Audio problem: When Aunt Josephine says, " Watch the chandelier, if it falls it will impale you." she turns to face the camera about when she says "impale" and her lips aren't moving. (00:50:05)
Audio problem: When Olaf (as Stephano) jabs the knife into the door when he arrives, it makes a vibrating sound. But Olaf kept his grip on the knife the whole time. It wouldn't vibrate in the door. (00:36:05)
Audio problem: When Count Olaf, dressed as Stephano, runs away and takes off in his car the tires screech. However the road outside Uncle Monty was of dust and sand, not asphalt. (00:45:05)
Audio problem: Trapped inside Olaf's car, Violet is in the front seat pushing all the buttons. She pushes the button that starts playing the tape, and the tape begin to roll. When it cuts, the tape suddenly runs the other way, but the music continues normally. (00:24:25)
Answer: A magnifying glass concentrates all the light that goes through it at its focal point, and it is this focal point that needs to be placed on the object which one wants to set on fire. The distance of the focal point to the lens depends on the magnifying glass characteristics, and it is more than likely that Count Olaf chose a glass where the focal point would be situated exactly "37 blocks" away from his house, that is, at the Baudelaire's mansion. When trying to set on fire an object much, much closer, the glass would concentrate much, much less energy, and would only be able to set on fire easily burnt objects, such as thin paper.
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