NASHVILLE: The Frida Cinema

305 East 4th Street,Santa Ana CA 92701

28 August, 2021

Description

Experience the tumult of seventies-era America with Robert Altman’s sprawling, satirical musical epic, NASHVILLE. Robert Altman’s critically acclaimed magnum opus Nashville delves deep into the “Country Music Capital of the World” to explore the political and social upheaval of America in the seventies. Loosely based on screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury’s observations while on a trip to Tennessee’s state capital, the film showcases numerous storylines clamoring into and around each other. Englishwoman Opal (Geraldine Chaplin) conducts interviews, claiming to be working on a documentary for the BBC. Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a white gospel singer and mother of two deaf children, finds herself in a romantic entanglement with chronic womanizer Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), a member of a thorny folk-rock trio. Country singer Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley) hovers on the edge of a nervous breakdown and is unknowingly the target of two very ardent “admirers”. These seemingly disparate journeys diverge and intertwine, surging to an explosive head at third-party presidential candidate Hal Philip Walker’s fundraiser gala concert. Often hailed as one of the greatest films of all time, Nashville is a panoramic view of American culture seen via the intersection of art and politics. “…a slyly penetrating study of American disillusion that takes the sprawling shape of a rapturous cinematic revue, crowded with human beings of various backgrounds, beliefs, and eccentricities.” — Matthew Eng, Tribeca Film “Given our own recent experiences of political and social upheaval, [Nashville’s] themes are no less vital now: the irresistibility and fallibility of the American dream; America as a cautionary tale of capitalism-gone-haywire; the latent violence embedded in its very constitution that seems destined to surface.” — Miranda Collinge, Esquire “…Altman makes the detail-specific, the incidental, and the intimate seem profound. Nashville transcends its environment even as it captures it so closely…” — Christina Newland, BBC The Frida Cinema is a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching, connecting, and educating communities through the art of cinema.  Founded in 2014, it is Orange County's sole non-profit, independent cinema.OC's year-round film festival.