to One of my favourites: to Oh, Virginia! And then something like: to What are your favourite book-to-film adaptations? I love all of the above because the films aren't necessarily 100% true to the plot and characters of the books, but are something wonderful on their own - maintaining something of the 'mood' of the … Continue reading When they get it right – from book to film
Stanley Kubrick
Nabokov, you sly ol’ dog
How can someone be this amusing (and amused) and articulate? I'm in love and fascinated and repulsed all at the same time, just as I was reading Lolita... While we're here: Nabokov in audio. Martin Amis on Nabokov. Shelley Winters breaks my heart in Kubrick's film version (for which Nabokov wrote the screenplay): What say you?