Lolita 1962 - The Murder Scene

[iwantoldschool]

"Who are you, Spartacus?"

Umm... injoke, much???

And people say Kubrick had no sense of humor. Facepalm.

[ucanleaveurHATEon]

@iwantoldschool who says? Barry Lyndon is a 2 hours straight joke..and my favourite

[iwantoldschool]

@ucanleaveurHATEon Believe it or not, a lot of critics and personal critics had many negative things to say about Kubrick, and that he had no sense of humor was one of them. It's ridiculous. Barry Lyndon IS funny, and there's tons of hilarious things in even A Clockwork Orange - like the Ludovici scene, that entire sequence is meant to be comedy. When the naked girl is shown with the burglar breaking in, that's hysterical! He had a very British sense of humor, IMHO, and I'm American.

[chikaiskusni]

great scene!

[stoprainingonme]

Some say Sellers went over the top. But I think he's magnificent. This scene never fails to make be LOL.

[grapebusted]

Roman pingPONG

[GoodJamesGood]

anyone else notice kubrick's shadow at 19 leaving the scene

[Ironclad35]

This is a masterful scene, with the revenge filled, stoic James Mason playing Humbert Humbert dealing with the flippant, sarcastic, drunk and hung over Claire Quilty played by Peter Sellers. Sellers is a scream here, especially as he is about the read the letter that is his death sentence, and pulls off a remarkable performance as he essentially begs for his life. Thank you for sharing, this is one of my favorite scenes from the movie.

[arlobrubaker]

It's funny to hear Sellers makes a Spartacus reference in a Kubrick film

[macmule]

Because you took advantage Because you took advantage Because you took advantage

[beckner4200]

I love the "do do do do do de doo doo do de doo duh de doo".

Classic.

[touchogrey]

Though this encounter does not occur in the book like this - does anyone recall if there was a "foggy" road during a car ride ever in the novel?

[AmiableOrchid]

"The moon was blue, and so are you....and I tonight, she's mine tonight...YOURS!"

This is arguably the best scene in the movie. Sellers was a nut!

[zues007]

i love this scene

[Pirate4T]

awesome murder scene that really creeped me out!! :O

[birikein]

Yeah,.. that's the best part of the movie. Peter is so funny here :D And Mason excelent.. just wonderful :D

[YUMYUMYAAH]

grande mason....che bravo attore....adoro

[TheMgallacher]

James Mason, One Of The All Time Greats!

[The6thSimpson]

Only Peter Sellers could make death that funny.

[Osaka13]

I was surprised at how sad this movie was.

[80stimeagain]

Yes, i did not notice the guy walking by quick before James opens the masion door. Mason and Sellers are wonderful actors, but i preferred the 1997 version. But, the 1962 had more restrictions and censors They couldn't show as much.

[soccom8341576]

@80stimeagain That was Stanley Kubrick, lol!

[744682532]

Right in the boxing glove. Hysterical movie.

[Elcore]

CHEYMZ MEYSSUN motherfuckers.

[Antichrist2000]

My favorite scene from this movie, gotta love Sellers.

[Beale64]

God, Mason has a great voice!

[SuperHeroMania]

a classic

[levenj]

y'know, I have to say. I've read the book and seen the movie, an' I'm still not 100% on how and why everything is happening...but therein's the magic, right?

[helloemigoodbye]

No, you're an idiot.

[NSequeira]

agreed

[SuperHeroMania]

agreed also

[lesterclaypool1]

To understand it helps to remember that Nabokov wrote Lolita whoile Russia was communist. Yes, it's a story about incest and how a child in a percarious situation can be taken advantage of easily when men in a position of power become tyrants, but it's also a comment on the political climate of Russia at the time, written in a fictional setting, like Easop's fables. The main characters trade off their positions of power, and all of them, including Lolita, abuse that power when they get it.

[DelilahDesmond]

GREAT scene. love sellers. thanks for up loading :)

[jollymanbigboy]

Kubrick=greatness+brilliance

[housemountain]

thanks for posting

[flaminia5]

the best scene in the movie!

yet not quite the same as in the book

[TambourineHeroine]

Thanks for putting it here!

[reydiaz17]

yea it is better that the 1997 version

[hellotherehello000]

What a beautiful scene. I appreciated it much more than the 1997 version.

(And what a blatant 'goof' to have not seen!)

[Villasrobles]

Brilliant Sellers

[Vladystube]

Roman ping! Roman pong! lol

[oceanstreat]

Also...if you look at the very moment when the scene changes from the arrival of the car at the creaky mansion, just before James Mason (Humbert) opens the door, you will see somebody walking over to the right side of the screen. You see it more clearly on the DVD of the film. It was a goof that was not caught by Kubrick. Some crew member. It looks like a ghost walking through.

[evolegnartsrd]

I've seen this scene dozens of times and never noticed that. Good eye.

[condors1972]

what did you not notice?

[oceanstreat]

Thanks. I was looking for that one. Great opening scene.