At 12 years old, ‘Lolita’ initiated my love for the movies. Clinging to my holy copy of Nabokov’s inflammatory novel night after night, I would research nymphet-genre pictures with demure devotion to the task. In retrospect, the mythical Americana bubble of both 1962’s and 1997’s “Lo” with its vintage cokes & strawberry malts & Mad magazines & romance comic books, *did* strike me as aspirational during my early girlhood. Back then, whilst dreaming of a girly reality that would mend the lack & the filth of my miserable actuality, I would practice ‘nymphet hair tutorials’ from low-quality YouTube videos, suck on lollipops while....
Love this! I saw Adrian Lyne's Lolita when I was about 14-15. Soon after watched the original and got the book. It was quite special to me. You've named a couple other films I've got to seek out. I can't see a film like those being made today.
Omg I also got the book after watching the Adrian Lyne film! And *do* seek out the other nymphet movies mentioned in here as I promise they're all gems 💖 Thank you so much for reading!
Love this! I saw Adrian Lyne's Lolita when I was about 14-15. Soon after watched the original and got the book. It was quite special to me. You've named a couple other films I've got to seek out. I can't see a film like those being made today.
Omg I also got the book after watching the Adrian Lyne film! And *do* seek out the other nymphet movies mentioned in here as I promise they're all gems 💖 Thank you so much for reading!