'[Steve McQueen, in The Great Escape] jumps on a motorbike, took off,and whoom, in 15 minutes he's in the borders of Switzerland. This is from Poland!... And if you don't know the geography, it goes Poland, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Venezuela, Africa, Beyrouth, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and then Switzerland!'
About this quote
- 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
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How accurate should movies be?
- What is fiction?
Another view
It ignores artistic license.
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