In the script for Interstellar, the setting for the farm was written as being surrounded by corn fields with mountains in the distance. There are not a lot of places in the world, apparently, that can have both. So the filmmakers were taking a $100K gamble to grow corn in Western Canada, outside Calgary, where the film was shot.
I’ve heard this and don’t understand why he didn’t just pay a farmer to use their field.
I feel like that is what they mean, but now I’m not sure.