Lolita. A Screenplay

About “Lolita. A Screenplay”

This book contains the screen adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita, written in 1960 for director Stanley Kubrick. The film was released in 1962 after Kubrick made significant changes to Nabokov's script. In the forward, Nabokov describes his reaction to the final film as a mix of frustration, sadness, and reluctant satisfaction. He notes that Kubrick interpreted the novel differently than he did. The book offers insight into the challenges of adapting a novel into a film and is of interest to those studying the differences between literature and cinema, as well as fans of Lolita.