Lolita

Lolita is a 1962 film directed by Stanley Kubrick. Based on the 1955 Vladimir Nabokov novel of the same name, it initially received mixed reviews from critics and was very controversial at its time of release for its portrayal of ephebophilia. However, later reviews were glowing, and over time, they became much more positive.

Plot
Humbert Humbert is a European professor who arrives at Ramsdale, New Hampshire. Before his professorship begins, he wants a way to spend his summer. Humbert rents a room from a widow named Charlotte Haze. Nurturing his obsession with his teenage daughter, Lolita, he marries Charlotte. But Charlotte dies, and Humbert seems to have Lolita all to himself.

Differences between film and book
Lolita is not always loyal to Vladimir Nabokov's novel. One of the most notable changes in the film is Kubrick's style of direction. Events that happened in the novel's ending occured in the film's beginning. This is a rarely used technique called in medias res.

Kubrick had Nabokov's consent to have the film adaptation be like this, and said that the reason for using this technique was to maintain interest in the film, as Kubrick thought that the novel started to lose interest halfway through when Humbert had seduced Lolita.

There are also other changes, but some of them have been defended, as these differences are only due to the heavy and strict censorship of the 1960s: Kubrick later said (in a 1972 interview) about Lolita that had he known how extreme the censorship limitations would be, he probably never would have made the film at all, because he felt that he wasn't able to make the relationship between Lolita and Humbert fully accurate.

Awards
Lolita was nominated for three Golden Globe awards and won the first one: Stanley Kubrick was also nominated for two other directorial awards: James Mason was nominated for another award as an actor: the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Actor.
 * Most Promising Newcomer (Sue Lyon)
 * Best Motion Picture Actor (James Mason)
 * Best Motion Picture Actress (Shelley Winters)
 * Best Motion Picture Director (Stanley Kubrick)
 * Best Supporting Actor (Peter Sellers)
 * Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
 * Venice Film Festival Award for Best Director