tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post5653496937885693848..comments2024-03-23T14:45:50.362-05:00Comments on The Moving Picture Blog: R.I.P.: Karen Black (1939-2013)Joe Leydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16480093833915945352noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post-40714637822324445842013-10-26T01:03:37.285-05:002013-10-26T01:03:37.285-05:00She was a great actress. I think Day of the Locus...She was a great actress. I think Day of the Locust deserves some recognition. Black was fearless and devoid of movie star vanity in her role as a would-be actress who moonlights as a call girl. Her high point was Five Easy Pieces. She turned what could have been a passive long suffering girlfriend role into a dimensional, living and breathing human whose pain we sympathize with.peter pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618286903741227823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post-78244944183919935192013-08-15T00:39:54.724-05:002013-08-15T00:39:54.724-05:00As I wrote: I've always thought Family Plot wa...As I wrote: I've always thought <i>Family Plot</i> was under-rated. And you're right: Karen Black was pretty dang good in it.Joe Leydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480093833915945352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post-63377790555060607212013-08-14T17:51:07.182-05:002013-08-14T17:51:07.182-05:00She always brought an eager warmth to any movie sh...She always brought an eager warmth to any movie she was in, even if she was playing a shady lady...I loved her in that Hitchcock film "Family Plot".Ladymia69https://www.blogger.com/profile/11976341604328428046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post-40098283660532709422013-08-08T23:53:22.451-05:002013-08-08T23:53:22.451-05:00I actually have The Outfit somewhere in my closet ...I actually have <i>The Outfit</i> somewhere in my closet -- ordered it from Warner Archive quite some time ago -- so now I have all the more reason to watch it. Joe Leydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480093833915945352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post-6620311155007999652013-08-08T23:44:24.764-05:002013-08-08T23:44:24.764-05:00Well put, Joe(as always). I just have to add TRILO...Well put, Joe(as always). I just have to add TRILOGY OF TERROR to one of my most indelible memories of her work. Then there's THE OUTFIT, which she made the most out of a rather thankless girlfriend role. Thanks to Warner Archive for making that terrific film more widely available.Al Tranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525143400567218147noreply@blogger.com