 "Border Radio" began as a sub rosa project at the UCLA film school by Allison Anders, Dean Lent and Kurt Voss, who pooled their talents as co-producers, co-writers and co-directors to turn out their $82,000 black and white film, which the "Los Angeles times" called "quite simply one of the best films ever made about the world of rock music".Critic Kevin Thomas added, "The music and image go together so powerfully, it's poetry.