The morning after Dr. Craig's cocktail party during the scene at the breakfast table, the established wide-shot clearly establishes we are sitting at the table opposite Dr. Ehrlich; the shot shows Dr. Craig on screen left, his wife standing up in the center, and Ehrlich sitting screen right opposite side of the table from the camera, and the seat opposite Dr. Craig is not shown, and presumably empty. Therefore, Dr. Craig has to look to his left to make eye contact with Ehrlich, who in turn is looking to his right and point off to his right to indicate the other guest not present in the dining room with them.
However, during the close-up shots of Dr. Craig admonishing Ehrlich, his eyeline shifts to him looking to his right as though Ehrlich is sitting in the camera's position at the table, and thus breaking the room symmetry that was established in the wide shot. The only way that shot would would work is if they'd set the camera up on Ehrlich's right side, which would have been physically impossible.
It seems they had to reshoot Dr. Craig's scenes and the continuity person wasn't present to tell him to address the other side of the camera.
Review by ChrisKingVIP BlockedParent2024-03-03T17:51:05Z
Production Error Note--
The morning after Dr. Craig's cocktail party during the scene at the breakfast table, the established wide-shot clearly establishes we are sitting at the table opposite Dr. Ehrlich; the shot shows Dr. Craig on screen left, his wife standing up in the center, and Ehrlich sitting screen right opposite side of the table from the camera, and the seat opposite Dr. Craig is not shown, and presumably empty. Therefore, Dr. Craig has to look to his left to make eye contact with Ehrlich, who in turn is looking to his right and point off to his right to indicate the other guest not present in the dining room with them.
However, during the close-up shots of Dr. Craig admonishing Ehrlich, his eyeline shifts to him looking to his right as though Ehrlich is sitting in the camera's position at the table, and thus breaking the room symmetry that was established in the wide shot. The only way that shot would would work is if they'd set the camera up on Ehrlich's right side, which would have been physically impossible.
It seems they had to reshoot Dr. Craig's scenes and the continuity person wasn't present to tell him to address the other side of the camera.