Re: Lolita -- Book vs. Movie
Josh Feldmeth (joshfeldmeth@mail.utexas.edu)
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 14:57:58 -0600
Here here, Mr. Blah.
The mistake of casting Melanie Griffith notwithstanding, I enjoyed the
film adaptation as well. I felt the picture did a particularly good job
of high-lighting the sincerity of H-squared's love and the pay-for-sex
depravity of its later affections. The visual book-ends - dirty-faced
Humbert careering his woody down lush valley road with "Love of my life,
fire of my loins" styled voice overs - were beautiful. In toto, very
true to the book.
Add movie kudos: As anyone seen The Thin Red Line? I caught it last
night and was, well, very taken. I have some dime-store analysis, but I
thought it would open it up to the floor first. What say you?
Beautiful and damned,
Josh Feldmeth
blah b b blah wrote:
>
> I finally got to see the film adaptation of Lolita. Wonderful job. I
> think I'd even love the book if it were read aloud by Jeremy Irons.
>
> Jim
>
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