rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig) (10/03/83)
I tend to pick apart movies and look for technical flaws. I do it with books too. One thing I noticed the last time I saw "Airport" was that When Burt Lancaster was sitting in his company station wagon on the field he wanted to monitor the incoming damaged aircraft on his radio. The tower told him what the frequency was (117 or 118Mhz area). There was a closeup shot of him tuning in the signal that clearly showed that the receiver he had was a public service band monitor that only tuned 150 to 170 MHz! I also remember watching an old Hoppalong Cassidy western years ago and seeing a Greyhound bus in the background..... Bob, mgweed!rjr
mp@mit-eddie.UUCP (Mark Plotnick) (10/06/83)
There were some scenes in Coma (in which people were discussing things in a hospital corridor) where you could see the boom mike, also. A movie that was set in ancient times (Cleopatra, I think) had a scene with an airplane in the background. Lack of continuity is more common - somebody already mentioned some superhero movie this summer in which the hero's wounds moved back and forth between the left and right side of his chest. And, although I may be mistaken, in Brainstorm one of the scientists is said to have come from Caltech, but then in another scene he's said to have come from Stanford (can somebody who goes to see the film check on this?) Mark
citrin@ucbvax.UUCP (10/10/83)
"Night Moves," a detective film starring Gene Hackman (and directed by Arthur Penn?) had an unforgettable scene where two people are sitting in a room talking. All of a sudden, the microphone drops into the top of the scene, and of course begins to move back and forth as the actors speak their lines. It was hilarious. This may seem strange, but I think that I saw a car or truck all the way in the background of a scene in "The Draughtsman's Contract." Did anyone else notice this? Wayne Citrin (ucbvax!citrin)