Lolita (BFI Film Classics)

By Richard Corliss

Stanley Kubrick's model of Vladimir Nabokov's novel used to be essentially the most arguable movies of the Sixties. This research is written by way of Richard Corliss, editor of Film Comment. It includes a short creation background and a close filmography.

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