
Korine explained the writing of the film in an interview at Ryerson University, Canada, on April 1, 2005:
Ken Park was written right after Kids, before we had gotten the financing for Kids. [Larry Clark] realized I could write pretty well and that I understood a certain type of vernacular, the teenage vernacular. So he wrote down five things he wanted to see on a napkin in red ink. [...] They were things that he wanted to see. Five images that he wanted to see, and with those images he wanted me to construct a basic narrative, like a certain kind of narrative. I wasn't interested in telling a kind of elliptical narrative, I wanted to deconstruct some stories. At that point, it was written literally right after I wrote Kids.Pictures relating to the film and its production can be found here.
Clark's son, Matt, acted as a music consultant on the film.
There is a real Ken Park who was a professional skater in the 1980s.
Clark shot Bully, Teenage Caveman and Ken Park in a nine-month period.
U.K. distributor Hamish McAlpine dropped Ken Park after Clark punched him in the face at a celebratory dinner. This was after McAlpine reportedly said that 9/11 was "the best thing that ever happened to America." Pictures relating to the film and its production can be found here.
The film is not currently available in a US DVD release. This is said to be not because of the graphic sexuality but rather because of issues with music licensing.