The film was not destroyed in a fire. According to Rand Vossler, some footage was destroyed during a power outage at the developer, which meant the film processed for too long, and came out all white. He believes the story of the fire was made up by Tarantino to save face around his friends once he realized the film was not turning out how he planned. Tarantino says the myth the film burned was something he read in his biographies and he thought it was a more interesting story, so he never corrected it. Roger Avery has further said another film Tarantino worked on was destroyed in a fire, possibly deliberately by Tarantino's co-director.