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Well I just noticed this mistake about 10 seconds ago while (and in the process) of watching LIT . When Giovanni's character John is talking to Charlotte in the hotel room, Giovanni asks Charlotte to please stop smoking; look to the right on the window seal, placed there is a wooden duck. After Giovanni asks her to quit the death addiction the camera switches to Charlotte with her comment "I like to, I don't really smoke that much." then the camera switches back to Giovanni and poof the Duck has dissapeared. Just thought I'd share that with you all.

Wonder where it ran off to? I know the Suntory is good but man...

I can't say I've heard that continuity error before. Nice eye!

I wonder how many times one has to watch LiT before noticing things like that

haha let's just say not enough..., I'll try to find some more for you all

Errors like those always bug me when I find them in movies. and if they bug you dont read the rest of this post.

The one in LIT that really bothers me is after their first night out together, when Bob carries Charlotte back to her room and in her bed, Charlottes stomach is showing but when it cuts back to Bob then back to Charlotte her shirt is covering her completely.

One thing I noticed was in the very beginning when Bob is just waking up to find himself in Toyoko, there is a very brief (1-2 sec) shot where the boom mike can be seen on the upper right of the screen.

Now that moment will be ruined forever. Mwahahaaaa.

lol. It doesn't really ruin the movie for me though because of the strong impact it had on me the first time still holds strong!

I'll look for those the next time I watch it

there a whole other topic on continuity and editing errors u guys can check out, i dunno if IMDB caught all of those...i particularly like mine about the elevators and the last scene with the cars ...but not to brag or anything...

Remember they pretty much shot this moving free handed and limited crew. If a car passes by in a good shot than goes away in another shot there is nothing they can do about it, except maybe reshoot the whole scene at once, which I'm sure they tried to do most of the time during filming. Mistakes are going to happen in a film like this.

I don't think any of us are criticizing the way the film was shot.

In fact, I dare say it'd be near impossible to do a better job in a 27 days.

We're just pointing out little discontinuities one tends to notice after viewing an excessive number of times.

Yes agreed, we were not criticizing what-so-ever. We were only pointing them out for fun.

Yes I'm aware, just giving my opinion on why there are background mistakes in the movie.

LITobsession wrote: In fact, I dare say it'd be near impossible to do a better job in a 7 days.

it was shot in 27 days..(was that just a typo?) but yes, your point is well taken.

Seven days would have been something special.

Right, 27 was what I meant to type.

Just goes to show that even the best of us can make mistakes.

Murray glances at the camera while he is bellowing "Peace, Love and Understanding."

The following is not a mistake but something that is hard to believe:

When Bob and Charlotte first talk at the bar, Charlotte says: "So what are you doing here?" She emphasises 'you' which implies that she's acknowledged that she knows who he is, or at least that's how I interpret it. However, later on in Bob's hotel room (just before my favourite bed scene), Charlotte claims she didn't remember seeing Bob in the lift. So that's telling me that she didn't remember looking at a western actor she recognises in a lift full of Japanese people.

wiggle wrote:When Bob and Charlotte first talk at the bar, Charlotte says: "So what are you doing here?" She emphasises 'you' which implies that she's acknowledged that she knows who he is, or at least that's how I interpret it. However, later on in Bob's hotel room (just before my favourite bed scene), Charlotte claims she didn't remember seeing Bob in the lift. So that's telling me that she didn't remember looking at a western actor she recognises in a lift full of Japanese people.

Didn't Charlotte send peanuts to Bob's table before the first talk in the bar?

I dont think its peanuts, I always thought it was a shot of some kind of liquor, but he does walk away with it in his hand, who knows?

it looked like an ash tray to me, he did take a big swig of it though... so i'd hope it wasn't hehe