* CreatorKiller: This film did so awful at the box office and with audiences that it ruined any good will Richard Kelly had with Film/DonnieDarko that wasn't ruined with Film/SouthlandTales.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Some characteristics of Norma (club foot) and Arthur (NASA employee) were based off director Richard Kelly's parents. His father did work for NASA and co-designed the camera for the Viking Mars Landers, while his mother has a crippled foot due to an X-Ray mishap.
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