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Our spy, Belle Rosen, earned her swimming medal for coming up with this review of
Adrian Lyne's distributor-less "LOLITA". I've been dying to hear word on this film, and
finally we get some. Well one thing it can't top is the original's poster. That shot is soooo
classic, but anyway here's Belle's review:
I saw Adrian Lyne's "Lolita" this morning, and I have to say that I
really liked this thing. It's not really the story that makes this movie
work, it's the actors.
Jeremy Irons is just great in the role of the pedophile teacher, who
falls for a 12-year old girl. He ads a very ironic, yet tragic and
sometimes violent touch to his performance.
Dominique Swain , in her feature debut (she made "Face/Off" right after
"Lolita") is also excellent as the girl who knows how to seduce this old
freak. Whatching her playing with her gum gives you a real good idea why
man with that kind of sickness can't resist.
Adrian Lyne found a very own way of picturing the feeling going on on
the screen. He used soft images and long shots to show the lovin'
feelings between the two main characters, and on the other hand, there
were very fast cuts and unstable images to show the tragedy of this
relationship.
Are there scenes to be offended about? Well, there are two scenes where
Irons and Swain are having sex. There are a couple of shots of Swain's
face in ecstatic pleasure, but thats it. If anyone doesn't like to see
that (because of her young age), one has to accept it. I didn't bother
me, but I think Lyne would have done a great job even without showing
those sequences, because they are not really necessary for the story or
the film at all. If he didn't, maybe he wouldn't have had so many
problems finding an US disributor for the film. (I don't know if the
film is sold now.)
For me it was a truly refreshing experience, not because of the sexual
content, but because of two great actors playing very well together, and
a very interesting and special visual style. And I'm sure, "Lolita" and
"Face/Off" was not the last we've seen of Dominique Swain. At least,
let's hope not.
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