Where do you start with a movie you love so much? I don't think I'm even going to try. Suffice it to say that "Nashville" captivates from beginning to end. It exposes everything I love and hate about America, wrapping it all into one big complicated deliriously funny firework of a movie.
Give it a chance--if you're unfamiliar with Altman's work, just know that he doesn't develop a movie in the traditional ways, and it can be frustrating at first. But try to watch this film not with the expectation of seeing a plot unfold from point A to point B, but rather with an eye for associations, similar themes, irony, and juxtapositions. And don't be afraid to laugh. This film is a hilarious human comedy, and we're meant to laugh at it, even if we're uncomfortable for doing so.
People will argue with me of course, but I think "Nashville" is perhaps the best movie of the last 25 years, and one of the best movies in the history of film making.
Give it a chance--if you're unfamiliar with Altman's work, just know that he doesn't develop a movie in the traditional ways, and it can be frustrating at first. But try to watch this film not with the expectation of seeing a plot unfold from point A to point B, but rather with an eye for associations, similar themes, irony, and juxtapositions. And don't be afraid to laugh. This film is a hilarious human comedy, and we're meant to laugh at it, even if we're uncomfortable for doing so.
People will argue with me of course, but I think "Nashville" is perhaps the best movie of the last 25 years, and one of the best movies in the history of film making.