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What does it mean?
He critiques the unrealistic geography in a movie scene.
In plain terms
The movie showed impossible travel distances.
What can you take from it?
Movies often ignore real geography.

Where it applies

  • film analysis
  • travel
  • geography

Putting it to work

  • review movies
  • analyze accuracy

Questions to consider

  • How accurate should movies be?
  • What is fiction?

Another view

It ignores artistic license.

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