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Title: Lolita: A Screenplay by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov ISBN: 0-07-045768-9 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies Pub. Date: 01 February, 1983 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Lolita: A Screenplay
Comment: By his own account, only about 20% of Nabokov's 213 page screenplay ended up in Kubrick's film. Even so, the author's opinion of Kubrick's end product was high, and the screenplay itself is a fine cinematic representation of the novel.
Rating: 5
Summary: Nabokov's Screenplaying
Comment: Lolita: a Screenplay is recommended reading for anyone who loved the novel and appreciates Nabokov's wonderful sense of humor. The story goes that Nabokov presented his screenplay to Kubrick, who told him, "Look, regardless of how brilliant it may or may not be, it would take eight hours to film." So it's unfilmable; if Borges can write literary criticism about books which don't exist, surely it's not so radical to devise screenplays which are never meant to be filmed. Nabokov adds much to his existing work, including a psychiatrist who speaks directly to the camera and a cameo for himself. One wishes that Adrian Lyne had added a few of the humorous elements of the screenplay to his film, which is fine but perhaps a bit too reverent which it should be audaciously funny. All in all, I highly recommend picking up what amounts to one of the 20th century's great geniuses playing hooky.
Rating: 4
Summary: The script that never was
Comment: Its not the book, and its not the film. So what is it? Its the screenplay of course! Chances are, if you are reading this, its either because you saw the film and liked it; a fan of Stanley Kubrick: director of the film; or you read the book Lolita and the Annotated Lolita and figured "I might as well read the script;" or just a big fan of Nabokov and its the one book you dont have in your collection. Whatever the reason may be, it falls between the book and the film. This is Nabokov's version of the script that was cut, recut and then edited by Kubrick (incidentally, Nabokov still recieved on-screen credit for the screenplay). It may hold water on its own, but in comparison to either the book or film it cannot stay afloat.
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Title: Lolita: The Book of the Film by Stephen Schiff ISBN: 1557833540 Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita: A Casebook (Casebooks in Criticism) by Ellen Pifer ISBN: 0195150333 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Annotated Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Alfred Appel Jr. ISBN: 0679727299 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title:Lolita ASIN: B00001IVFG Publisher: Vidmark/Trimark Pub. Date: 05 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $9.98 |
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Title: Laughter in the Dark (Vintage International) by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov ISBN: 0679724508 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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