Saturday, 24 April 2010

Lolita



















Lolita (1962)
a film by Stanley Kubrick

How did they ever make a movie of Lolita? Well Stanley Kubrick made it by seducing the audience with what is not shown in the screen and using what you can imagine beyond the images in the film. Grazing the controversy, this film stills feels really fresh and playful even with dealing with a great drama for all the characters.

I was looking forward watching this movie because I like Kubrick's work and I loved Nabokov's book, so I had high expectations and I wasn't disappointed. I really liked the way in which the images through this film kept suggesting and tempting the audience, and starting with the polished credits the movie creates a playful environment where the film dances with the imagination of the audience in the edge of the censorship.

The actress in the role of Lolita does it amazingly and starting with the classic scene in the backyard, I enjoyed seeing her in the screen. She is believable and beyond her dazzling beauty, she keeps the personality depth that makes Lolita an awesome character: she is a liar, she has bad manners, she is whimsical and spoiled. I had a fun time watching her constantly teasing and lying to Humbert Humbert. I also liked Peter Sellers unleashed playing Clare Quilty.

It is amazing how such a shocking situation as it is seeing this mature man doing all possible to reach and keep a young girl, there is still room for comedy and surprises, there is still a room for playful music, there is space for playing La Polonaise when being pointed with a gun, and there is still compassion for the grey Humbert Humbert.

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