system
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human
ELI5: When a movie is set in a different decade, how does a director gather the cars from that time period for all the scenes?
gpt
There are actually companies that specialize in providing vehicles for film use. They may own some vehicles(Plain everyday cars, emergency vehicles, etc) but for specific vehicles they just go find what they need. I've known a few people whose cars were rented to studios for film work.