This film was partially supported by the Adrienne Shelly Foundation, a nonprofit organization that awards grants to female actors, writers, and/or directors of short films, feature films, and documentaries. Andy Ostroy, the widower of actress, writer, and director Adrienne Shelly, created the foundation after Shelly's murder in 2006 at the age of 40.
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #1,083.
In 2022, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress deeming it "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."