It was this film in which Gus Van Sant started making long shots because of his love for Béla Tarr's films.
This film runs for about 100 minutes, and features exactly 100 shots, resulting in an average shot length of about 60 seconds.
Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2002 (#10, with the TV-show 24 heures chrono (2001)).
Some scenes were intentionally filmed to be significantly out of focus. The studio included a note with each print that stated this, and that there was nothing wrong with the print or the theater's projector.
The film opens without any company credits, no actor or director credits, and not even the title of the movie (except for the Miramax Films logo in non-theatrical prints).