[circlecity]

"When you see the boom mike onscreen that’s the fault of the projectionist who did not frame the film properly."

But Spielberg had final say on editing and that scene (or any other scene for that matter) could have been snipped without affecting the "qualilty" of the movie one bit. All leaving that scene in did was to add poor prodcution to the extensive list of flaws connected with this embarrasment to the Speilberg cannon.

[Borges]

All films have the boom mike just off the frame. That’s the way they are made. They have to be framed properly so you can’t see it.