Comments on: Celluloid Country: Robert Altman’s Nashville Is Required Viewing http://www.the9513.com/celluloid-country-robert-altmans-nashville-is-required-viewing/ The latest country music news and reviews. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:08:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stormy http://www.the9513.com/celluloid-country-robert-altmans-nashville-is-required-viewing/#comment-138294 Stormy Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:53:19 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=8711#comment-138294 Carolyn Mark put together a tasty Nashville tribute album: http://www.amazon.com/Tribute-Robert-Altmans-Nashville/dp/B00005YDHE/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1254635397&sr=1-11 Carolyn Mark put together a tasty Nashville tribute album:
http://www.amazon.com/Tribute-Robert-Altmans-Nashville/dp/B00005YDHE/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1254635397&sr=1-11

]]> By: Rick http://www.the9513.com/celluloid-country-robert-altmans-nashville-is-required-viewing/#comment-138002 Rick Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:08:44 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=8711#comment-138002 Juli said: "Clocking in at a little over 2 ½ hours, Nashville is a bit long for those with short attention spans." Well, that leaves me out...(lol) Juli said: “Clocking in at a little over 2 ½ hours, Nashville is a bit long for those with short attention spans.” Well, that leaves me out…(lol)

]]> By: Joe http://www.the9513.com/celluloid-country-robert-altmans-nashville-is-required-viewing/#comment-137997 Joe Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:52:57 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=8711#comment-137997 LOVE this movie. Great review. A link to the Ebert and Kael reviews would've been nice. The DVDs cheap now at Amazon: $7.99 http://www.amazon.com/Nashville-Keith-Carradine/dp/6305918880/ref=pd_sim_b_3 And another companion book, "The Nashville Chronicles" ain't bad: http://www.amazon.com/Nashville-Chronicles-Making-Altmans-Masterpiece/dp/0684865432/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254415811&sr=1-10 LOVE this movie. Great review.

A link to the Ebert and Kael reviews would’ve been nice. The DVDs cheap now at Amazon: $7.99
http://www.amazon.com/Nashville-Keith-Carradine/dp/6305918880/ref=pd_sim_b_3

And another companion book, “The Nashville Chronicles” ain’t bad:
http://www.amazon.com/Nashville-Chronicles-Making-Altmans-Masterpiece/dp/0684865432/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254415811&sr=1-10

]]> By: Paul W Dennis http://www.the9513.com/celluloid-country-robert-altmans-nashville-is-required-viewing/#comment-137988 Paul W Dennis Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:09:32 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=8711#comment-137988 I enjoyed the film but felt that it was a bit over-the-top, and a bit overpraised by the critics. When it first came out, it seemed to most enjoyed by those who could not stand country music - the more one detested country music, the more they tended to like the film. Over the course of time as country and pop have moved closer together (sigh), that has been less the case. I regard Nashville as a good, but not great film. The one aspect of the film that bothered me was that the music in it had a very erzatz feel. I have Ronee Blakely's albums and feel she could have had a career as a singer, but these songs had little to recommend them - they sounded country but didn't feel country. Just my opinion I enjoyed the film but felt that it was a bit over-the-top, and a bit overpraised by the critics. When it first came out, it seemed to most enjoyed by those who could not stand country music – the more one detested country music, the more they tended to like the film. Over the course of time as country and pop have moved closer together (sigh), that has been less the case.

I regard Nashville as a good, but not great film.

The one aspect of the film that bothered me was that the music in it had a very erzatz feel. I have Ronee Blakely’s albums and feel she could have had a career as a singer, but these songs had little to recommend them – they sounded country but didn’t feel country.

Just my opinion

]]> By: Robert Loy http://www.the9513.com/celluloid-country-robert-altmans-nashville-is-required-viewing/#comment-137986 Robert Loy Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:02:17 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=8711#comment-137986 If I remember correctly all the stars wrote their own songs -- Henry Gibson wrote "200Years" and Keith Carradine "I'm Easy." So Merle Kilgore was called "trout" in the movie? I wonder if that's a shout out to Kurt Vonnegut's alter ego Kilgore Trout. If I remember correctly all the stars wrote their own songs — Henry Gibson wrote “200Years” and Keith Carradine “I’m Easy.” So Merle Kilgore was called “trout” in the movie? I wonder if that’s a shout out to Kurt Vonnegut’s alter ego Kilgore Trout.

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