Lolita

Lolita (1962)

3 continuity mistakes - chronological order

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Continuity mistake: When Humbert hands Lolita the sandwich that's loaded with mayonnaise, he is shown holding onto the plate with his left hand and touching the bread with his right. Lolita then takes the plate and Humbert's left hand is suddenly empty and is holding the plate with his right hand. (00:34:10)

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Continuity mistake: Watch Charlotte's cigarette as she and the professor discuss camp for Lolita. It disappears in some shots. (00:43:10)

Continuity mistake: When Lolita is trying to wake up Humbert by saying "The hotel's on fire", Humbert awakens by rolling over onto his back and placing his left hand over his chest. The shot then cuts to an angle closer to him, where his left hand is now placed over his mouth. (01:28:48)

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Continuity mistake: Watch Charlotte's cigarette as she and the professor discuss camp for Lolita. It disappears in some shots. (00:43:10)

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Prof. Humbert Humbert: What drives me insane is the twofold nature of this nymphet, of every nymphet perhaps, this mixture in my Lolita of tender, dreamy childishness and a kind of eerie vulgarity. I know it is madness to keep this journal, but it gives me a strange thrill to do so. And only a loving wife could decipher my microscopic script.

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Trivia: When Humbert first sees Quilty in the mansion, he asks him if he is Quilty, to which Quilty replies with "No, I'm Spartacus. Have you come to free the slaves or something?" This is a reference to the scene from the movie Spartacus, where the slaves who have been recaptured by the Romans all announce that they are Spartacus to try and protect Spartacus when he tries to announce who he is. This is also serves as an in-joke as it was Stanley Kubrick's previous movie, which he made before doing Lolita. (00:03:36)

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