One of seven film collaborations of actress Julia Blake and writer-director Paul Cox. They are [in order]: 'Lonely Hearts' (1982), 'Man of Flowers' (1983), 'My First Wife' (1984), 'The Paper Boy' episode of 'Winners' (1985), 'Cactus' (1986), 'Innocence' (2000), and 'Human Touch' (2004). During the 1980s, Blake appeared in a Cox film every year for five straight consecutive years between 1982 and 1986.
Throughout his film career, Dutch ex-patriot Australian filmmaker Paul Cox was nominated seven times for an AFI (Australian Film Institute) Award for Best Director or Best Direction and these nominations were all for theatrical feature films and not one was in television. My First Wife (1984) was the only time he won an AFI Award for Best Director or Best Direction. He was nominated for directing for the following six films: Lonely Hearts (1982), Man of Flowers (1983), Cactus (1986), Island (1989), Golden Braid (1990) and Lust and Revenge (1996). He was also nominated in other categories for The Trespassers (1976) (cinematography), We Are All Alone My Dear (1975) (documentary), Vincent (1987) (adapted screenplay), A Woman's Tale (1991) (screenplay, original or adapted) and Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (2001) (documentary). Cox was also nominated for AFI Awards for screenwriting seven times and not one was in television. These screenwriter nominations were for Lonely Hearts (1982), Man of Flowers (1983), Island (1989), Vincent (1987), A Woman's Tale (1991) and Golden Braid (1990), and again, he only ever won an AFI Screenwriting Award for My First Wife (1984).
The idea for the film came out of a discussion between Paul Cox and Chris Haywood where they decided to make a low budget erotic film, along with Haywood's then-girlfriend Alyson Best.
Was shot over three weeks.
One of six feature film collaborations of director Paul Cox and actor Robert Menzies. The films are: 'Cactus' (1986), 'Innocence' (2000), 'Golden Braid' (1990), 'Man of Flowers' (1983), 'Lust and Revenge' (1996), and 'The Nun and the Bandit' (1992).
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