The film was made while Tarantino was working at the
Video Archives, now closed, in
Manhattan Beach, California. Hamann and Tarantino starred in the film, along with several video store and acting class buddies, and worked on the crew, which included fellow Video Archives employees Rand Vossler and
Roger Avary. It is the most overtly comedic film that Tarantino has made. In an interview with
Charlie Rose (available on the Region 1 Collector's Edition DVD of
Pulp Fiction), he referred to it as a "
Martin and Lewis kind of thing." It was long alleged that the original cut was about 70 minutes long, but due to a film lab fire, only 36 minutes of the film still exist. However, he has not dismissed the possibility of restoring and completing the film one day. The surviving footage has been edited together and shown at several
film festivals. ==See also==