| 1 | * ActorInspiredElement: The dad's love of weird country music and tendency to go on long stream-of-consciousness monologues about world history could only have come from Werner Herzog himself. |
| 2 | * AmateurCast: Aside from Ewen, Chloë, and Werner Herzog, the rest of the cast were either random people Harmony knew, or were passers-by who were secretly filmed interacting with Ewen or Chloë while the two were in character. |
| 3 | * DyeingForYourArt: Ewen Bremner rigorously studied Creator/HarmonyKorine's uncle -- an actual Schizophrenic, and inspiration for Julien -- to achieve a naturalistic performance. |
| 4 | * NoBudget: A majority of the film's $1.5 million budget went towards travel and work visas for both Werner and Ewen, as well as for post production work in Denmark. |
| 5 | * PromotedFanboy: For both Harmony and Werner. Harmony frequently cited Werner's directing style as an influence to his films and Werner wanted to work on the movie after seeing Harmony's [[Film/{{Gummo}} first film]]. |
| 6 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
| 7 | ** Harmony originally wanted his uncle to play Julien since he was a schizophrenic. He decided to cast Ewen instead when the mental institute his uncle lived in wouldn't let him leave for filming. |
| 8 | ** Creator/MacaulayCulkin was offered a role in the movie, but he turned it down saying he wasn't ready to start acting again yet. |
| 9 | ** Harmony himself wanted to play Julien's brother Chris in the movie, but he later chose Evan Neumann instead for unknown reasons. |
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