They’ve warmed up their vocal cords for auditions. They’ve waited for cast lists to be posted in the hallway. They’ve painted sets, gathered props, rehearsed their lines and learned their show tunes.

Harmony Korine seems to want it both ways, all day, with "Spring Breakers," his super-stylized descent into a sunbaked hell where bikini-clad, gun-toting college babes serve as our guides. As writer ...