The film was created by writer-director Joseph Gordon-Levitt specifically for the script to highlight the differences in romantic expectations between the two main characters.

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In the story, Julianne Moore's character gives the "vintage 1978 Danish" film to the main character to show him a more "authentic" and "artistic" side of adult cinema compared to what he usually watches. While it sounds like a real piece of 1970s Danish history, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has admitted in interviews that he and his friends with Danish parents and the concept specifically for the script.