It was beguiling to live in a country, Scotland, that didn't look enough like itself to be a … - Andrew O'Hagan

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Andrew O'Hagan

It was beguiling to live in a country, Scotland, that didn't look enough like itself to be a location for its own movies. . . I remember consulting a film book and discovering that Arthur Freed decided to shoot Brigadoon in Hollywood because nowhere in Scotland looked Scottish enough.

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