Sunday, October 12, 2025

Diane Keaton (1946-2025)

I loved seeing her, on-screen.  Her talent, at both comedy and drama, was awesome. She was brilliant--so deeply funny, and charming, and serious--in 1977's Annie Hall, with Woody Allen (for which she won a Best Actress Oscar). And superb in so many other roles--including the 2003 romantic comedy Something's Gotta Give, with Jack Nicholson (which earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination).

There is a significant scene in Annie Hall which I particularly enjoy. and admire.  It is not a comic scene. She sings in a nightclub, for about two and a half minutes, the 1940s song "Seems Like Old Times." Her vocal, at the link below, is really lovely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p32OEIazBew&list=RDp32OEIazBew&start_radio=1