LOLITA - unscrutable and unknowable

I read Rebecca Bell-Metereau's The Three Faces of Lolita this morning, where she discusses Nabokov's original novel (and his possible influences), Kubrick's 1961 film adaptation, and Lyne's 1998 remake, and starred the following quote:

"Nabokov, hardly a proto-feminist, nonetheless at least hints at the absence of Lolita's point of view in the narrative. In contrast, both Kubrick, the Enlightenment director, and Lyne, the romantic director, produce works that are firmly rooted in the phallocentric vision of woman as an obscure object of desire, implacable and ultimately inscrutable - a face without interiority"

This is written after Bell-Metereau describes the sadness inherent in Nabokov's Lolita, the fact that she cries every night on the enforced road trips and the displeasure that she experiences during sex.

She concludes by asserting that whilst Humbert Humbert is always the protagonist, none of the three works succeed in portraying the fulness of Lolita's character, so she remains 'unscrutable and unknowable'. Further, she adds that 'what created the vagueness of all three artists' portraits of Lolita was an utter inability to inhabit the interior of the female mind.'

Yes!! Thanks for the articulation. This relates very well to my research on Bonjour Tristesse.