Editing Stanley Kubrick (section)

==== ''Lolita'' ====
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Kubrick and Harris decided to start production of Kubrick's next film ''[[Lolita (1962 film)|Lolita]]'' (1962) in England, due to clauses placed on the contract by producers [[Warner Bros.]] that gave them complete control over the film, and the fact that the [[Eady Levy|Eady plan]] permitted producers to write off the costs if 80% of the crew were British. Instead, they signed a $1 million deal with [[Eliot Hyman]]'s [[Associated Artists Productions]], and a clause which gave them the artistic freedom that they desired.{{sfn|Duncan|2003|p=76}} ''Lolita'', Kubrick's first attempt at [[black comedy]], was an adaptation of the [[Lolita|novel of the same name]] by [[Vladimir Nabokov]], the story of a middle-aged college professor becoming infatuated with a 12-year-old girl. Stylistically, ''Lolita'', starring [[Peter Sellers]], [[James Mason]], [[Shelley Winters]], and [[Sue Lyon]], was a transitional film for Kubrick, "marking the turning point from a naturalistic cinema&nbsp;... to the surrealism of the later films", according to film critic [[Gene Youngblood]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/836-lolita |title=Lolita |publisher=Criterion.com |last=Youngblood |first=Gene |date=September 24, 1992 |accessdate=August 11, 2014 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824085752/http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/836-lolita |archivedate=August 24, 2014}}</ref> Kubrick was impressed by the range of actor Peter Sellers and gave him one of his first opportunities to improvise wildly during shooting, while filming him with three cameras.{{Sfn|LoBrutto|1999|pp=204–205}}{{efn|The two got on during production, displaying many similarities; both left school prematurely, played jazz drums, and shared a fascination with photography.{{sfn|Baxter|1997|p=154}} Sellers would later claim that "Kubrick is a god as far as I'm concerned".{{sfn|Baxter|1997|p=185}}}}

Kubrick shot ''Lolita'' over 88 days on a $2 million budget at [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstree Studios]], between October 1960 and March 1961.{{Sfnm|1a1=Baxter|1y=1997|1pp=157, 161|2a1=Duncan|2y=2003|2p=80}} Kubrick often clashed with Shelley Winters, whom he found "very difficult" and demanding, and nearly fired at one point.{{Sfn|LoBrutto|1999|p=209}} Because of its provocative story, ''Lolita'' was Kubrick's first film to generate controversy; he was ultimately forced to comply with censors and remove much of the erotic element of the relationship between Mason's Humbert and Lyon's Lolita which had been evident in Nabokov's novel.{{Sfnm|1a1=LoBrutto|1y=1999|1p=225|2a1=Duncan|2y=2003|2p=77}} The film was not a major critical or commercial success, earning $3.7 million at the box office on its opening run.{{sfn|Duncan|2003|p=80}}{{efn|Kubrick and Harris had proved they could adapt a highly controversial novel without studio interference. The moderate earnings allowed them to set up companies in Switzerland to take advantage of low taxes on their profits and give them financial security for life.{{sfn|Duncan|2003|p=80}}}} ''Lolita'' has since become critically acclaimed.<ref name="Lolita">{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1012611-lolita/ |title=Lolita |website=Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=August 17, 2015 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822191218/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1012611-lolita |archivedate=August 22, 2015}}</ref>