Lolita is an interesting novel and the Stanley Kubrick adaptation from 1962 is a bit of a masterpiece, even though the censorship requirements of the time made it a little trickier for Kubrick to adapt. But I have to make a confession: I've not seen the Adrian Lyne version from 1997 with Jeremy Irons. I missed it in the cinema, and since then I've never got round to taking a look at it.

Lyne's most famous film is probably Fatal Attraction (a huge hit, though lots of people fail to realise it is essentially a remake of Clint Eastwood's 1971 directorial debut Play Misty for Me). I have to say Lyne is not a director I'm overly enamoured by, but Fatal Attraction was solid enough, and features a very memorable set of performances from Glenn Close and Michael Douglas.

Sorry for the long tangent. Perhaps I felt an embarrassed need to reassert myself as a cineaste after being caught short having not seen a film like the 1997 Lolita (which I really ought to have seen by now - there's no excuse).