I don't know if it was just me or my intense love for Nabokov's Lolita, but this film was brilliant. Also, I was quite pleased to hear that Nabokov himself wrote the screenplay - although reedited by Kubrick. As Mr. Cohen mentioned before the film screening, it is just impossible to approach the film through the preconceived notions of the novel. Obviously, there are radical differences between the two but each are a distinct, separate piece of art.
That being said, Kubrick was able to capture Humbert Humbert's radical obsession with Lolita, in a cinematic way that would have otherwise been unfathomable to me. Although the film was two and a half hours long, I thoroughly was engrossed enough to dismiss the time. I loved this trailer for Lolita and the question "How could they make a movie on Lolita" is a reiterating notion and seems to be a common theme for Kubrick, a problem solver who makes films on subject matter that can at times be taboo.
Peter Sellers playing multiple roles as a prelude to his multiple roles in Dr. Strangelove creates a sense of auteur consistency. Kubrick plays with Peter Sellers in exploring his possibilities as an actor, all the while disorienting the audience in a comic frenzy. It is worthwhile to mention that in Lolita, Sellers was actually just one person disguising himself but in Dr. Strangelove, Sellers is three separate characters, even the infamous character who has taken the title of the film, Dr. Strangelove.
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