Lolita

Dir. Stanley Kubrick. 1962. 152 mins. 35mm. With James Mason, Shelley Winters, Peter Sellers, Sue Lyon. “How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?” the savvy, shocked poster tagline wondered. Only Stanley Kubrick would dare try. Outwitting the censors, Kubrick turned Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel about a professor’s obsession with a young “nymphet” into a rich cinematic satire, emphasizing Nabokov’s dark social comedy. A monstrously proper James Mason is unforgettable as Humbert Humbert, whose twisted heart leads him to destroy his own life and soul for the love of the teenage daughter (Sue Lyon) of his crass and lovelorn landlady (Shelley Winters). As the mysterious oddball playwright Clare Quilty, Sellers lends Kubrick’s tragic satire a coherent sense of eccentricity and outlandish humor.

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