Perhaps this has been noticed before, but there is another allusion, albeit wordless, to Nabokov in another film by Woody Allen, Love and Death (1975), with Diane Keaton, which is a comical take on 19th century Russian novels like Dostoevsky's and Tolstoy's . In one scene Allen is seen carrying a butterfly net and a butterfly collection under his arms. You can watch the whole movie here (the quality is not too good):
The scene starts at about 13 minutes and 52 seconds, just before Allen's character gets into the coach.
Hafid Bouazza
2009/10/20 Matthew Roth
<MRoth@messiah.edu>
Thanks to Claudio Soares for the link below. The recording is part of an album, "Lolita and Poems," that VN recorded at some point in the 60s or 70s. At the beemp3.com site, you can download all the tracks for free (or you can go to Alibris.com and buy a cassette tape for $80.00!). It's wonderful to hear VN read the Quilty murder scene, as well as a number of poems, including "Discovery" and "The Ballad of Longwood Glen." This is different than the NY Times recording of the 92nd Street Y reading (also a gem) where VN reads your favorite, Canto Two of Pale Fire.
MR
Best regards,
Claudio Soares
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 11:29 PM, NABOKV-L
<NABOKV-L@holycross.edu> wrote:
Does anyone know where this recording came from? It is VN, isn't it?
Matt Roth
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