Lolita (1997 version)

A couple of nits in this film that I noticed:

Humbert's wife, Charlotte Haze has just read his diary, in which he talks about his lust for Charlotte's daughter, Lolita. He has a fight with her (naturally). To help make up, Humbert offers to make them a couple of "stiff drinks". Before he finishes mixing the drinks, the phone rings. He's informed that his wife has just died. She was hit by a car just outside the couple's home. First of all, as the death occured just outside, why is it that Humbert is told of his wife's death over the phone. Wouldn't it be more likely that someone in the neighborhood to knock on the door and tell him? And how come he couldn't hear the sounds of the accident? I sincerely doubt that someone getting ran over would be an event that would happen in silence. And finally, how is it that the cops and ambulance got to the scene of the accident so quickly? They seem to have arrived in a matter of seconds.

Shortly after his wife's death, Humbert begins to burn some letters Charlotte was going to send to Lolita/Dolores Haze. I doubt any of those letters would have arrived at their intended destinations. None of them have the states written on them. Without the states, the letters could not be sent anywhere. I mean, just try sending a letter to Springfield without specifying if it's in Missouri or Illinois and see if gets there.

Just for the record, the original film (the 1962 Kubrick one) was better. This one is pretty sleazy, IMHO. Ennio Morricone's soundtrack is the best thing about it.

Did the envelopes have ZIP codes? They might still get to their destinations with the proper ZIP codes in place.

Nope. No ZIP codes, either. Of course, this film takes place in 1947, and I'm not sure if ZIP codes were in use then. (I just checked. They weren't. The use of ZIP codes did not begin until 1963. See ZIP codes history for more details.)

"I like to watch." - Chauncy Gardner

DUH! I should have known about the time thing! (I was seeing "1997 version" in your post, so I was thinking 1997! Yikes!)

This one is pretty sleazy, IMHO

Sleazy enough that (IIRC) no theatrical distributor wanted to touch it. It wound up premiering on Showtime.

Guess this has nothing to with Amy Fisher

In a roundabout way maybe.

The original novel is where using Lolita to refer to the fetish for underage girls came from, so calling her the Long Island Lolita (I think that was what they called Amy) is a reference to the novel this movie was based on.

Also where the Japanese got the terms Lolicon and Loli.

Yes, Amy was called the Long Island Lolita.

She later became a porn star.

And, Fisher later got married, had three kids got divorced and changed her name. You in Canada probably just heard peripheral details about the case. Us New Yorkers had to endure every little sordid detail about Fisher and the Buttafuocos. Day in and day out. For what seemed like forever. As for the Lolita movie, it can be streamed for free on apps such as Tubi and Kanopy. If you're so inclined.

Oh, we got the story, Adam. Entertainment Tonight was all over it.

Amy Fisher had three, that's right, three made for TV movies about her story (even O.J. didn't get that many). ABC, CBS, and NBC all felt had to make one (Fox bowed out and the WB and UPN didn't exist yet).

Don't ask me why.