Lolita

Nora 2022-04-22 07:01:33

For one person's reasons, I have watched both versions of "Lolita" recently.
I’m embarrassed to say this. I haven’t watched many famous films for a long time, and some of them have never been seen, such as “The Seventh Seal” and “Last Year at Marionba”, those old black and white films, The effect is not very good, I fell asleep watching it. "Triumph of the Will" I didn't notice any Wagnerian pomp, or any classic grand scene technique, but the "Valkyrie" in "Apocalypse Now" impressed me deeply.
When I watched "Lolita", the original intention was to literate literacy, or, in other words, when I knew what a term was about, I wanted to understand its original origin.
After watching it, I have to say that the loli in the movie is completely different from the current loli control, and the loli in the movie seems to be different from the loli in Nabokov's writings.

There are two versions of "Lolita". The 1962 one was directed by the famous Kubrick. Nabokov personally caught the change of the script. However, due to age constraints, it is said that the end of the original script was that the two were married. It's so funny, I don't know if it's to cater to the hypocrites who held social morality at the time, or to laugh at them. Of course no one liked the ending, so I didn't shoot it that way. Lolita's age has also jumped from 12 to 15 years old. It seems like this, it can be less controversial, but it is no longer controversial. Isn't "Lolita" a romantic film for young and old? It is better to tell Yang Zhenning's 82/28 story.
I like Jeremy Irons in the 1997 version, I often see him play the villain, like in the cop movie "Die Hard" with Bruce Willis, but I think he plays this role Should be a good fit. Thirty-five years later, I think I should be able to let go of my hands and feet.
The beginning is very catchy, Jeremy's monologue is very boring, reminds me of his cool words in Die Hard III: "YESTERDAY WE ARE AN ARMY WITHOUT COUNTRY, BUT TODAY WE WILL DECIDE WHICH COUNTRY WE WANT TO BUY!", how awesome.
But while the film changed from black and white to color, it wasn't as good as the Lolita Sisters of 35 years ago. When I watched the 1962 version, I was quite disappointed, mainly because Kubrick was too restrained, and the pressure he faced at that time can be imagined. But in the connection between the front and back of the story, arranging transitions, and echoing the above, the 62 version is much better. First of all, Mrs. Charlotte appeared to be clueless in the 97 version, as if it was inserted by force, and the appearance of Quell's land was too blunt. Both are key characters, though not the main ones. You can focus on Lolita and Hanbo, but you can't leave them alone. Director Ryan is obviously not far behind the master.

In fact, there is nothing too exciting about this movie now. There are girls who are out of this world. The important thing is its literary value, so the expressiveness of the movie is completely inferior to the original. Lolita has become an iconic character, and in the current lolicon, there is almost nothing related to her, only her appearance.
And who will remember Professor Han Bo? He appeared in a completely negative image, why does no one care about his war between heaven and man? Maybe it's because he is an adult and must understand and abide by moral standards, but doesn't this violation and betrayal just show that this character is more conflicted and worthy of portrayal? Perhaps between the old man and the little girl, most people will sympathize with the little girl. She is uninformed and defenseless, and the old man is just a cheap stinky guy, and his collapse is not worth paying attention to.

Li An said mysteriously: "Everyone has a Brokeback Mountain in their hearts." I really haven't found my own, but I'm not sure that one day I'll be completely disappointed with women, but I can also imitate and say , "Every old man is looking for his Lolita", or, "Every Lolita is an old Hambo's killer"?
In fact, what Ang Lee is talking about is not the narrow meaning that I deliberately misinterpreted, but a kind of persistence and reluctance for sincere emotions, no matter what it looks like. So what Han Bo is looking for in Lolita is not just spontaneous desire, but also a worship of youth and vitality that he does not have, and more importantly, for that kind of unfettered psychology Appreciation of the state - After knowing what is moral and immoral, it is impossible to return to the "amoral" state.
This is a GRE vocabulary that means that there is no difference between morality and immorality. For this alone, it is completely different from "immoral".

By the way, I'm not too fond of the translation of "A Tree of Pears and Begonias". A direct translation to "Lolita" is good enough.

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Extended Reading
  • Kendall 2021-12-22 08:01:32

    There are many men who are better than me, but few who love you better than me.

  • Nicolas 2022-04-24 07:01:14

    8.6 is much better than the old version, the story is much clearer, and the characters are much fuller, except that Quilty's portrayal is much weaker than the old version, maybe because of the time limit, the later development is a bit faster. The look and feel is pretty good, the memory is beautiful at the beginning, and so is the lolita at the end. This version of lolita interprets the temptation more vividly, the devil of desire in the innocent shell. The whole style played by Jeremy Irons is vicissitudes, melancholy, and the fascination at the beginning, which makes people feel much more pitiful than the old version. . The soundtrack by Ennio Morricone is really good. "She can fade, she can wither, anything. But all I have to do is look at her, and all the tenderness comes to my heart."

Lolita quotes

  • Miss Pratt: I know you have accepted a post at Beardsley College, and I know that there, academics are first, last, and always. Well, that's not us, Mister Humper. Here at Beardsley Prep... what we stress are the three Ds. Dramatics, Dancing, and Dating.

  • Humbert: I was not quite prepared for the reality of my dual role. On the one hand, the willing corruptor of an innocent, and on the other, Humbert the happy housewife.