting and Mason's absolutely brilliant performance can't compensate a non-existen sexual vibe that is a fundament of their relationship. I don't wish to sound like someone who wanted to see a unstimulated sexual act - not only because it's was impossible to show back then - but as far as Kubrick went, I believe he could've gone a little but further than leaving at painting Lolita's toenails. That way it looks like classical story of a boy showing a girl his penis and her running away. Not only it is dated. Safe. Archaic. Its makes this provocative, important story childish and laughable. Of course there's always a flip side to that coin, that maybe he couldn't go as far as he wanted. Well, to that question the answer is very easy. He might've want to wait till the 80's or 90's with it, I'm sure he would be better off that way, simply by looking at what he accomplished in his masterful "Eyes Wide Shut".
On the technical level, it is overlong, and for the most of the second part, boring. And why in the hell it starts with the last scene making the ending absolutely terrible, I still wonder. Fortunately, the undeniable genius of multi-characterization of Peter Sellers shines here with all its brightness. After all, even a nun can sell a good joke once in a while.
Adrian Lyne's "Lolita" might've not be a adaptation that one may be proud of but at least it presented a sheer emotion of what was happening between the two, and what's more important, it gaves us a reflection of what Humbert was going through in his masochistic, confused mind - madly in love and being ashamed of it at the same time, deeply alone with the great force of wanting something pure, innocent, putting up bit by bit with Lolita's infantility.
I'm still waiting for a man with the guts and vision who will tell this story as it should be told since the story itself hasn't dated a single day, like all what's great in literature. -
MCT:April 14, 2008
A study in pedaphilia. I really found this movie interesting but I'm hesitant to say that I enjoyed it. It's a tough film to classify in the sense that it's very comedic for a drama, yet very dramatic for a comedy. The performances are remarkable, especially Peter Sellers. For whatever reason, this Stanley Kubrick offering has the feel of a Roman Polanski film because it resembles Rosemary's Baby and/or Tess in it's raw, permeating sexuality. Still, it is a film that could have been very dark and creepy and it is not. Credit Kubrick's skill and style for that. Maybe the essence of this film is that it's only disturbing because it's not disturbing (?).
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MCT:April 10, 2008
An admirable early effort from Stanley Kubrick, one of my favorite directors. This is not a masterpiece like '2001: A Space Odyssey' or 'Full Metal Jacket', but quite good nonetheless. The first scene with James Mason and Peter Sellers is the best one. I love the way Sellers overplay his character. Sue Lyon is a find as the little nymphet and the first few scenes with her and Mason are great. After the death of her mother, the movie loses a lot of the tension and focus. However, the bathtub scene was truly funny and well-acted by Mason. I loved it. Since the end scene is first presented in the opening scene, we all know how it will end. Could have been better, but overall very good for its time.
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MCT:April 4, 2008
so much beta dan da irons version, mason and sellers are excellent, i dig the concept of sexual obsseion that can't be dealt with, he coodn't possibly get lolita i like that approach as a film maker it adds such a deepa dimension to me this is thye 1st proper film by kubrick were he had totalyy complete creative control!!!!!
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MCT:March 7, 2008
It wasn't proper to give Peter Sellers' Quilty such protagonism. despite that flaw, Nabokov's screenplay (though drastically changed) and Kubrick's direction are correct, some passages are quite lighthearted in contrast to the serious subject matter. Shelly Winters is a lot of fun; Sue Lyon shines as Lolita; and James Mason, well, there wasn't a gesture or word that could escape from that magnificent performer.
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MCT:March 7, 2008The humour seemed a little misplaced at first, but added to the development of James Mason's character in the end.
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MCT:February 28, 2008
Goes into the boundaries of love. Expresses love freely but also exposes the obsession, lust, and sin to come out of it.
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MCT:February 25, 2008
Versão de Kubrick.
Assisti no cineclube em um telão, foi muito bom!
Petter Sellers em um de seus melhores papéis. -
MCT:February 11, 2008
Lolita made me feel dirty and uncomfortable. But then again its a film about sex with minors. The Psychotic sexuall obssession of James Masons character was fucking creepy as hell. He'll do anything to keep Lolita under his grip. Lolita kicks ass in so many ways. I gotta say Peter Selllers is a mad genius. I cant think of another film were i enjoyed him more than here.
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MCT:February 5, 2008
Another great Kubrick film I had for whatever reason, stayed away from until lately when it along with a few other Kubrick films were highlighted on the "Kubrick Collection" on On Demand.
I really am glad though that I finally saw Lolita. It was a great movie experience that I wish I could say I had earlier. Mixing comedy and black humour with a very real commentary on pedophilia Lolita probably seemed like it pushed heavy boundaries in 1962 and now 45 years later I still felt uneasy by the great performance by James Mason who literally steals the show in Lolita.
Lolita is the story of obsession and the pursuit of that obsession at any costs. It also has a very humourous performance by Sellers who almost steals Mason's thunder (if he'd had more screen time he just may have). Mason's character has an eye for Shelly Winter's daughter Lolita (played by Sue Lyon) who he meets sunbathing and never ever forgets her image. From there on in we discover Winter's character has fallen in love with Mason's "Humbert". Humbert uses this knowledge so that he can be close to Lolita, but when by sheer luck a car accident leaves Humbert free to persue the young Lolita, which he does by picking her up from the girls camp she was sent to and then from there they hit the road. However what Humbert doesn't know is that they are being followed by Peter Seller's character who is also in love with Lolita and every much a pedo like Humbert.
Lolita's greatest strength is it's excellent blend of cunning and comedy. Mason is perfect as Humbert, who plays upon the frailty of people, it's a very human portrayal where we see Humbert manipulate and lie his way into getting what he wants. It's that deception that makes his character all that more real to me. He is very much the cat in the cat and mouse game, but despite his nature, he wears the mask of a stiff upper-lipped British gentlemen who always tries to maintain a public image. That also leads to alot of his bungling and alot to the comedic effect of the film. For example when Humbert and Lolita arrive at a hotel, Humbert asks for a cot to be sent up to his room. He has no real intention of using the cot, as he'd rather sleep with Lolita, but to maintain that image of normalcy he goes through the charade of getting a cot to sleep in. After he and the bellhop fumble with the cot knocking luggage and nearly themselves over, Humbert after dismissing the bellhop slowly climbs into bed with Lolita only for Lolita to wake up and he having to retreat to the cot. It's scenes like that that what made the movie just funny and also kind of scary. We feel he's going to take advantage of this child where as it seems more like in the end as the movie moves forward she was playing him from the beginning.
Sellers is just whacky in this film as the spaced out porno-pedo-photo-grapher. He's just off the wall and rambles on in long unbroken sentences in the scenes with Mason, much to the chagrin of Humbert.
Either way, if you've heard of Lolita and have thought about watching it, I say without a doubt it's worth it, be it for the comedy or the situations, it's really a well put together little picture by Stanley Kubrick. -
MCT:February 5, 2008
i caught this on tv late one night an i have to say its actually an amazing charactor based film! the young girl is a brilliant actress for her age when this was made, not only acting really well but understand the subject matter of what this film was about (an older man in his 30s/40s having a sexual/obsessive relationship with a young teenage girl) once again kubrick made a masterpiece!
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MCT:February 3, 2008
Clásico del cine dramático, excepcional obra maestra del siempre prolífico Stanley Kubrick, Lolita es como la novela que esta basada, una maravillosa recreación de ese niña malcriada de trece años y de la tormentosa relación no correspondida con su padrastro. Sue Lyon esta genial y aunque un poco larga merece la pena verla. Escenas tan inolvidables como la del baile, la primera vez que aparece Lolita en el jardín, el accidente de la madre, la noche en el hotel, etc. son inolvidables. Lolita, una adolescente fria y muy manipuladora maneja los hilos de su padrastro, obsesionado con ella. Imprescindible, una película de diez aunque lo peor pueden ser los primeros minutos si quién la ve no conoce para nada la historia. Aún así espléndida con guión del propio Nabokov (autor de la novela)Solo decir que quién la vea no lo haga solo por morbo porque se va a llevar una enorme decepción. Quien quiera morbo que vea esa película que yo me niego a ver con Melanie Griffith y Jeremy Irons.
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MCT:January 20, 2008
Is there a way to rate a movie as poor?
I was _so_ disappointed. Every time the story starts to get interesting, there is this kind of foolish nonsense... Was the character of Clare Quilty supposed to be funny in any way?
Stanley Kubrick might be brilliant, but Peter Sellers is a no-go...
I should have realised this before watching Casino Royale (1967)... -
MCT:January 17, 2008I love Stanley Kubrick,and I have never seen this movie but as a Mom of a daughter I don't think I could watch this.
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