[1] It was shot on a low budget over a 10-day period, and filmmaker Brad Saville taught himself film editing to complete the project.
They felt that in black and white, the film offered "a series of bold, artistic compositions that uses monochromatic hues to create an extraordinary play of light and shadows" and a "striking visual style".
However, it was found that the filmmakers tended to dwell on certain scenes or camera angles too intently to be completely successful.
This method required that the cast keep dialog flowing longer than might be expected, but they were themselves praised for bringing their characters life and providing "a memorable tapestry of lives on the artistic fringes."
The efforts of actors Russ Russo, Penny Bittone, and Evertz I. Saenz-Perez were singled out as particularly good.