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Factory Of Masterpieces: Kubrick

LOLITA

• Director: Stanley Kubrick
• USA / 1962 / DCP / B&W / 152’ / English; Turkish s.t.

• Screenplay: Vladimir Nabokov
• Original Work: Vladimir Nabokov
• Director of Photography: Oswald Morris
• Editing: Anthony Harvey
• Music: Nelson Riddle
• Cast: Shelley Winters, James Mason, Peter Sellers, Sue Lyon
• Producer: James B. Harris
• Production Co.: MGM
• World Sales: Park Circus

- 1963 GOLDEN GLOBE -- Most Promising Newcomer - Female (S. Lyon)

Lolita, which Kubrick shot in England from a screenplay adapted by Vladimir Nabokov from his own novel, marks an important detour for him. It is not only a much smaller and more controllable production than Spartacus, but also as a sharp black comedy it is the anti-thesis of an epic Hollywood film. In this story about a middle aged professor’s destructive obsession with a teenage girl, the director masterfully employs his visual style characterized by unhurried long sequences which is what we call to mind when we say “Kubrickian”. As a control freak he gets good mileage out of improvisation when it comes to directing actors; especially Peter Sellers.

Images courtesy of Park Circus/Warner Bros.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.