By the time the picture was made, this premise had been proven erroneous. The actual audience for this type of film could justify a cost of only a few hundred thousand dollars, if that much – not the substantial budget allocated here, which in turn was exceeded by hundreds of thousands of dollars through the director's excessive preoccupation with his own ideas of "perfection". The picture came out much too long and slow but this director – as part of his unrealistic approach to picture making – refused to make necessary cuts.
By the time the film was produced, it became apparent that the initial premise was incorrect. The intended audience for this genre could have supported a budget of just a few hundred thousand dollars, unlike the substantial amount spent here, which far exceeded expectations due to the director's excessive focus on his own ideas of "perfection". As a result, the picture ended up being overly lengthy and slow but the director – as part of his unorthodox approach to filmmaking – refused to trim it down.