Lolita

Great movie, scandalous, not for everyone. I really like Shelly Winters in this, she does a great job of being the overbearing, fake, narcissistic mom. She makes me really dislike her. I think that means she's a good actor. James Mason is always fantastic. He's the suave, educated, perverted, Humbert Humbert. I'd love to know why Nabokov chose to give that character the double name. Odd choice. A lot of folks love Peter Sellers, I don't have much appreciation for him, and this movie is no different. When I think about Nabokov, which isn't often, I think about the line from the Police song "He starts to shake and cough -- Just like the old man in -- that book by Nabokov." It a great line for that song, totally fits. 'Please don't stand so close to me!'