Director Dominique Deruddere had Josse De Pauw walk around a busy shopping district in his acne makeup to see people's reactions to it. He speculated that De Pauw never got over the experience.
The film began as a 30-minute short subject entitles "A Foggy Day" before being expanded into a feature after a producer showed interest in the project.
Based on three short stories 'by Charles Bukowski', the main one being 'The Copulative Mermaid of Venice, Calif'.