I've seen a few Altman films now, the first ones being those ones from the '90s and of which 'Short cuts' will remain a very impressive one. Later on, I noticed how not every film was as good, but mostly there was plenty to enjoy, still. Only more recently have I been looking up his older work, such as 'The long goodbye' (pretty darn good, getting better every time I watch it), 'Images' (disappointing as an effective horror drama, but still not bad), 'McCabe and Mrs. Miller' (a little disappointing in some way, but still pretty good, intriguing and one I will definitely will try again) and '3 Women' - an excellent, spellbinding piece of alternative American cinema and a personal Altman favorite at this point (more recently I have seen 'That cold day in the park' as well, which is a terrific film, and also 'California split', which was simply enjoyable).
'Nashville', I'm sorry to say, did disappoint me also, this first viewing. A day later, a lot of scenes and characters and the overall atmosphere of the country music does stick with me in a positive sense. I guess this is one I will try again sometime, too, but not for a while.
A character like Goldblum's really didn't seem all that necessary to me, while the story, consisting of many pieces of personal lives all over Nashville, combined with a 'real-life voice-over' (the politician speaking) lacked a certain amount of coherence for me, even if many parts were still cleverly connected. Perhaps I'll get a better sense of things another time around, but a first viewing is always important to me.
I'll leave it at a good 7 out of 10, because there was plenty to enjoy, in all departments.
'Nashville', I'm sorry to say, did disappoint me also, this first viewing. A day later, a lot of scenes and characters and the overall atmosphere of the country music does stick with me in a positive sense. I guess this is one I will try again sometime, too, but not for a while.
A character like Goldblum's really didn't seem all that necessary to me, while the story, consisting of many pieces of personal lives all over Nashville, combined with a 'real-life voice-over' (the politician speaking) lacked a certain amount of coherence for me, even if many parts were still cleverly connected. Perhaps I'll get a better sense of things another time around, but a first viewing is always important to me.
I'll leave it at a good 7 out of 10, because there was plenty to enjoy, in all departments.