Quentin Tarantino Really Took Liberties With History On That Movie
(I work for a film locations company. I get a call from a stage director.)
Me: “[Company], how can I help you?”
Director: “Yeah, I’m looking for an old house.”
Me: “Okay! Can you give me a few more specifics? Do you mean run down, or from a certain decade?”
Director: “I need a first-century house.”
Me: “Sorry, did you say first century?”
Director: “Yeah.”
Me: “So, like… a cave?”
Director: “Ugh, no! Umm, okay, have you ever seen Inglourious Basterds?”
Me: “Yes.”
Director: “You know the old house from the opening scene?”
Me: “Yes.”
Director: “I need a house like that.”
Me: “Okay. Now that I have a sense of what you need, I’m sorry to say that we don’t have any properties in our database that look like that. Our houses are more residential.”
Director: “Ugh, seriously? Well, I guess I’ll have to look elsewhere.”
Me: “I’m so sorry we couldn’t help you today, but for your future reference, Inglourious Basterds takes place in Nazi-occupied France in the 1940s, so you’re looking for a house from the 20th century.”
Director: “Thanks.” *hangs up*
(The opening shot, with the house in the background, literally states the setting year is 1941.)
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