The plot of the filmed version ofLolitatransposes he events in the epilogue of the novel (a bizarre murder scene) o the prologue.Two other films in the same era that also soundly criticized the corrupted news business and its tendency toward embellishment and sensationalism included Alexander Mackendrick""sSweet Smell of Success (1957)and Elia Kazan""sA Face in he Crowd (1957).It ain""t makind""s job to figure that stuff out.So what you""re doing is a waste of time, Sarah.And time is all we got left, you know." He then explained his beliefs about why life had become like a living Hell: "We""re bein"" punished by the Creator." He knew about their valuable and special natures, and offered them freedom from being locked up as "freaks of nature" - by joining him as recruited members of Team X -- an elite group of mutants.As he ordered the other hostages to the roof, Gruber kidnapped Holly as his own personal hostage.After their long struggle, McClane presumably killed Karl by strangling him with a heavy chain, and then charged up to the roof where he:(1) discovered that Holly was missing and had been aken prisoner on the 30th floor, and(2) ordered the hostages o flee downstairs to escape the wired-to-blow roof.