Lolita (1997) Juiced – Dominique Swain
Highlights
The most talked about, written about, controversial movie of the year when it was released, Forbidden, Provocative, Unforgettable.
Original Length: 2h 17m
Juice: 27m
Flavour: Dominique Swain (American actress)
Language: English
Shot in: Texas, USA
When the Russian author Vladimir Nabokov wrote his novel ‘Lolita‘ way back in 1953, it gained quick notoriety and at the same time became an instant bestseller, despite (because of) its taboo theme.
The reason the book, and later the 1962 Stanley Kubrick movie based on it, became so hugely popular, is because it struck a chord in thousands of men across the world, letting them know that their feelings of attraction towards young girls, which they had to keep suppressed, are not so abnormal, and that they’re not the only Sinners in the whole world who feel this way.
Knowing this is not so uncommon, they felt somewhat Relieved of the crushing guilt they had been carrying for having such thoughts.
The attraction of older men (mostly 40+) towards young, innocent (mostly) 15 years old girls is nothing new, it’s been a part of many cultures since ancient times, from the Romans to Greeks to Indians to Japanese to Russians, and the undercurrents of these infatuations persisted throughout the 20th century, only having attached a heavy load of Guilt and a sense of crime due to most of the world deciding the legal age of sexual consent to be 17 – 18.
The phenomenal success of the first movie made in 1962, triggered a spate of film-makers around the world adapting the concept of ‘Lolita‘, with many variations, many plots & many languages.
So what is it about 15 year old girls that makes some grown & otherwise intelligent men, be so besotted, so raptured, so hypnotized, that they are willing to throw away their sanity, their sense of identity, their relationships, their pride and sometimes, their Lives.
(No ‘Lolita’ story, whether in films or literature, has ever ended well).
Is it the sight, the smell, the taste, the touch, the softness of their bodies, or the raw, wild, uninhibited freshness of their spirit, not having yet learnt the modesties expected of women in our world… or having tasted the disappointments of Love & Romance that tends to make older women cynical & bitter.
Or is it just Man’s Futile Eternal Quest for Innocence… that drives these hopeless romantics to the edge of Sanity and sometimes, Beyond.
Some psychologists suggest that this phenomena, let’s call it ‘The Lolita Syndrome‘, has been mostly observed in men in their 40s, usually accomplished in their own fields, and part of the above average IQ group in their respective societies, going thru what they call a ‘Mid Life Identity crisis’, and the objects of their Affection, and sometimes Obsession, are mostly young women around the age of 12 to 15 (when they have started becoming sexually aware, just short of gaining sexual maturity, on the borderline of being a girl & a woman).
Whatever the reasons, whatever the compulsions, and whatever the repercussions, the Attraction is Real and many a times, Fatal.
To know the True Intensity of Emotions, Feelings & Desires invoked in these Passion-driven Men… By Young Nubile girls, You need to watch this JUICED version of the movie Lolita (1997)… edited by me to let you experience in 27 minutes, what drove the writer Humbert to his tragic end.
The JUICED highlights of the 2 hours 17 minutes movie are condensed into just 27 minutes, only focussing on the Attraction, the Passion & the Relationship between the writer Humbert and the 13 years old Lolita (played by american actress Dominique Swain, who was actually 16 at the time of working in the film).
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About this film
In early adolescence, Humbert fell hopelessly and tragically in love with a girl his own age, and, as he grew into adulthood, he never lost his obsession with "nymphets," teenagers who walk a fine line between being a girl and a woman. While looking for a place to live after securing a new teaching position, he meets Charlotte Haze (Melanie Griffith), a pretentious and annoying woman who seems desperately lonely and is obviously attracted to Humbert. Humbert pays her little mind until he meets her 13-year-old daughter Lolita (Dominique Swain), the image of the girl that Humbert once loved. Humbert moves into the Haze home as a boarder and eventually marries Charlotte in order to be closer to Lolita. When Charlotte finds out about Humbert's attraction to her daughter, she flees the house in a rage, only to be killed in an auto accident. Without telling Lolita of her mother's fate, Humbert takes her on a cross-country auto trip, where their relationship begins to move beyond the traditional boundaries of stepfather and step-daughter..
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