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Isabella Rossellini and Kyle MacLachlan in Blue Velvet (1986)

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Blue Velvet

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Continuity

Jeffrey's cheek wound disappears in some scenes.
Jeffrey's earring disappears and reappears.
Jeffrey is given a terrible beating by Frank and his gang, and there is swelling and bruising all over his face. Yet when he arrives for his date a few days later, there isn't a mark on him.
Frank's beer changes color and level when at Ben's house.
Jeffrey's hands jump between the top of his head and his ear between shots when he is kneeling before Dorothy when she first discovers him in the closet.

Factual errors

In the opening credits, Frances Bay's first name is misspelled "Francis".
Frank hits Dorothy in the face a couple of times during their violent sex, yet when she performs in the club afterward, there is no bruise or any mark on her face. The same after Jeffrey hits her hard as well.
The movie is set in Lumberton, NC. A map of Lumberton on the police station wall is actually a map of Wilmington, NC, where the movie was filmed. Wilmington is on the coast, as shown on the map, while Lumberton is about 90 miles inland.

Incorrectly regarded as goofs

Dorothy lives on the seventh floor of Deep River Apartments, a building which has only six floors.

This is done purposely and occurs similarly in many movies to deter sightseers, fans, and psychos from disrupting people who live in the real location. For similar reasons, "555-" is nearly always used on film and TV as the first three digits of phone numbers, to prevent people from trying the number and annoying people.
The first time Sandy and Jeffery watch Dorothy's performance, the dress she ends with on stage is different from the dress she first wore. However, this could simply be the result of a costume change between sets.
(at around 1h 32 mins) When Jeffrey is speaking with Sandy's father, Sandy is sitting on the stairs with a wedding band on her ring finger.

Sandy does have a ring on her left-hand ring finger (as well as the ring finger of her right hand), but it does not appear to be a wedding band. Even if it were a wedding ring (possibly from her grandmother), it's not a Goof as high school girls wear their jewelry wherever they please.
Jeffrey does not wear his underwear when Dorothy hides him in her closet after Frank arrives, but the underwear is put on after Jeffrey comes out of the closet.

Jeffrey collected his clothes off the floor prior to going back into the closet. He obviously put his underwear back on before coming out to tend to Dorothy after Frank had left.

Audio/visual unsynchronised

In the club, a guitar solo is heard, while no guitarist is present.

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