[1][3][4][5] Mona Skager, an associate on Rain People, often saw Lucas on the floor, shooting up through glass-topped tables.
[6] Coppola was tolerant of the documentary's production process, although occasionally appeared unhappy when the camera invaded his privacy.
[9] The closing shot says the film was made at "Transamerica Sprocket Works", a fictitious company name that Lucas liked the sound of.
[12] In 1999, Michael Schumacher wrote, "Lucas's documentary, Filmmaker, caught the essence of the ups and downs of making The Rain People, from the exuberance of working on a risky yet fulfilling project that flew in the face of the way movies were normally made in Hollywood to Coppola's angry telephone confrontation with a Warner Bros.-Sever Arts official […]"[3] Coppola himself later admitted that the documentary "may be better than [The Rain People]".
[13] According to Pollock, Lucas himself was proud of Filmmaker, his most ambitious effort at that time, and a film that contributed to advancing his career.