Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0001678, Sat, 8 Feb 1997 15:10:26 -0800

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Re: Kubrick's Lolita (fwd)
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From: Neal McCabe <nealmccabe@earthlink.net>

There is at least one element in Kubrick's film
that will remain unsurpassed: Nelson Riddle's
wonderfully Nabokovian score. Lolita's cha-cha
theme is a vicious and witty parody of the pop poshlost'
much beloved by Lolita and her contemporaries.

Neal McCabe