You'd have to have one hell of an imagination to completely make up a story, but historians are very anal about what they think should be portrayed on screen. Thankfully they don't make movies we do.

Summary

This quote suggests that historians are often strict and particular about the accuracy of historical events portrayed in movies. The speaker implies that creating a fictional movie requires a vivid imagination, contrasting it with the strictness the historians exhibit. However, the quote also expresses relief that it is not historians but filmmakers who make movies, suggesting that filmmakers have more freedom in their creative choices and are not bound by the same level of historical accuracy as historians.

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