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Tier 4 Erik "Nashville"
🕑 Added 2022-04-03 13:14:24 +0000 UTCYea-haw?
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Dexter Goad
Gonna have to check that out when I have time. I love the city.
Dexter Goad
I'm in the death of the author crowd but in this case I agree with the filmmakers' intention, she totally ate it. LOL
Erik Christensen
Yes, I thought the final shot could symbolize Barbara Jean is ascending to heaven but some have interpreted it differently. See pages 12-14 https://widescreenjournal.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/we-must-be-doing-something-right-to-last-two-hundred-years-nashville-or-the-american-bicentennial-as-viewed-by-robert-altman.pdf
Erik Christensen
It appears that the overwhelming consensus is that Barbara Jean did in fact die at the end. In fact, the screenwriter said that Altman instructed her to have it end with a killing. Here's just one example that refers to her murder: https://tribecafilm.com/news/nashville-1975-robert-altman-40th-anniversary-country-music-lily-tomlin-ronee-blakley-barbara-jean-barbara-harris
