Most of the movie takes place at the Variety Theater at 110 Third Avenue. Movies like Taxi Driver and Desperately Seeking Susan were filmed there. The Variety stopped showing films in the fall of 1989. It was torn down in 2005.
Besides the Variety Theater, other adult / pornography theaters can be seen including: Cine 4, Peepland, The Anco, Circus Cinema, Avon 7, Frisco Theater, The Pussycat Playhouse, and the Roxy Burlesque.
An advertisement for the Diner's Club credit card can be seen in the video store window at the end of the movie.
Release in 1981, it was filmed in 1980. Spalding Gray mentions Jimmy Carter who was still President at the time and the movie Ordinary People that premiered in September of 1980.
A single shot of the exterior of St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church in New York City was filmed. St. Malachy's is known as the Actors' Chapel.