Review of Nashville (1975) by Molly Haskell for Village Voice — 28 Nov 2008

I think that the power and the theme of the film lie in the fact that while some characters are more “major” than others, they are all subordinated to the music itself. It’s like a river, running through the film, running through their life.

They contribute to it, are united for a time, lose out, die out, but the music, as the last scene suggests, continues.