Question: This may sound a little crazy to the uninitiated, but does anybody have an alchemical interpretation of Apocalypse Now? I remember seeing pages from Coppola's screenplay that were annotated and made reference to transmutation.
Jack Vaughan
28th Apr 2023
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Answer: Could you be a bit more specific? I can give a link to the screenplay if you wish. Http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/apocolypse.html I hope that helps.
19th Mar 2023
Disturbing Behavior (1998)
Visible crew/equipment: When the police officer asks Steve and Rachel "where are your books?" a car approaches and the film cuts to a shot of the officer standing outside Steve's car. Look at the top centre of the screen, just above the roof of the car, and you can see part of the fluffy head of a boom microphone. It's quite quick, but very noticeable. (01:02:05)
28th Jan 2023
Suspiria (1977)
Revealing mistake: When the bat flies into the bathroom and attacks Suzy you can see a string attached to the fake bat. (01:19:16)
9th Nov 2022
Sexy Beast (2000)
Visible crew/equipment: After the airport altercation Gal and Aitch are sat on the bed discussing Don Logan and the boom microphone can be seen in the top left corner of the screen. (00:51:38)
29th Oct 2022
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Question: Why did the tech company that manufactured David stay based in Manhattan? Considering that it's flooded. Seems a little impractical.
Answer: The owner/inventor of the company may have kept the doors open in Manhattan to see if any of his products would return 'home'. He seemed to be very pleased that David had returned and was interested in finding out why. I got the feeling the AI's creator was hoping for a sign that the instinct to return was something novel and not just a predictable result of their original programming.
19th Oct 2022
The X-Files (1993)
Visible crew/equipment: During the scene when Mulder, Scully and the deputy approach the farmhouse there is a moment when Scully walks up to a chicken coop and a boom microphone with a fluffy wind cover on can be seen coming up from the bottom of the screen (Underneath Scully). (00:30:35)
30th Sep 2022
Halloween: H20 (1998)
Continuity mistake: When Sarah is injured and riding up in the dumbwaiter with Charlie's dead body the position of Charlie's head changes significantly between shots. (00:59:57)
12th Sep 2022
True Detective (2014)
Visible crew/equipment: When Detectives Velcoro and Bezzerides enter the victims home crime scene you can briefly see a clear reflection of the camera in the glass set of drawers next to the front door. (00:15:11)
12th Sep 2022
Halloween: H20 (1998)
Continuity mistake: Just before Michael stabs Laurie you can already see the injury make-up applied to her arm as she swings the axe at him. (01:10:39)
12th Sep 2022
Halloween: H20 (1998)
Visible crew/equipment: When the school buses depart from the school for Yosemite you can see the reflection of the crew's various tents and facilities in the buses side windows as they drive past the camera. (00:42:43)
12th Sep 2022
Halloween: H20 (1998)
Visible crew/equipment: After discovering John and Charlie in town Laurie drives them back to the school. The front gates are closed so Laurie honks her horn for the security guard's attention. John then get's out the car and as he does so you can see some equipment reflected in his car door just off-screen. There's some kind of large blue object and orange traffic cones definitely visible. None of it is there in wide shots. (00:33:46)
12th Sep 2022
Halloween: H20 (1998)
Visible crew/equipment: The first time we are introduced to Charlie and Sarah they are discussing the trip to Yosemite with John. As they walk through the school courtyard pay attention to the glass windows behind them (right side of the screen) and you can see a reflection of the camera and crew following in front of them. (00:17:59)
19th Jul 2022
The Host (2006)
Continuity mistake: Near the beginning, after the monster drops from underneath the bridge into the water, a crowd of onlookers approach the waters edge. As gang-du joins them he drops a can off his plate and picks it back up and places it back on the plate. The shot then changes to a close-up and the cans have rearranged themselves. (00:12:48)
18th Jul 2022
The Host (2006)
Revealing mistake: When the American man throws a square concrete tile at the monster it reacts (moves its foot in pain) before the tile actually makes contact. (00:16:11)
14th Jul 2022
Stagecoach (1939)
Other mistake: The trajectory of the arrow that hits Mr Peacock in the chest seems impossible.
16th Jun 2022
Stagecoach (1939)
Audio problem: When the baby is born Dallas shows it to the men and says "It's a little girl" but her lips don't move when she says this.
10th Jun 2022
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Visible crew/equipment: The first time Naomi Watts character enters her bathroom (just before she finds Rita) pay attention to the small rectangular mirror in the lower left of the screen. You can see Watts pass the mirror then a second person, presumably the cameraman as no-one else is supposed to be there. (00:23:25)
24th May 2022
The Devil Below (2021)
Visible crew/equipment: When the group realise they have triggered the alarm system, one of them says "Shhh listen" and the boom microphone appears briefly above his head. (00:45:26)
19th May 2022
Resident Evil
Continuity mistake: In many interior places in the mansion heavy wind, rain or thunder/lightning can he heard on a continuous loop however when the player ventures to exterior locations in the mansion there is dead silence (to a point were only crickets can often be heard). This only applies to the 2002 RE remake to my knowledge.
19th May 2022
Child's Play (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Andy makes his mother breakfast in bed he brings in a glass of orange juice but over the course of the scene of him and his mother talking it changes to a much lighter colour. It could have been switched with a glass of milk or cloudy lemonade but it's probably just the same orange juice that's been watered down over multiple takes.
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Answer: It should be noted that "transmutation" is a word Coppola has used to describe the film making process. Https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LFTQcwgq4CY.
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