The entire film was shot in 8 consecutive days, on 35mm, for $40,000, spanning locations in Idaho, Washington, Oregon and California.
Following Frameup (1993), Jon Jost moved to Europe, where he stayed for the next 10 years, abandoning film in favor of digital video. He returned to the United States 11 years later to make Homecoming (2004), the beginning of his so-called "Bush Trilogy."