Director Daniel Kremer wrote the one and only book on Sidney J. Furie. During interview sessions with Furie for that book, he discovered that Silvio Narizzano was Furie's mentor. At the time, Kremer only knew Narizzano for his one and only hit Georgy svegliati! (1966). A decade later, when Vinegar Syndrome's 35mm scan of Las flores del vicio (1975) was released, Kremer grew fascinated with Narizzano's style, sensibility, and career as a whole. Upon seeing Young Shoulders (1984) and a number of his other films, he resolved to deal with Silvio Narizzano in some form, and the result is this movie, the first film, book or any work to do so.
Jon Jost was director Daniel Kremer's house guest for a week during a critical time in the editing of the documentary. Kremer realized that Jost's voice and intonation vaguely resembled that of Silvio Narizzano. In a brainstorm moment, Kremer asked Jost if he could record some audio passages with him for the documentary and Jost kindly obliged.