This candy coloured nightmare rocked audiences upon its release and catapulted maker Suzan Pitt to the front ranks of indie animation. Stunning cel animation propels its blank-faced protagonist into the world of the phallus, rendered here as a field of asparagus, which she deep throats, excretes and flushes away...The film's stunning set piece occurs before a claymation audience who gape as the artist opens her Medusa's box to release rare wonders. A moving meditation on art and the cost of reproduction, Asparagus remains, twenty-five years after its release, a benchmark of single frame intensity.
Rose(贝特·米德勒 Bette Midler 饰)从很小的时候起就不是人群中受欢迎的那一个,她十分自卑于自己的样貌,也从未获得过一段真正的友谊。在十七岁那一年,Rose对音乐燃起了热情,她加入了一支乐队,并且在旧金山一代打响了名气。Rose的音乐风格非常的随性和狂野,通过 尖叫和怒吼,她试图发泄出内心的郁闷。随着时间的推移,Rose的名气越来越大,她的梦想终于实现了——成为一名天王巨星。然而,成名带给她的除了金钱和利益外,却也有压力与痛苦。她放纵自己的欲望,贪图于享受声色犬马的乐趣,而这所有的一切,都是因为,在内心的深处,Rose依然觉得,自己是一个不被爱着的孩子。