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Anachronisms (1) |
Continuity (7) |
Crew or equipment visible (1) |
Errors in geography (2) |
Miscellaneous (1)
Anachronisms
On the market prices are in lire, however the euro was introduced in 2002.
Continuity
When in the cafe eating the ice cream, the ice cream changes shape from one round ball to a dollop between shots.
When Signor Martini is next to the fireplace telling Frances about the train tracks through the mountains, the matchbox behind him moves around the top of the fire place.
As Katherine speaks with Frances for the first time in front of the real estate office, the ice cream cone she is eating changes inconsistently between shots.
When Frances is calling Patti from the phone booth right before it rains, her hair changes from behind her ear/pulled back neatly to in front of her ear/slightly messy
When Patti is lying on the bed in Frances' house, she is lying on her left side with a pillow under her head. In the next shot, she's lying supine, then reaches for the pillow to turn on her left side.
When Frances meets Marcello, she is being pursued by a group of men. As she runs around a corner, her boots are visible underneath her dress and they are medium brown or tan. Later on that same day, when Frances and Marcello start making love in the antiques store, her boots are black.
When Francesca goes to Positano to surprise Marcello, she rides up the winding roads on the back of a Police motor scooter. As they make a sharp right turn, we see an unobstructed view of a miniature village scene in the wall at that turn. A moment later when the camera angle changes, all of a sudden a parked blue truck appears, along with an attentive worker standing behind it.
Crew or equipment visible
Before Francesca first kisses Marcello on the beach, a light sheet is visible reflected in her sunglasses.
Errors in geography
Near the end of the movie, as a voiceover speaks of the Semmering Pass railway from Austria to Italy, we are shown a train of the Rhätische Bahn (or Rhaetian Railway). Except for a very short section in Italy, the RhB operates only in Switzerland; it's nowhere near the Semmering Pass.
When Frances returns to Positano to meet with Marcello, she is at sea-level. Most (if not all) busses to Positano come in from the hillside as most of the city is almost vertical along the cliffside. She would not have entered the city from the bottom and then climb, she would have to come in from the top and go down.
Miscellaneous
When the real estate agent starts the fire in the wood stove he leaves the matches, plates, and wood items on top of the stove instead of removing them. These all could catch fire in real life.
