This is Stanley Kubrick's first feature film. The script was written by his high school classmate and poet Howard Sackler, and Kubrick raised the money himself, mostly from his father, uncle and friends. This work is as surrealistic as Kubrick's later films, so only one art studio is willing to release and show it. Kubrick thinks the film is only an internship, and he only agrees to show it in private. And tried to destroy the copy many times. In spite of this, the film has won praise from some critics, especially in photography.