The Tourist : I'm Surprised No One Has Discussed This
Re: I'm Surprised No One Has Discussed This
You are right. 1 take shows them a'la The Pink Panther, another take has them staying far enough back to let her do her work.
Re: I'm Surprised No One Has Discussed This
Except that at first it's the French police. She's not working with the French or Italian police, she's under cover. The police is working with cmdr Atcheson.
I'm Surprised No One Has Discussed This
Only later in the movie do we discover Elise is actually working with the police. So on second viewing the police don't seem so stupid. Since Elise and the Police are working together, of course she is aware of them. There is simply no need for them to try hard to be invisible all the time.
The thing I find interesting is that the scenes work in both contexts.