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Originally Posted by Dominic
Lolita the novel is one of the top 5 English language novels of the 20th century...just astounding...and it was the first time Nabakov wrote in English. I never really warmed to the movie, for some reason...the Peter Sellars character is unnecessary.
I agree about the novel's greatness, but I don't understand why you think a character from the novel was unnecessary in the movie. His part was blown up a bit too much, but since Sellers is as amazing as always, I don't think it harmed the film.
Really the only thing about it I disliked is that the girl looks far too old to be 14. Wikipedia says Sue Lyon was 16 when it came out, but I think I remember other sources saying she was 18, which is about the age she looked to me.
The 1997 film with Jeremy Irons was not quite as good, but more faithful to the novel, and the girl looked much closer to the right age, although Wikipedia says she was 17 when that film was released. It doesn't say when it was actually filmed though, so I think it is possible that it took a few years to be released.