Nashville - Robert Altman (1975)

Another one bites the dust...

I watched this movie early on in this journey, I got through about half of it. (It's about 2 1/2 hours.) I couldn't get into it. I thought I would put it back on the list and watch it later. It came in the mail via my film rental place this week. I was filled with dread. Okay....not dread. I just really didn't feel like finishing it. And I figure that since this is my list, I get to do what I want.  And if I don't want to watch a movie, I don't have to.

So why didn't I like this movie? Well, I found it confusing and hard to follow. I suppose you would call this an ensemble film. It made me think of another movie I had watched, 'Gosford Park', which is also directed by Altman. Oh yeah...I didn't like that one either. There were just too many people to keep track of, and there wasn't really a linear story (or one that I could decipher...in 'Nashville', not 'Gosford Park').

The film is about the country music scene in Nashville (obviously) in the 70s. It brings together all these characters, who kinda know each other. But really don't have anything in common. Except that they have something to do with the Nashville music scene in some capacity.

I watched a documentary on Altman. So I get why this movie is on the list. He was a maverick (I hate that word...not sure what a better word is) in the world of film-making. And he made the movies he wanted to make his way. I totally respect that. I just don't have to like them.

One word to describe 'Nashville': Headache.