▁before ▁seeing ▁the ▁film , ▁commented ▁that ▁it ▁may ▁turn ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁" the ▁s wer ves ▁of ▁a ▁scen ic ▁drive ▁as ▁perce ived ▁by ▁the ▁horizontal ▁passenger ▁of ▁an ▁amb ul ance ". ▁Kub rick ▁and ▁Harris ▁re w rote ▁the ▁script ▁themselves , ▁writing ▁carefully ▁to ▁satisfy ▁the ▁needs ▁of ▁the ▁c ensor . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁many ▁differences ▁between ▁the ▁Kub rick - H arr is ▁film ▁adaptation ▁and ▁N ab ok ov ' s ▁novel , ▁including ▁some ▁events ▁that ▁were ▁entirely ▁omitted . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁sex ually ▁explicit ▁in nu end os , ▁references ▁and ▁episodes ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁were ▁taken ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁strict ▁c ensor ship ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ; ▁the ▁sexual ▁relationship ▁between ▁L ol ita ▁and ▁Hum bert ▁is ▁imp lied ▁and ▁never ▁dep icted ▁graph ically ▁on ▁the ▁screen . ▁In ▁addition , ▁some ▁events ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁differ ▁from ▁the ▁novel , ▁and ▁there ▁are ▁also ▁changes ▁in ▁L ol ita ' s ▁character . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁differences ▁are ▁listed ▁below : ▁ ▁L ol ita ' s ▁age , ▁name , ▁feelings ▁and ▁fate ▁L ol ita ' s ▁age ▁was ▁raised ▁from ▁ 1 2 ▁to ▁early ▁te ens ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁to ▁meet ▁MP AA ▁standards . ▁Kub rick ▁had ▁been ▁war ned ▁that ▁cens ors ▁felt ▁strongly ▁about ▁using ▁a ▁more ▁phys ically ▁developed ▁actress , ▁who ▁would ▁be ▁seen ▁to ▁be ▁at ▁least ▁