The Twilight World

Something fun to do with your DVD after you have watched every bit of special features footage. Start looking for these hidden gems from Chris Weitz.

1. Hidden wolves

''Look for an upside-down engraving of a wolf in the shot of the bowl in which Carlisle burns his first-aid equipment; on Jacob's T-shirt when

he meets Bella in the school parking lot for the first time; and a wolf

trinket on the dream-catcher that he gives her.''

2. Vampire elevator music

''When Edward, Bella, and Alice get into the elevator on their way to

see the Volturi, the music playing in the elevator is from Strauss' Die

Fledermaus (a.k.a. The Bat).''

3. Emotional baggage?

''When Bella is looking for the meadow where she and Edward are seen

lying down together, she carries a golden compass clipped to her

backpack — part of my baggage!''

4. Speedy suitor

''We did a little trick when Edward gets out of Bella's truck and

they're arguing. We wanted to show Edward moving impossibly quickly, so

we put Rob right next to the camera but out of sight, and used a double

dressed like Rob in the driver's seat. When Edward gets out, it's the

double, and then Rob steps in front of the camera, and it looks as if he

got there faster than humanly possible.''

5. Look it up

''And last but not least: If you want to know what Jacob says before he

almost kisses Bella, ask a Quileute! The address of the Quileute tribal

council is quileutenation.org. I can tell you this much: He says, Kwop

kilawtley.''

6. Tower of glower

''You can see Volterra's tower and the red-cloaked revelers from the

festival of San Marco on the cover of Bella's copy of Romeo and Juliet

when she wakes up in her bedroom.''

7. Hope it was a rental...

''In the wolf-fight, we purposely knocked over the camera when the

wolves tumble towards it; you can also hear the microphone thumping, as

if an actual on-set animal had run into the camera and boom.''

8. Quileute culture

''When prepping to visualize Jacobs and Emily's houses, production

designer David Brisbin and his team visited La Push and met the Quileute

executive council. While they were there, a young Quileute girl gave

David the first drum she made (this is a Quileute custom). To show

appreciation, we decided to put the drum in a prominent shot — it's at

the entrance of Emily's house, and you see it when Bella first enters.

Also, the high pitched 'call' that Embry and Jared give when they jump

out of Bella's car is a thing the Quileute kids do.''

9. Waxing romantic

''The reason the moon phases 'backwards' to reveal the title is that

this is scientifically correct! I moderated an astrophysics seminar for

the Science and Entertainment Exchange with noted astronomer Neil

DeGrasse Tyson and he complained about the number of films that get

simple science wrong. (Don't ask me to justify vampires or

werewolves).''

10. That's Italian!

''In the Volturi chamber, Aro speaks Italian — 'La Tua Cantante' should

be easy for readers of the books — he's referring to Bella's being

Edward's 'singer,' whose blood calls out to him stronger than anyone

else's. Later, when Bella tells him that he doesn't know anything about

Edward's soul, he replies, 'Fore ... ne il vostro l'uno o altro' —

'Perhaps ... nor yours either.''