When Hank and Jan go to the newspaper to try to get Hank's paycheck for the second time, Jan is seen wearing the same white dress she wore the day before, but a short time later, when Hank looks out the window at her waiting for him below, she appears to be wearing a pink top and blue shorts or skirt.
When Chinaski is drinking in the strip club at the end of the film, he picks up his beer with his left hand and takes a drink, but when the camera changes angles, he is putting his beer down with his right hand.
When Laura smokes in bed with Chinaski, her right hand is bandaged but she wasn't injured in any preceding scene.
The title screen displays: "factotum [a man who preforms many jobs]"--should be "performs many jobs".
The want ad that Henry circles contains an incomplete sentence. The first line reads: "Begin in delivery room and work un-" then the second line begins "Contact Mr. Heathercliff".
When Lili Taylor's character changes out of her high heel shoes the reflection of the dolly tracks is visible in the polished stone of the building.
Despite the fact that the film takes place in Los Angeles, the filming location of Minneapolis is clearly revealed in the shots of the skyline and the area codes of the phone numbers on the sides of the taxicabs.
Despite being set in Los Angeles, the Minneapolis location is given away by the name of the racetrack: Canterbury Park.