ɪn ɐn ˈɪntɚvjˌuː ɔnðə lˌɑːs ˈændʒəlɪs kˌeɪpˌiːˌɛfkˈeɪ ɹˈeɪdɪˌoʊ kˈæptɪn mˈɪdnaɪt ʃˈoʊ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti sˈɛvən, wˈɔltɚ bˈɛkɚ sˈɛz ʌvðə fˈɪlm: "ɪt wʌz ˌʌndɚbˈʌdʒɪɾᵻd, wˌɪtʃ mˈiːnz ðæt sˌʌm ʌvðɪ ɛkspˈoʊʒɚz dˈɪdnt mˈætʃ sˌʌm ʌvðɪ ˈʌðɚz sˌoʊ juː kʊd tˈɛl wˌɛɹ ðə nˈuː pˈiːsᵻz ænd ðɪ ˈoʊld pˈiːsᵻz wɜː".
In an interview on the Los Angeles KPFK Radio Captain Midnight Show in 1977, Walter Becker says of the film: "It was underbudgeted, which means that some of the exposures didn’t match some of the others so you could tell where the new pieces and the old pieces were".