{"id":166,"date":"2025-08-01T04:20:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T08:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=166"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:55:19","slug":"nashville-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=166","title":{"rendered":"Nashville-1975"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nashville-1975<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Robert Altman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Lily Tomlin, Keith Carradine, Karen Black<\/strong><\/p>\n

Top 250 Films #3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #47<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed June 19, 2014<\/p>\n

Grade: A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nashville (1975)\u00a0 is a brilliant film.<\/p>\n

I have found that with each subsequent viewing, it creeps higher and higher on my list of favorite movies of all time.<\/p>\n

The style is unique (largely improvised) and epitomizes the film’s creative freedom in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

Director Robert Altman lets his actors express themselves, even allowing them to write their own songs; the overlapping dialogue creates a natural feel as the viewer watches the cast of twenty-four principals intersect over five days at a political rally\/country music festival.<\/p>\n

It is pure Robert Altman at his finest.<\/p>\n

Nashville is a satire of the political arena of the early 1970s, particularly the Vietnam conflict and its politicians.<\/p>\n

The film certainly questions and challenges the government with an ironic patriotic setting (Nashville).<\/p>\n

The country music industry was in uproar upon the film’s initial release. It is a layered film that can be discussed and appreciated, with every character cared for.<\/p>\n

I cannot adequately describe the multitude of nuances in each scene that are noticed over time.<\/p>\n

Each character, even those with limited screen time, is vital to the story, as are the political elements \u2014the questions of war, policies, and so on.<\/p>\n

The chaotic bits and individual storylines come together at the end, and many background events are exciting to watch and note throughout each viewing.<\/p>\n

With each experience, the audience will notice more and more. I certainly do.<\/p>\n

Lily Tomlin, for example, plays Linnea, a haggard mother of deaf children with a supportive husband, a woman who, on the surface, is heroic, yet a complex character. She is bored with her life and falls in love with a young musician despite the guilt and repercussions.<\/p>\n

The musician in question is Tom Frank, played by Keith Carradine. Handsome and self-absorbed, he arrives in Nashville to dump his bandmates in hopes of a solo career and beds many willing females.<\/p>\n

He also lashes out at a soldier at the airport, saying, “Kill anyone lately?”<\/p>\n

Despite his unlikable character, Carradine delivers one of the film’s most beautiful performances when he sings “I’m Easy”.<\/p>\n

Several of the female characters assume he is singing the song for them, but who is he truly singing it for \u2014 if anyone?<\/p>\n

Another character to analyze is Barbara Jean, played by Ronee Blakley. A frail yet very successful country singer, she is in and out of hospitals as she frets that her replacement singer will steal her thunder.<\/p>\n

Her insecurities rise to the surface.<\/p>\n

Insecurity is a common theme among the characters. Many of them are unsure, afraid, or lack confidence in their musical talent, relationships, or themselves.<\/p>\n

These are only three examples of the twenty-four richly layered characters- some ambitious, some falling apart, others meandering through life.<\/p>\n

Many songs throughout were written and performed by the actors themselves.<\/p>\n

Nashville (1975) is storytelling and filmmaking at its best. A creation by Altman that is deservedly admired, revered, and heralded as a significant influence.<\/p>\n

It is studied in film schools as it should be.<\/p>\n

Oscar Nominations<\/strong>: 1 win<\/strong>-Best Picture, Best Director-Robert Altman, Best Supporting Actress-Ronee Blakley, Lily Tomlin, Best Original Song-“I’m Easy” (won)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nashville-1975 Director Robert Altman Starring Lily Tomlin, Keith Carradine, Karen Black Top 250 Films #3 Scott’s Review #47 Reviewed June 19, 2014 Grade: A Nashville (1975)\u00a0 is a brilliant film. I have found that with each subsequent viewing, it creeps higher and higher on my list of favorite movies of all time. The style is … Continue reading Nashville-1975<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8142,34,9845,9628,9838,9842,9703,9843,9846,9434,9844,192,998,362,1113,7781,9175,1782,760,890,8590,1046,1035,9370,967,304,9841,1303,207,1724,1048,9840,7467,7530,7466,7464,7465],"tags":[8143,69,9852,9632,9839,9849,9705,9850,9853,9438,9851,193,999,363,1116,7783,9178,1787,762,891,8593,1049,1045,9374,968,305,9848,1307,208,1728,1050,9847,7463,7533,7462,7460,7461],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3-favorite-film","category-1975-films","category-allan-f-nicholls","category-allen-garfield","category-barbara-baxley","category-barbara-harris","category-bert-remsen","category-cristina-raines","category-dave-peel","category-david-arkin","category-david-hayward","category-dramas","category-elliott-gould","category-favorite-film-of-the-year","category-geraldine-chaplin","category-gwen-welles","category-henry-gibson","category-jeff-goldblum","category-julie-christie","category-karen-black","category-keenan-wynn","category-keith-carradine","category-lily-tomlin","category-michael-murphy","category-ned-beatty","category-robert-altman-films","category-robert-doqui","category-ronee-blakley","category-satires","category-scott-glenn","category-shelley-duvall","category-timothy-brown","category-top-10-films","category-top-100-films","category-top-25-films","category-top-250-films","category-top-50-films","tag-3-favorite-film","tag-1975-movie-reviews","tag-allan-f-nicholls","tag-allen-garfield","tag-barbara-baxley","tag-barbara-harris","tag-bert-remsen","tag-cristina-raines","tag-dave-peel","tag-david-arkin","tag-david-hayward","tag-dramas-2","tag-elliott-gould","tag-favorite-film-of-the-year","tag-geraldine-chaplin","tag-gwen-welles","tag-henry-gibson","tag-jeff-goldblum","tag-julie-christie","tag-karen-black","tag-keenan-wynn","tag-keith-carradine","tag-lily-tomlin","tag-michael-murphy","tag-ned-beatty","tag-robert-altman-films","tag-robert-doqui","tag-ronee-blakley","tag-satires","tag-scott-glenn","tag-shelley-duvall","tag-timothy-brown","tag-top-10-films","tag-top-100-films","tag-top-25-films","tag-top-250-films","tag-top-50-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22762,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions\/22762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}