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Laughter In The Dark (song)
Laughter in the Dark may refer to: * ''Laughter in the Dark'' (novel), a 1936 novel by Vladimir Nabokov * ''Laughter in the Dark'' (film), a 1969 film based on the novel * Hikaru Utada Laughter in the Dark Tour 2018, a 2018 concert tour by singer Hikaru Utada {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laughter In The Dark (novel)
''Laughter in the Dark'' (Original Russian title: Ка́мера обску́ра, ''Camera obscura'') is a novel written by Vladimir Nabokov and serialised in ''Sovremennye zapiski'' in 1932. The first English translation, ''Camera Obscura'', was made by Winifred Roy and published in London in 1936 by Johnathan Long, the paperback imprint of Hutchinson Publishing, with the author credited as Vladimir Nabokoff-Sirin. Nabokov was so displeased by the translation's quality that he undertook his own, which was published in 1938 under the now common name, ''Laughter in the Dark''. It is sometimes mistakenly assumed that he was not fond of the book, yet in fact it was based on very personal breakthroughs in his life. The book deals with the affection of a middle-aged man for an underaged girl, resulting in a mutually parasitic relationship. In 1955, Nabokov used this theme again with '' Lolita'' to a much differently developed effect. Characters The characters were given different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laughter In The Dark (film)
''Laughter in the Dark'' (french: La Chambre obscure) is a 1969 French-British romantic drama film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Nicol Williamson and Anna Karina. It was based on the novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov. Plot For the film, the story's setting was changed from 1930s Berlin to the Swinging London of the 1960s. A wealthy married 40-year-old art critic called Sir Edward More (Nicol Williamson) falls in love with a sixteen-year-old girl called Margot (Anna Karina). However, she later cheats on him with another man (Jean-Claude Drouot) which eventually leads to him losing his eyesight while they argue in his car about it and crash into another car when he finds out about it. She continues with the affair but as Edward is now blind, she can have it right in front of him. Eventually, he finds out about the still ongoing affair and confronts her with a gun. But she fatally shoots him with it and then runs off while his dead body lies on the floor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
