a movie where the main character is not human but Nashville itself

The best exercise of Altman's signature controlled chaos, almost serendipitious in plotlessness. Everything just sort of happens organically and coalesces into one of the best movies of the 70's. Lots of memorable characters.

Few films capture the post Vietnam, post Watergate malaise better.

It's Altman, being great.

A perceptive examination (and criticism) of celebrity worship and American politics, at times a very amusing black comedy, and a sad portrait of lonely and heartbroken people. Altman's ambition is insatiable, and in Nashville he manages to hit all of his targets with stunning ease and skill. There's no real plot to be had here, but Altman touches on such a wide cross-section of feelings and characters that it's overwhelming. One of the great American movies from the 1970s - or ever.

A deft blurring of the lines between celebrity worship and the absurdity of American politics, a topic that is more relevant today than ever. It does suffer from a tedious pace, but the acting is uniformly excellent.

O melhor filme do mestre Altman e também o melhor filme de todos os tempos!

Went in blind, and was floored. The quintessential Altman film.

Amazing.

More than just showing how horrible people r, this is far more concerned w/ the subtle, yet massive disconnect btwn said horribleness & the family/religious values they hold dear & espouse in song. The collage-style jumping betwn various characters doesn't permit any in-depth characterization, but it does create a macro, worldview of the problem (i.e. EVERYONE'S obvlivious 2 who they really r). If only Altman'd cut out the many unnecessary scenes & characters he'd have a near-perfect film here.

Not Altman's best film, but definitely his best of the 70's.

74

Three hours of chatter. I understand what the film was trying to do and some dry humorous lines sprinkled here and there, but overall it didn't work for me. None of the actors really are given enough screen time to develop. Even looking past the performances and the film itself, the songs are all cut short so country music fans won't even take away much. I don't think the film has aged well, much let Network (1976). Bit disappointing that the AFI actually added this to the 100 Films series

I liked Nashville. I love mosaic movies. I love movies with a lot of different characters and separate stories. My only problem with this is unlike other mosaic movies like Magnolia and Short Cut's, I did not connect to any of the characters whereas in the other two, I connected to a lot of them, and I think that is one of the most important elements in films like this one. I was a little disappointed, but it was worth the watch.

I really respect what it's going for (and in its wonderful last half hour I think it achieves that admirably too, especially in its closing moments), but I can't say I'm the biggest fan of having to sit through all that country music in order to get there... I do find something frustrating about how underdeveloped some of the characters are, but also understand that the real character here is not a person but instead Nashville (and America) which is developed about as much as I could hope for.

I used to live in Tennessee, and this does feel familiar. In the bigger cities, they still maintain this weird, half-hearted dichotomy of cold metropolis and "come on in and sit a spell." As seems to be the case for most 70s films these days, the political dimension is pretty relevant. (I should have seen the Parthenon coming.) While its humor is sharp and direct and Goldblumian, the more serious notes are implied. It indirectly builds up an overwhelming atmosphere, a sense of a city in flux.

Many reasons I loved this perhaps escape explanation; some moments were so perfectly dry that I could never hope to verbalize why they work. Every character is either fascinating, hilarious, or both, and their synthesis into a living, wild satirical tapestry is marvelous. On top of that, there's a bunch of great music.

#76

A no-frills movie that shows a grotesque side of human beings.