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From: brown@utflis.UUCP (Susan Brown)
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Subject: Re: Re: What's the word for a 1972 car appearing in a film set in 1950?
Message-ID: <155@utflis.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 17-Jun-85 18:08:35 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 17 18:08:35 1985
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Reply-To: brown@utflis.UUCP (Susan Brown)
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Summary: 

In article <139@telesoft.UUCP> dar@telesoft.UUCP (David Reisner @shine) writes:
>> > > What's the word for a 1972 car appearing in a film set in 1950?
>
>Continuity Error
>Typically, there is a person working on a film who is in charge of
>"continuity".  If someone's shirt becomes clean, the part in their
>hair changes sides, or they dry off over a few feet, it is
>continuity's fault.  It can be a Really tough job, given that movies
>are, in general, not shot in sequence.
>Or perhaps "anachronism" is what you're looking for.
>-David
>sdcsvax!telesoft!dar