evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) (06/06/85)
> What's the word for a 1972 car appearing in a film set in 1950? > "Anachronism" is close, and I believe there's a better word I've forgotten. > UUCP: ..decvax!seismo!elsie!ado ARPA: elsie!ado@seismo.ARPA > DEC, VAX and Elsie are Digital Equipment and Borden trademarks How about stupid? -- {ucbvax|decvax}!vax135!petsd!petfe!evan ...!pedsgd!pedsga!evan "So, if she weighs the same as a duck, she is made of wood..." "And therefore..." "A witch!"
uggworek@sunybcs.UUCP (Donald Gworek) (06/08/85)
> > What's the word for a 1972 car appearing in a film set in 1950?
Do I win the LOTTO jackpot with "gaffe"?dar@telesoft.UUCP (David Reisner @shine) (06/13/85)
> > > What's the word for a 1972 car appearing in a film set in 1950?
(Sorry if this has appeared many times before. I'm a bit behind on my news...)
Continuity Error
Typically, there is a person working on a film who is in charge of
"continuity". If someone's shirt becomes clean, the part in their
hair changes sides, or they dry off over a few feet, it is
continuity's fault. It can be a Really tough job, given that movies
are, in general, not shot in sequence.
-David
sdcsvax!telesoft!darbrown@utflis.UUCP (Susan Brown) (06/18/85)
In article <139@telesoft.UUCP> dar@telesoft.UUCP (David Reisner @shine) writes: >> > > What's the word for a 1972 car appearing in a film set in 1950? > >Continuity Error >Typically, there is a person working on a film who is in charge of >"continuity". If someone's shirt becomes clean, the part in their >hair changes sides, or they dry off over a few feet, it is >continuity's fault. It can be a Really tough job, given that movies >are, in general, not shot in sequence. >Or perhaps "anachronism" is what you're looking for. >-David >sdcsvax!telesoft!dar
friedman@h-sc1.UUCP (dawn friedman) (06/25/85)
> > > > What's the word for a 1972 car appearing in a film set in 1950? > > Continuity Error > > Typically, there is a person working on a film who is in charge of > "continuity". If someone's shirt becomes clean, the part in their > hair changes sides, or they dry off over a few feet, it is > continuity's fault. It can be a Really tough job, given that movies > are, in general, not shot in sequence. It can be rough on the actors, or extras, involved as well. Ephraim Kishon has a pretty story about this in _Unfair to Goliath_. If anyone has read this (unlikely) I'd like to know if the practices described are at all realistic... Dawn Sharon (dsf/speaker)
cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (06/29/85)
> In article <139@telesoft.UUCP> dar@telesoft.UUCP (David Reisner @shine) writes: > >> > > What's the word for a 1972 car appearing in a film set in 1950? > > > >Continuity Error > >Typically, there is a person working on a film who is in charge of > >"continuity". If someone's shirt becomes clean, the part in their > >hair changes sides, or they dry off over a few feet, it is > >continuity's fault. It can be a Really tough job, given that movies > >are, in general, not shot in sequence. > >Or perhaps "anachronism" is what you're looking for. > >-David > >sdcsvax!telesoft!dar Speaking of which, did anyone else notice how anachronistic _Prizzi's_ _Honor_ was? I mean, at one point one of the characters gets out of a late 1970s Ford station wagon, and mid-1970s vans appear in some of the scenes at the industrial laundry. (It was supposed to be a late 1950s or early 1960s period piece.) I lost count of the number of items that were grossly wrong.