The film included appearances by guitarist Adrian Belew, author William S. Burroughs, keyboardist Joy Askew, and percussionist David Van Tieghem.

Warner Bros. requested that Anderson create a single-friendly release from the soundtrack, so she recorded a faster-tempo, dance-mix version of the song "Smoke Rings".

The first vocal song performed by Anderson in the film is "Excellent Birds", a collaboration with Peter Gabriel from Mister Heartbreak.

Following "Talk Normal" is an untitled spoken-word sequence with Anderson and Askew having an awkward on-stage telephone conversation.

Several times during the film (most notably "Good Evening", "Difficult Listening Hour", "Sharkey's Night"), Anderson digitally modulates her voice to make it sound male; this is an effect she employed in United States and would return to later on projects such as the film What You Mean We, her introductions to the TV series Alive from Off Center and her CD-ROM release, Puppet Motel.