WHERE WERE YOU IN 1976?: A STAR IS BORN

Thursday, June 11

A Star Is Born (1976)

Directed by Frank Pierson

Starring Barbara Streisand, Kris Kristofferson

"You can trash your life but you're not going to trash mine.”

It’s a story Hollywood loves to tell. And this version is, in spite of what IMDB or Rotten Tomatoes tells you, an absolute 1970s masterpiece. Honestly, a revelation 50 years later! And to appreciate its mastery, you need to see it on the Camelot’s GIANT screen. It is about the exaggeration of pop-stardom, and it’s plain as day when Barbra is bigger than life in front of your eyes (but then, when isn’t she?). It’s also the only way you can see that the film’s very simple, nearly operatic narrative hangs on the way Kris Kristofferson and Barbra look at each other. “Are you watching me now?” The music talent alone is staggering: Streisand, Kristofferson, Paul Williams, Leon Russell! - “Evergreen” won an academy award!

Part of the XOXO Palm Springs Citywide Arts, Culture, and Music Festival!