The Rose (1979)
Directed by Mark Rydell
Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperilled by the demands of life on the road.
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It’s reminiscent of the way Bette Midler’s already established cult fame was negotiated in Mark Rydell’s terrific The Rose (1979), which, though inspired by the life of Janis Joplin, used details from Midler’s early career to effectively queer that text.
In 1979's The Rose, Bette Midler is a Janis Joplin-like superstar, on the verge of flaming out, but only after her hangers-on milk her for everything she's got.
See him perform a sign-language translation of Bette Midler's "The Rose."