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Re: Never-Before-Seen footage -- Dominique Swain - Screen Test
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From: Sandy P. Klein <spklein52@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 6:56:35 AM
Subject: [NABOKV-L] Never-Before-Seen footage -- Dominique Swain - Screen Test for 'Lolita' ...
Screen test & script reading with Dominique Swain and Jeremy Irons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwVgjxV3lSo&feature=related
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From Jim Twiggs:
Despite the billing, this is not Never-Before-Seen footage. It's been available on the dvd from the beginning, along with some scenes that were cut from the movie. What's new on YouTube, and very much worth following for a while, is the argument that unfolds in the comments section. My own opinion is that although Swain was already too old for the part, she's much better in the screen test--much more Lolita-ish--than in the movie itself. And, for that matter, far more Lolita-ish than Sue Lyon as well.
In this connection, I once again recommend Justine Brown's 1998 Salon piece on Lolita. A fast little article it is, and one of the best things ever written about the novel. It's referred to, and parts of it quoted, on page 220 of Graham Vickers' new book, Chasing Lolita, which also contains some interesting passages about Lyon. Here's the link to Brown's entire essay:
SALON
LUSTING AFTER "LOLITA"
ONLY A NYMPHET MYSELF WHEN I FIRST MET NABOKOV'S LOVE CHILD, MY PASSION FOR "LOLITA" IS STILL GOING STRONG TODAY.
BY JUSTINE BROWN
http://archive.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/07/31feature.html
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From: Sandy P. Klein <spklein52@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 6:56:35 AM
Subject: [NABOKV-L] Never-Before-Seen footage -- Dominique Swain - Screen Test for 'Lolita' ...
Screen test & script reading with Dominique Swain and Jeremy Irons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwVgjxV3lSo&feature=related
=====
From Jim Twiggs:
Despite the billing, this is not Never-Before-Seen footage. It's been available on the dvd from the beginning, along with some scenes that were cut from the movie. What's new on YouTube, and very much worth following for a while, is the argument that unfolds in the comments section. My own opinion is that although Swain was already too old for the part, she's much better in the screen test--much more Lolita-ish--than in the movie itself. And, for that matter, far more Lolita-ish than Sue Lyon as well.
In this connection, I once again recommend Justine Brown's 1998 Salon piece on Lolita. A fast little article it is, and one of the best things ever written about the novel. It's referred to, and parts of it quoted, on page 220 of Graham Vickers' new book, Chasing Lolita, which also contains some interesting passages about Lyon. Here's the link to Brown's entire essay:
SALON
LUSTING AFTER "LOLITA"
ONLY A NYMPHET MYSELF WHEN I FIRST MET NABOKOV'S LOVE CHILD, MY PASSION FOR "LOLITA" IS STILL GOING STRONG TODAY.
BY JUSTINE BROWN
http://archive.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/07/31feature.html
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