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Lolita (DVD, 2001) (French\Italian)
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Product Information
A middle-aged man becomes interested in a fourteen year old girl. The girl is the daughter of his current landlady.Product Identifiers
ProducerJames B. Harris
EAN7321900655415
eBay Product ID (ePID)3946171
Product Key Features
ActorShelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Gary Cockrell, Lois Maxwell, James Mason, Diana Decker
Film/TV TitleLolita
DirectorStanley Kubrick
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageArabic\Bulgarian\Dutch\English\French\German\Italian\Portuguese\Romanian\Spanish
Run Time147 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.66 Wide Screen
FormatDVD
Release Year2001
FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption, Interactive Menus\Scene Access\Trailer, With Subtitles
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Hearing ImpairedEnglish\Italian
ComposerNelson Riddle
Additional InformationStanley Kubrick's adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's controversial LOLITA is a wicked satire of sexual obsession, sadomasochism, and fetishism. When mild-mannered professor Humbert Humbert (James Mason) arrives in the small town of Ramsdale, New Hampshire, he is immediately set upon by his landlady, Charlotte Haze (Shelley Winters), and her adolescent daughter, Lolita (Sue Lyon). Although Humbert gets involved with Charlotte, it is Lolita with whom he becomes obsessed. When Charlotte sends her daughter away to summer camp (the aptly named Camp Climax), Humbert becomes consumed with jealousy. When he finally takes Lolita out of camp and heads out alone with her, he is pestered along the way by Clare Quilty (played magnificently by Peter Sellers), who threatens to expose him. But nothing can break the hold Lolita has over Humbert.<BR>From the opening credits sequence--a close-up of a man's hand (with a wedding ring) carefully polishing a young girl's toenails--Kubrick's LOLITA burns with sexual energy that is biting, ironic, and darkly comic as it follows the debasement of an intelligent, worldly man in a series of carefully choreographed long takes that boils over with psychosexual tension. Although little physical contact is shown, Kubrick hints at it beautifully, especially in the drive-in scene in which both Charlotte and Lolita grab on to Humbert's hands. And yet given the serious nature of the subject matter, Kubrick pauses long enough to include a riotous slapstick scene of Humbert and a bellhop struggling over a cot as Lolita sleeps quietly on the bed, as well as Quilty playing Ping-Pong with a seemingly endless supply of balls. Stanley Kubrick's highly controversial masterwork is a fascinating look at pedophilia and sexual taboos that lead to obsession and murder.
Art DirectorBill Andrews
AuthorVladimir Nabokov
Dubbing LanguagesFrench\Italian
Set DesignerPeter James, Andrew Low
Sound sourceMono
Format DescriptionDVD 9
Movie/TV TitleLolita
EditorAnthony Harvey
Director of PhotographyOswald Morris
Ratings and reviews
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- 12 May, 2024Most favourable review
Fab Film
Brilliant black and white film. Saw it years ago on the TV and loved it. Now I have my own copy. James Mason and Peter Sellers are just the best actors.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 03 Mar, 2023Most critical review
title is to the point, the central character of the book and film
This is a turgid film, slow moving with wooden characters, especially the one played by James Mason, the leading man. I lost interest in in after over an hour of dismal viewingVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 21 Oct, 2024
Disappointing in the chosen actors, where the usual synergy just does NOT happen
This version of Lolita has been superseded in quality by Adrian Lynn's version of Lolita, in both quality of production and quality of chosen actors.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 13 Jul, 2019
Unpleasant
Going through Kubrick's back catalogue so had to see this. It is rather unpleasant and focuses on a middle aged man's obsession with an underage but savvy girl and his eventual degeneration into murder. Well acted, witty at times and slightly different to Nobakov's book. This review cannot do it justice. You could write a thesis on it and apparently some do. Don't stand so close to me. Next stop: Spartacus.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 May, 2017
A Version Kubrick Had to Make
This film is well-acted, directed and written. The thing is, the book, Lolita was not exactly going to be able to be made into a major film in 1962. Kubrick did it, though. It's definitely worth watching--if for nothing else than the superb performances by the cast, particularly, James Mason, Peter Sellers and Shelley Winters.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 24 Jul, 2022
lovely lolita
one of stanley kubricks early films so it is well directed with very good acting , well worth adding to your collection .Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 01 Aug, 2018
Good DVD
Good DVD not as good as the 1960's version but still worth getting.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 Nov, 2020
Lolita
Very goodVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 21 Jun, 2022
Classic
All goodVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 29 Jun, 2016
Thanks.
Good quality. Quick delivery.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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