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It's been almost exactly 20 years since I first and last saw Nashville. I can recall renting it from Crazy Mike's Video with my mom not long after we saw Short Cuts in the theater. I could actually still remember quite a few specifics from the film, too. But that span of time between watches is all but a slap in the face to what is one of the best films of the 70's.
It is a massive and sprawling…
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The apex of Altman's creative powers, watching the characters in Nashville is the equivalent of seeing a master juggler throw uncountable flesh-slicing machetes into the air and catching them without blinking. Masterful storytelling, the 70s-ness is so sprawling and carefree. The songs are hysterical and ingenious. "I'm Easy" is one of the great cinematic moments of the era. Lily Tomlin's face is priceless.
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I had to bump this up to a 5 star movie from my 4 star rating. We watched this for movie night this week, and I was startled by how much this movie affected me.
If it has a flaw, it is that the run time is too long. There is so much going on in this film, that it is impossible to even attempt to suggest what to cut out, but I think the movie could have been tighter…
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Robert Altman's Nashville has been on my watchlist for a long time - almost a year. And finally I've gotten around to seeing it, and I can promise that this first viewing will not be the last.
Nashville is a fantastic film about a great city that is filled with sad people who disguise their sadness and emotions with music. They sing so passionately that this music turns from a disguise to an actual realization of happiness, and even when…
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The quintessential Robert Altman film. When it was released in 1975 it was recongnized as that rarity - an American film that truly was an art film. Nashville is many things - a musical, a satire, a comedy, and a portrait of America at a particular time and a particular place. Altman wanted to take a look at the state of the nation on the eve of the country's 200th birthday in 1976. And though the film is a snapshot…
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Ambitious, no doubt, but perhaps to a fault? At times one gets the feeling that Altman doesn't have complete control over the sprawl - and how could he have, with so many characters and so much improvisation? I gather that many see this shagginess as one of the film's virtues, but I can't quite agree. Still though, when your satire remains scarily relevant decades after release, you know you've done something right. Or maybe that society has done something very wrong.
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An elongated and self-indulgent journey through the landscape of Americana.
The Reverence: ?
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masterpiece
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At first I wasn't quite sure about Altman's American epic. The free form narrative, the sheer amount of characters, and... the country music. But really though I really found the subplots pretty interesting. I think it definitely tackles the Nashville music scene well. It does take some focus to really watch the whole film, but overall it's a good watch.
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Built in a organic and naturalistic way, Nashville offers a mosaic of American life that is both long removed and all too familiar.