EDNote: ... I think what the author has missed, or
left comically hidden in plain view, is the likelihood that VN knew the
answer was derived from the film, but thought it showed enough skill and
sensitivity to deserve a decent grade and a tongue-in-cheek job offer as
professional movie summarizer! It's much funnier than Epstein lets on in
his recollection. VN did have a sense of humor, after all!
Jansy Mello: And Epstein must have had a lot of
self-confidence and humor to present himself as being so extraordinarily
naif, as he did, being an investigative journalist and all, in his
account of student years at Cornell and the Nabokov
couple......