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Book vs Film- Lolita
Lolita Book versus film

Many people today find themselves in the situation of making choises considering different situations. From important day life issues to small details in our lives, we are forced to think about the best solutions to live good lives. One interesting aspect today, because of technology development is choosing between reading a book or watching a movie. Well, at a first view this shouldn’t raise any problems because if take a decision depending on your mood in that particular moment. But what if there is a book that some people decided to make a movie inspired from it? What do you do then? Do we leave the book aside to watch the movie and save valuable time, or we choose to read the book and spend some quality moments reading? This issue has been discussed over and over again and until today nobody has reached a conclusion. The question here might be: WHY? Is it because we are different and have ideas based on our own life style, or is it just because we, as people cannot make up our mind when we face this problem? Most of the people who wrote about this subject finally got to the conclusion that is good to watch a movie inspired from great authors, as well is good to read a certain book. The arguments in this perspective are numerous depending from what point of view you look at the subject. Some think that it is positive getting to see an actor bring a character to life whereas there are voices that are in favor of books because here the possibilities are limitless, hindered only by your own imagination. In movies you are limited to the creativity of the writers, actors and directors, while in books your mind is free to wander and focus on every little detail the author portrays. A film is made up according to the director’s feelings in those particular moments, so the movie remains the same for always, but with books you are FREE!! Your feelings could change day to day,



Bibliography: 1.Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. Editura Universal Dalsi. Bucuresti. 1994 2. Berardinelli, James. A film Review, Lolita. 1998. http://www.reelviews.net/movies/l/lolita.html 3. Nusair, David. Lolita. 1998. http://www.reelfilm.com/lolita.htm

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