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B_R_Wilhelm
12Mar12
A powerful film about the perverse culture of America. Altman has never soared higher.
DeJardinblum
19Dec11
Altman's musical of disharmony broaches everything from cultural homogeneity to political apathy and sacrifice rituals. Our crisis: the show must and will go on.
Rohit
24Nov11
I must say, this is the first truly American(not Hollywood) film I have seen and what a film this turns out to be! Americans should be proud of this.
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suddenmoves
16Sep11
It's hard for me to express in words how much I love Nashville. Life in all its glorious cacophony.
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msmichel
12Sep11
Essential cinema. Perhaps the quintessential american movie. An epic take on american society that becomes a microcosmos of politics, sex, celebrity culture, violence, the american dream and more. Tewkesbery's script married with Altman's direction of his large cast resulted in the near perfect experience. Ronee Blakley and Henry Gibson never better with fine acting from the entire ensemble. One of my favs.
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WhatsUpWill
10Sep11
At first, it's a kaleidoscope of a city. Then, it becomes a story about the music industry. Finally, it becomes an epic about American society in the 1970s. Or maybe it doesn't evolve at all and is all three at one time? "I'm Easy" is one of the finest scenes in film history. Bravo, Mr. Altman.
Dzimas
8Mar11
This is one of those lovable messes of a movie that you just can't take your eyes off. Altman is the master of combining multiple stories into his narrative and somehow managing to pull them off, no matter how entangled and messy they become. Loved Keith Carradine's rendition of Easy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KZ8PRWChb8
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Joel
30Jan11
A strange and clustered sprawling film. Not too sure what all I was supposed to take away because much of it was far too busy to be able to sift through, and the film certainly wasn't memorable enough to warrant a second watch from me, but a few scenes such as the striptease and the final climax did strike a cord. Perhaps better luck next time, Altman.
Øyvind Rype
20May10
Having only seen three other Altman movies, Short Cuts being my definitive favorite so far, I have to admit that Nashville was a letdown compared to his 1993 masterpiece. The film is without any doubt multilayered with different meanings, but it just didn't translate well for me. Too many characters and "slices-of-life" without a personal catharsis. It was just frustrating. At least, the music was great!
Scott@GreenScreenBlog.com
22Mar10
"Nashville" is a dated, overlong, and unwatchable mess loved only by true-blue film students. Hobbled by typical Altman "I'll have every character talking at once and let the audience sort out what's happening" directorial laziness that doesn't even benefit from a marginally interesting script, even the many venerable actors in this turkey can't save it.
Weena Eloi
6Feb10
Okay, maybe THIS is the most overpraised & overrated film of Altman's career. Epic and dull, this movie relies on annoying camera tricks and split-screen images (I hate them) to tell its paper-thin story. A lot of good people in this movie but their performances all seem slightly affected to me. But, hey The Auteurs, where in the hell is Altman's best film, "Thieves Like Us"? Why isn't it on this site? It should be.
Vincent Bergeron
29Dec09
The movie takes a creative form that was new at the time, but the idea of making one long critic out of this movie by showing only what is kitsch and bad about Nashville makes it difficult to enjoy. It's not really new in feeling, only a reminder of what we already know about Nashville...
Franklinton Underground Cinema
2Oct09
good film, but I never felt connected to any of the characters.
bookwibble
15Aug09
This film further cemented my love for Altman. A brilliantly shot depiction of life in the American South during a curious time in history, it did not delve as much in the lives of the characters as in Short Cuts. Nonetheless, in the end we can't help but think about the purely American phenomenon known as country music.
