8 - Lolita (1962)

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"How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?" Scratch that, how did they ever make a movie of Lolita in the early 1960s with an actual 14 year old playing the role of the "nymphet"? Good question. Today I dive into the movie adaption of the 1955 infamous novel by Vladimir Nabokov. With nothing more explicit than a kiss on the cheek, Kubrick manages to convey exactly what is going on in this disturbing story. If anything to do with hebephilia upsets you and makes you very uncomfortable, I do not recommend listening. 

Sources: 

https://plotandtheme.com/2017/04/30/stanley-kubricks-lolita-a-most-ambitious-fantasy/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_(1962_film)

Credit for theme song: 

Hot Swing by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3885-hot-swing/

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/