Ronee Blakley - My Idaho home

[UncleCharlieOakley]

A magnificent performance from a film masterpiece.

[Broeddenhert]

In this part of the film, the face of David Hayward as Kenny Frasier thrills me. Ronee is an excellent singer, such a voice!!

[ShimahiroLTD]

So was he obsessed or did she use his song so he killed her? That's my biggest question cause there seems to be virtually no clues to why. And the army guy was obviously her lost lover.

[poetview]

@ShimahiroLTD the clue would of been the jacket the shooter was wearing when he fired the shots

[dragonseed87]

@ShimahiroLTD He was disillusioned young man (apparently a veteran) and I have a feeling the nurturing, idealistic music she was singing throughout the film really pushed him over the edge and he wanted it stop. 

[FronhaGeneration]

So sad, simple and beautiful

[DickyHertz]

Nashville is a cinematic masterpiece and Ronee Blakley's performance is absolutely captivating. I watch this movie once or twice a year just to remind myself what quality film-making is all about.

[braveblunder]

Simple song. But what a beauty and what a symphathy she creates! Wonderful ....

[Timwgtn]

Thank You Robert Altman RIP for bringing this and the other 'Nashville performances to life...a high point of late 20th century culture...and Ronne is luminous

[KleWdSide]

She was pretty in her day

[VitoATF]

@KleWdSide I agree. really hot babe

[VASINGER]

This is good country music. Whether its meant to be parody or not. Its just brilliant. Lyrically and poetic and a great singer !

[mrlibancade]

brilliant lady.brilliant song.brilliant film.loved it

[BenAliGtor]

The satire in this is thick but still subtle.

[ryanatl20]

I would like to say thank you to the whole cast and crew of Nashville for blessing me with such beautiful music, love, and joy! Bless y'all! xoxox! I love Nashville! I hate sin and evil! I hate ugliness! Sin and evil are UGLY!

[CarlD2]

What really makes this so good is that is both a gentle spoof of Coal Miner's Daughter and also a perfect representation of everything that type of song stood for.

[Broeddenhert]

Excellent performance from an excellent singer!!

[The99Gambo]

Back in the mid-70s, and before videos, David Jaffer (then long-haired students) and I would see this film time and time again the Cambridge Arts Theatre. This was my favourite song.

[BADSYNE]

why'd he kill her? i gotta know!

[ismisebo1]

@BADSYNE  as usual because of craving and jealousy of something not being his

Such people probably believe that by killing they will posses what they killed

[izzonj]

Such a beautiful song, beautiful rendition, chilling scene...

[fredstreisand]

Yes somebody throw her an Oscar! This song is the best!

[TheSonjaxfactor]

she is quite eccentric. i love her in this movie.

[FilmFreakable]

Ronee Blakley's performance is simply a heartbreaking spectacle, and these last scenes give me goosepumps.

[iluvtheighties]

@FilmFreakable me too!!

[dtatelman]

Great song, great film. There a book out about the making of Nashville that even discusses the plot of Nashville 2.

[dtatelman]

One of my favorite songs and moves of all time. There's a book about the making of the film and the ideas for Nashville 2.

[GohModley]

Her character reminds me of my ex-wife.

[ltee1a]

Ronee Blakley was incredible in this movie. She improvised the scene in which she has a sort of breakdown...it's amazing. What happened to her? She should do a tour. I bet she'd get tons of people out.

[HarryLeeds1]

What happened? She was too honest about herself. She admitted in an interview that she was a bisexual. The destroyed her career.

[lowgrau]

Simply great!

It's just about all I remember from that fantistic movie, but I was kind of fantastic that day myself, if ya get my drift...

Thanks so much for posting.

[flipsyboy]

Barbara Jean has been established as the most innocent and the most talented of the singers--and the most vulnerable--and here with her big song (I love it that Sueleen is mouthing the lyrics along with her), she pulls everything together. She shows us not only what true talent but also what genuine national sentiment really is--what the country felt it lost during Watergate. You see why that woman that Pauline Kael wrote about seated next to her started sobbing in this scene.

[ForeverAnalog]

I agree. I almost get chills when I see the American Flag rolling in the background. Not just for sentiment about our country, but the eerie symbolism

[izzonj]

@ForeverAnalog That slow and majestic flag ripple is truly an amazing bit of film making.

[jdearnray]

This is a prime candidate for the great American movie: that shot of the wind rippling the giant flag amid this montage. Pauline Kael wrote while watching this, someone next to her quietly started sobbing...watch the whole thing to see why.

[dym829]

This is one of the best scenes from one of the best movies ever made. The song is great, and as she sings it the way the camera focuses on the guys face out in the audience before changing to an american flag....soooo powerful. all hail Altman.

[goback3spaces]

Yes, Mr. Altman has given us some precious experiences.

[ClassicFlicks]

Ronee is perfection!

Where's her Oscar?

[johnyzero2000]

@ClassicFlicks I second that! One of Oscar's major oversights her performance has stood the test of time.

[CASH1931]

@ClassicFlicks she only got nominated, but i agree! She's perfect!

[CARLDBIRMAN]

Rent the friggin movie and you'll find out.

[rerunpop]

what happens next??

[tom51]

For Mama & Daddy.

Love you, Ronee.

[goto41]

Thank you so much for posting.

[cinemaman3105]

The greatest movie ever made

[goback3spaces]

@cinemaman3105 Glad you feel that way. It's the kind of movie that you live with all your life.

[cinemaman3105]

@goback3spaces It absolutely is. I love all of Altman from that whole 70s period. McCabe and Mrs. Miller, The Long Goodbye, and Thieves Like Us are equally brilliant.

[psychokarloff]

@cinemaman3105 I agree!

[CarpoolKathleen]

This is a hard song to sing! Notice how she spaces the breathing into unexpected places, so some lines flow together, uninterupted. Amazing job! (I guess it helps that she wrote it.)

[moveefrk]

BEST. MOVIE. EVER.

perfection.

[thunderbolt94]

I 100 percent agree. It is more than a masterpiece.

[DrSchnitz]

Lovely, pure and frightening.

[gyroplanefdk]

Thanks for posting this, great