

A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival.
Cinematography
Hazy, backlit sweat that makes Georgia look like a perfume ad.
Costume
Fenn's lingerie-as-daywear revolution.
Direction
Zalman King's singular, sleazy-auteur vision.

Director
Zalman King
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Zalman King's directorial debut after producing 9½ Weeks — he basically invented the elegant-erotic VHS aesthetic.
Sherilyn Fenn became a Twin Peaks icon two years later; this film's cult following helped land her the Audrey Horne role.