Nick Cave

[rich]

saw the 1997 version in London with Chris K and the most infamous Jeff
Baker (whose articles on Pynchon I deeply love)
geez, i actually wept at the end of that flick

Kubrick had disagreements w/ Nabokov about the screenplay if memory serves

On 7/10/09, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, consider the two screen adaptations of *Lolita:  * Stanley Kubrick
> 1962 version and the1997 version written by Stephen Schiff.  They are vastly
> different from each other, and both are good.  The first was mostly comedy
> and the second was mostly dark.  Nabokov's book is both (as is nearly all
> his writing).  I'm glad to have both versions on film as counterpoints to
> each other and the book.
>
> David Morris
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:34 AM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>>  If a film's neither as good as or better than the book, then why bother?
>