Woman in Love - Barbra Streisand Subtitulado

What this video is

Released as the lead single from Barbra Streisand's Guilty album (1980), 'Woman in Love' was written by Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees and became Streisand's fifth and final Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, topping charts in over 22 countries and selling more than 2.5 million copies by December 1981. The promotional video — a compiled montage of clips from Streisand's 1970s film work — represents an early…

Why it matters

A landmark in adult contemporary pop, 'Woman in Love' demonstrated that Bee Gees songcraft could translate beyond the disco demographic into mainstream MOR pop. The promotional video pioneered the clip-compilation format as a viable music video grammar, influencing how film-star musicians would…

The director

Frank Romer Pierson (1925–2012), American writer, director, and producer. Won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Dog Day Afternoon (1975). Wrote Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Presumed Innocent (1990). Directed and wrote A Star Is Born (1976).…