As it charts the hypnotized progress of Humbert Humbert, a hypercivilized and amoral European emigre, into the orbit of a treacherously lovely and ...
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Aug 16, 2011
Ben
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The screenplay of Lolita is in a similar structure to the Kubrick film in that it begins with the end, and then traces down the major stomping grounds of the novel, Ramsdale, the road, Beardsley, the road, Lolita's home, and for the screenplay it pretty much ends there whereas the Kubrick film replays the intro with a little more added.
The differences between the Kubrick film and the Nabokov screenplay are rather different outside of the major plot points that must be touched upon and More...
The differences between the Kubrick film and the Nabokov screenplay are rather different outside of the major plot points that must be touched upon and More...
Dec 14, 2010
Nova...
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pada awalnya, penulis mengatakan sesuatu yang memang bener akan terjadi pada pembaca..bahwa pembaca akan merasa aneh, bahkan jijik dengan perilaku pedophile yang di derita si pemeran utama, tapi pada akhirnya -penulis tetap yakin- pembaca akan jatuh cinta pada tokoh utamanya..
man, that's totally right..XD
pertamanya bener2 aneh ngebaca cerita ttg seorang pria tua yang jatuh cinta pada seorang gadis, bukan, anak kecil yang berumur 25 taun lebih tua..duh, aneh bgt si..sakit kali ni oran More...
man, that's totally right..XD
pertamanya bener2 aneh ngebaca cerita ttg seorang pria tua yang jatuh cinta pada seorang gadis, bukan, anak kecil yang berumur 25 taun lebih tua..duh, aneh bgt si..sakit kali ni oran More...
Jan 11, 2012
Julian
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Read the novel first (preferably in the annotated edition). Then read Nabokov's fascinating screen adaptation of his celebrated novel. It's different, but the choices Nabokov makes are fascinating. They suggest that he didn't see his own novel as a sacred text, but rather something that could be adapted and changed for a different medium.
Plus, there's a wonderful metatextual moment, where Lo and Humbert Humbert meet a certain professorly character.
Well worth your time.
Plus, there's a wonderful metatextual moment, where Lo and Humbert Humbert meet a certain professorly character.
Well worth your time.
Dec 14, 2010
Shanna
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This, I am currently reading. I am fascinated by the fact that Nabokov wrote the screenplay for the original Lolita movie by Kubrick--and that Nabokov's screenplay was doctored. SO I now get to read the real screenplay. By the way, that Kubrick film is wonderful. Peter Sellers knocks me out in it.
Dec 14, 2010
T
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No, it's not so perfect as the novel, but it's still Nabokov, so you could do a lot worse. You need only read it if you are a one of his true devotees.
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