Margot Kidder (RIP)

:'(

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/superman-star-margot-kidder-died-self-inflicted-drug-alcohol-overdose-235307515.html

oof

Very sorry to hear this.

Lovely tribute by a friend of hers.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/08/10/the-blazing-light-of-margie-kidder/

Heartaches is here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3CAMpIvJ44

Awful. She was the most memorable part of the Superman films.

Heartaches is basically a female version of the same director's Goin' Down the Road, only slicker, more sentimental and with more broad comedy. That said, Kidder and Annie Potts are both terrific; the latter, in particular, I'm starting to feel either never got much of a chance to shine onscreen, or I just underrated her all this time. I like that it never made the character of the husband into a villain or anything other than a likeable clod. The movie is very even handed in its treatment of men and women as equal opportunity fuckups; everyone in the film is basically a good person capable of bouts of stupidity. It's all a bit too pat, in the end, but hardly an unpleasant way to spend 90 minutes on YouTube.

:((( margot <3

Agreed that Heartaches is a pleasant diversion with nice performances. It was one of Kidder's personal favourites, but like Potts, she seemed underused in films, probably due in part to her own ambivalence towards fame. Looking at her filmography, she had few feature film leads, even after her breakout in '78-79. Most of her best roles/performances were in supporting parts (Black Christmas, Superman) or co-starring, with less screen time than her co-lead (Heartaches, Sisters).

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