This is an unfair criticism of the movie. What should be criticized is the way it's shown.
I'm assuming you saw this in a 1.33:1 aspect ratio, but it was meant to be seen in a 1.85:1 ratio. This is achieved by matting off the top and bottom of the frame.
When that's done, and it's shown correctly, you don't see the microphone.
There are many, many movies -- even those filmed by the world's greatest directors -- where this same kind of thing happens. Another example of this kind of "error," which isn't an error, is when someone is supposed to be naked but you can see they're wearing a swimming suit or something. This even happened in the shower scene in PSYCHO, and no one can make the case that Alfred Hitchcock didn't know what he was doing. It's totally due to the frame not being matted (shown in the intended aspect ratio).
To summarize, the director of this movie knew damn well that the microphone was visible, but he also knew the top and bottom of the frame would be matted off and no one would see it. What he didn't know was that this would be all botched up on TV and home video showings.
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