The film is the directorial debut of Kevin Smith.
The convenience store in the film, where director Kevin Smith worked for 4 years.
Because the shooting cost was only $27,575, the film could only be made into a roughly edited black and white film. In order to raise funds, Kevin Smith had to reluctantly cut his love, sold most of his comic books for many years, and overdrafted several credit cards with a limit of $2,000. In addition, he also used his college tuition and income. Lost auto insurance.
Kevin Smith is a comic book fan, he sold most of his collection to raise money for the film, and then he bought them back when he had the money.
Jeff Anderson, who played Randall, had no acting experience before.
Director Kevin Smith decided to play Randall himself at the beginning, which is why this character has the best lines. But as a director and producer, he really has no time to lead the lead role, so he had to use the small role Bob to enjoy the drama.
Grace Smith, who plays Milk Maid, is the mother of director Kevin Smith.
The scene when Randal said "We need a bigger boat" was a tribute to "Jaws", one of director Smith's favorite movies.
Director Kevin said that he was inspired by Richard Linklater'sfilm "".
Randall walked back to the video rental store and said "Dr. Jones, no time for love!" This sentence comes from the movie "Indiana Jones and the Magic Palace." Standing outside the video rental store, Jay said "I'll f**k anything that moves!" from the movie "Blue Velvet".
When shooting Randall’s list of pornographic films, Jeff Anderson, who played Randall, refused to read the list in front of women, and he felt very uncomfortable considering that his mother would watch the film, so he hurried to the filming. The list was returned to the director, asking for it to be deleted, which Smith later handled ingeniously.
At the beginning of the film, after Randall left, Dante began to count the cash registers. He didn't notice someone entering the store. The person shot and killed Dante and took the banknotes from the cash register. The camera then pointed at Dan. After the ending credits, another customer played by Smith appeared. He found no one aroundand stole a few packs of cigarettes. After watching the first cut version of the film, Smith’s mentors,andwere dissatisfied with the repressive ending. At the latter’s suggestion, Smith deleted it. Dante's death ends with Randall's departure.
