Chaiklin told IndieWire in the above interview that, although there were countless twists and turns, the source material was easy to get because the subjects “were obsessed with filming themselves.” She called it "the gift that kept on giving for us." In Chaiklin and Goode’s last year of filming, much of the narrative was still being glued together, like Exotic’s trial and sentence. “I probably spent about 40 percent of 2019 on a plane and filming,” Goode told Indiewire.