The cover of G-Stoned bears a black and white photograph of both artists with sans-serif title lettering closely mimicking the cover of the renowned Bookends album of the famous folk duo Simon & Garfunkel.
The first bookstore with an InstaBook in the US was the Bookends store in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
Schrader considers it one of four similar films, which he calls "double bookends": Taxi Driver, bookended by Light Sleeper, and American Gigolo bookended by The Walker.