THE ROSE

JOIN US IN HONORING VILMOS ZSIGMOND WITH A SPECIAL TRIBUTE AWARD FOR HIS OUTSTANDING WORK IN CINEMATOGRAPHY!

Directed by Mark Rydell
United States, 125 Minutes
Drama
SAT APR 18, 8:00pm

Filmmaker Vilmos Zsigmond in attendance

In her searing debut performance, Bette Midler stars as Rose, an ill-fated singer in a downward spiral of self-destruction. Mirroring the life of the late great Janis Joplin, The Rose was a box office smash during a time when rock and roll was considered a lifestyle and big rock bands were treated with absolute god-like adoration. Music became a vital part of peoples’ lives, and here, it reaches the heights of excellence. Shot in low-lit rooms and with hazy, reddish hues that give it the dark, bleak feel epitomizing Rose’s personality and descent, Vilmos Zsigmond’s cinematography stunningly saturates the mood. Midler staggeringly belts out songs with a fiery passion and the music sounds as vibrant, exciting and fresh today as when it was originally released.

Selected Filmography: For The Boys (91), The River (84), On Golden Pond (81)

Awards: Golden Globe Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Best Original Song, National Society of Film Critics Awards' NSFC Award for Best Supporting Actor

Vilmos Zsigmond (Cinematographer)

As film students in Hungary, renowned cinematographers Vilmos Zsigmond and Laszlo Kovacs shot footage of the Russian invasion of Budapest and subsequently volunteered to smuggle it out of the country. Barely escaping with their lives, they fled to America and settled in Hollywood, eventually saving enough money to buy their own 16mm camera to begin shooting movies. Zsigmond rose to prominence in the late 60s and 70s having shot films such as McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Deliverance, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He helped define a new American film aesthetic and pioneered innovative, fearless ways to tell stories.