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Adrian Lyne: Movies
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Why did Lyne make the movie? Because, he says, he admires the novel. Then why did Nabokov write the novel? Publicly, he purveyed a mandarin aestheticism. He ridiculed "the novel of ideas" and sneered at moral-hunting critics. He took the position that the only end of art is bliss--and, since a novel is made from words, words are the basis of Lolita's art.
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The much anticipated film Lolita, directed by Adrian Lyne, has been caught in distribution limbo due to its racy love scenes involving an underage actress. While the film will be shown on an American cable network, Lolita has yet to land a distribution deal in Canada. The Mirror asked author and Concordia film studies professor Carole Zucker, who attended the London premiere, to review the controversial movie.
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Lyne's movies have a common theme; they chronicle people whose lust sends their lives careening out of control. What makes him so unusual is that he has continued to probe these affairs of the heart in an era when sex has virtually disappeared from Hollywood movies.
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Born in Peterborough, England and raised in London, Lyne attended the Highgate school, where his father was a teacher. In his twenties, he ... played trumpet with a jazz group. An avid moviegoer during his school days, he was inspired to make his own films by the work of French New Wave directors like Godard, Truffaut and Chabrol. Two of his early short films, The Table and Mr. Smith, were official entries in the London Film Festival.
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The nastiest moments came when Lyne had to ponder exactly what might legally play in Peoria and what wouldn't. A lawyer sat through the editing process with Lyne, advising the filmmaker about what could stay and what couldn't. "Several sex shots done with a body double had to be removed," Lyne reports. "But I don't think it affected the movie too badly."
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