1962 · drama
Lolita (1962)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick2h 34m1962
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
Our read: Lolita (1962) (1962) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- signature
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