"Christmas has always smelled like oranges to me."
July 10, 2025 2:34 PM Subscribe
50 years and 29 days ago, The Movie 'Nashville' had its 50th. anniversary.
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"when you pay more for an automobile then it cost Columbus to make his first voyage to america, that's politics."
Henry Gibson as Haven Hamilton. (slyt)
"when you pay more for an automobile then it cost Columbus to make his first voyage to america, that's politics."
Henry Gibson as Haven Hamilton. (slyt)
A work of unlimited genius. I've seen it 25 times and enjoy it more with each viewing. It just keeps revealing more and more about itself, about movies, about America.
This film is also one of the several reasons that Henry Gibson is my favorite actor ever.
posted by Dr. Wu at 2:47 PM on July 10 [5 favorites]
This film is also one of the several reasons that Henry Gibson is my favorite actor ever.
posted by Dr. Wu at 2:47 PM on July 10 [5 favorites]
Hal Philip Walker, the oddball third party political candidate promoting himself in the background of much of the film via a car with a loudspeaker, is featured again in Altman's OC and Stiggs.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 3:06 PM on July 10 [3 favorites]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 3:06 PM on July 10 [3 favorites]
For me, Nashville is like the music of Phish: I like the idea more than the reality.
And the treatment of the Gwen Welles character is so characteristic of his nastiness towards women (and transvestites) in his other films that her scenes are unwatchable.
posted by Lemkin at 3:14 PM on July 10
And the treatment of the Gwen Welles character is so characteristic of his nastiness towards women (and transvestites) in his other films that her scenes are unwatchable.
posted by Lemkin at 3:14 PM on July 10
Bonus grr points: He screened an advance rough cut for Pauline Kael, who gave him a rave review that certainly put a thumb on the scale of the later critical reception of the film.
Neither of them come off well there.
posted by Lemkin at 3:18 PM on July 10
Neither of them come off well there.
posted by Lemkin at 3:18 PM on July 10
For some reason a quick glance at the front page of MF had me reading the headline, "Christmas has always smelled like another turtle on the fire"
posted by latkes at 3:28 PM on July 10
posted by latkes at 3:28 PM on July 10
"Have you walked in the valley beside the brook, walked alone and remembered? Does Christmas smell like oranges to you?"
posted by clavdivs at 3:55 PM on July 10
posted by clavdivs at 3:55 PM on July 10
I am actually watching Nashville in bits and pieces and am really enjoying it. I also recently watched M*A*S*H for the first time a few months ago, another Robert Altman joint, and...well, it's a movie that has not aged well at all. Definitely a product of its time. Nashville was a real step up for Altman.
posted by zardoz at 3:59 PM on July 10 [2 favorites]
posted by zardoz at 3:59 PM on July 10 [2 favorites]
I'm with you, Dr. Wu. I return to Nashville regularly and find more details and threads each time.
posted by doctornemo at 4:47 PM on July 10
posted by doctornemo at 4:47 PM on July 10
50 years and 29 days ago, The Movie 'Nashville' had its 50th. anniversary.
An incredible cinema accomplishment, considering the state of the art in 1925.
posted by Thorzdad at 4:47 PM on July 10
An incredible cinema accomplishment, considering the state of the art in 1925.
posted by Thorzdad at 4:47 PM on July 10
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posted by clavdivs at 2:37 PM on July 10 [7 favorites]