When he was starting out, Quentin Tarantino claimed on his CV that he had appeared in this film, as he guessed nobody would have seen it and know that he was lying.
Jean-Luc Godard's deliberate artistic use of stereo sound effects is an often-overlooked important part of this film. Some VHS or DVD releases do not have proper sound reproduction.
This was Woody Allen's first appearance in a film that he did not direct since The Front (1976) eleven years earlier.
Cannon Group owners Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus signed a contract for this film with director Jean-Luc Godard on a napkin at the Cannes Film Festival.
Menahem Golan refused to sell the famous "contract napkin" for US$10,000 when asked by the New York MoMA.