Trivia

The film received a $25,000 completion grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. This caught the attention of Republican senator Jesse Helms, who in spite of not having seen the film declared it an abomination and a waste of taxpayer money.

John Leguizamo is credited as "Damien Garcia" due to an unspecified SAG rules problem.

The quote by Jean Genet at the end reads: "A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness."

Film debut of James Lyons. This also marked his first film as a film editor.

According to James Lyons, on the film's commentary, the film was at one point called "H".