Recalling a conversation from the shoot years ago, [Karen] Black says, "Jack and I were talking about certain people, people I thought put on airs, and I was saying to him that I couldn't see the person behind the facade. And Jack said to me, ‘Blackie, you look deeply enough, and you will find the human.' " One reason "Five Easy Pieces" remains so powerful is because it's a film that, with every frame, looks deeply, trying to find the human.
Glenn Kenny
April 21, 2010