A German film director best known for his work in Hollywood Melodramas in the 1950s.Melodramas usually use theme-music to manipulate the audience's emotional response. His melodramas were generally very poorly received by reviewers despite the fact they were highly successful, commercially. As his films revolve around female and domestic issues they were considered unimportant.
His films were "women's pictures" (sub-genre of exploitation films). This genre is associated with women that are bored, unfulfilled, troubled. They are usually middle-aged suburban housewives. It is clear that his work and this genre interest and inspire John Waters. The characters in "women pictures" find their escape through a handsome, younger man.
Waters styled Polyester specifically after the work of Sirk, making use of similar lighting and editing techniques. He did this by using movie-making techniques from Sirk's era.
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