First part of Gregg Araki's Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy. The other two parts are Generation der Verdammten (1995) and Nowhere - Eine Reise an den Abgrund der Seele (1997). James Duval stars in all three films.
Gregg Araki describes the film as a cross between avant-garde experimental cinema and a queer John Hughes flick.
One of Gregg Araki's chief influences on the film was Jean-Luc Godard's Masculin - Feminin - 15 präzise Ereignisse (1966).