Remembering Diane Keaton

There is background (say a history) and “background,” as in movie extra work and I will skip most details save (please someone!!) the fact it was so disturbingly shocking and depressing, to hear the female NBC News “sub” anchor read, that a great talented actress, Diane Keaton, had died at age 79.

She was in so many great films, all 3 so called Godfather, “Annie Hall” and one I will cite as my favorite Keaton turn and first with the great Woody Allen–(he apparently was shocked and distraught at Keaton’s passing and oh that poem about death “finding” us), in Play It Again Sam.

Before it “found” Keaton– Keaton’s performance in a role evoking Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid and even trigonometry (see it does come up in life, triangles– not carrying charges) in “Sam” touches me, in a deep profound way.

“So esteemed as a comedienne, Keaton’s dramatic work in such films as “Reds,” “Looking For Mr. Goodbar,” and Mrs. Soffel was just as impressive.”

Above, were the words of dear friend Chris MacLeod, with whom I heard the sad news and below she is in the “background” in a scene with Diane and Mr. Allen in the seminal film, “Annie Hall.”

Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in the ground-breaking and trend/style setting (largely Diane’s doing) film, “Annie Hall.”

Ten seconds in, Ms. MacLeod appears.