Delpeut followed the film with 1993's The Forbidden Quest, which also uses found footage; the two were released together on video and DVD.
The New York Times Janet Maslin praised the "honest power of the film's archival scenes" while condemning its narrative as slow-paced, portentous, and poorly written.
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