LOLITA (1962)
Stanley Kubrick
How did they make a movie of Lolita?
a line which appears in the advertisement of Lolita during the 60's, the question responding to Lolita's controversial appearance in the middle of Hollywood's censorship era
Kubrick made this movie after his two commercial success of The Killing (1956) and Paths of Glory (1957). Again, with James B Harris, they both revamped Vladimir Nabokov's novel with the same title, which was released after 1955 into a controversial movie at the that time.
The Hollywood's production code and The Catholic Legion of Decency banned Lolita at the first time it was published until then after Kubrick-Harris hired Martin Quildy to become the moderator for this case.
Lolita succesfully breaks the censorship and was released in 1962. However, it was given 'condemned' rating for adult viewers. Therefore, ironically, when this film first time screened in New York, the main actress Sue Lyon was not allowed to attend the gala.
