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edbermac

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Fri Oct 16, 2020, 01:20 AM Oct 2020

Interesting article about Nashville(1975) from the BBC.

Nashville, Tennessee is a storied city. It’s home to the Grand Ole Opry, the major ‘you’ve made it, kid’ live venue for country stars, and is widely thought of as the major incubator of country music in the United States. It was 45 years ago when Robert Altman and screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury cast their eye on the city as a backdrop to their 1975 film of the same name. Within an expansive near three-hour running time, they combined a realistic – if heightened – vision of the country music capital with their thoughts on a turbulent political era in the US, sewing their impressions of the star-spangled, hairsprayed, patriotic heartland into a ragged tapestry, and one that was beginning to fray at its edges.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201014-how-nashville-captured-the-turbulence-of-1970s-america

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Interesting article about Nashville(1975) from the BBC. (Original Post) edbermac Oct 2020 OP
It's been 45 years already? I remember Nashville hitting us like a brick. TreasonousBastard Oct 2020 #1
Great movie about America DumpTrump20202020 Nov 2020 #2
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