Nashville

For a movie that is 2 hours and 40 minutes long, is it crazy to say that I crave more? Great movie, basically saying that art is always political. There's so many characters, but I feel like I care so much for them. This whole movie is so well written, someone lesser would've been crushed by the magnitude of this film. So shout out to Robert Altman, hes clearly goated. But I'm conflicted as to what the ending means. I did just finish it so I'm still taking everything in. Was Altman showing the crowd as braindead drones who only care about the next big starlet or is it meant to be optimistic in some way? I have no clue, I'm leaning towards the more pessimistic side I think? In the movie all of the stars deny being politically affiliated, but they have confederate flags littered everywhere throughout the movie and their songs have conservative talking points in them. A lot of "centrists" are like this, they claim they don't care for politics, but they actually mean they're conservative but too scared to admit it. The beginning monologue of the movie tells us that every part of your life is effected by politics. Not only that, but everyone is political. What I am ashamed to admit was I immediately started playing the "we are Charlie Kirk" song in my head as soon as the ending a happened. I'm sorry.