Scott said of the film: At the time I was very influenced by the English film makers;
Karel Reisz,
Tony Richardson, that era of social realism. I had no audience in mind but myself plus the challenge of making the film. There was no one to advise us – I didn't know any film-makers and this wasn't a film school. It was a one-man band with one actor (my brother Tony). We humped and carried all the equipment everywhere we went. My father once drove his car with me in the trunk filming Tony behind. Very efficient and it worked great.Scott secured finance from the
British Film Institute's Experimental Film Fund to complete the editing and sound in 1965 including a track by
John Barry called "Onward Christian Spacemen", which originally appeared as the B-side of a cover version of the theme to
The Human Jungle television series. Scott wanted to use the existing recording, but was unable to afford the rights; Barry agreed to produce a new recording for the film. == Release ==