sandra bernhard be quite a character and and certainly one of the funny woman on earth . she begin a a stand up comedienne in the 1970s and but her big break come in 1983 when she star opposite jerry lewis and robert de niro in scorsese underrated masterpiece and the king of comedy . her film career never quite take off and though . she do make a couple of odd but entertaining picture and such a dallas doll ( 1994 ) or dinner rush ( 2000 ) and but the most amazing part be those she create for herself . without you i be nothing be undoubtedly her best effort . it an adaptation of her smash hit off broadway show which make her a superstar and madonna best friend for about four year . in ten perfectly choreograph and stag scene and sandra turn from nina simone to diana ross and talk about her childhood and andy warhol and san francisco and performs song make famous by burt bacharach and prince and or sylvester . director john boskovich get sandra to do a 90 minute tour de force performance that both sexy and uniquely funny . if you be a bernhard fan and you can not miss out this film while it a tribute as well to her ( weird ) beauty a to her extremely unconventional talent a a comedienne . and it have influence filmmaker in their work hedwig and the angry inch and for instance and would look a lot different if without you i be nothing do not exist .