Justin Wyatt is Professor of Communication Studies and Film/Media at the University of Rhode Island. He is the author of Creating the Viewer: Market Research and the Evolving Media Ecosystem (2024) and 3 Women (BFI Film Classic, 2024) and the co-editor of Screening American Independent Film (2023) and Refocus: The Later Films and Legacy of Robert Altman (2021).

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter 1: The Lure of NashvilleChapter 2: Collaboration and VisibilityChapter 3: Nashville’s AmericanaChapter 4: Advertising and Marketing RoadblocksChapter 5: The Mysteries on the Contact SheetsCodaBibliography

Robert Altman's Nashville is a very engaging, thoughtful, and beautifully researched book that offers a fresh look at the making, exhibition, and interpretation of Nashville. The book both speaks to the important contribution of varied Altman collaborators who were often undervalued or sidelined by Altman himself, and also a deep and nuanced understanding of how Altman's authorship works. This book will make a significant contribution to our understanding of the production of Nashville and the work of Robert Altman.

Justin Wyatt is Professor of Communication Studies and Film/Media at the University of Rhode Island. He is the author of Creating the Viewer: Market Research and the Evolving Media Ecosystem (2024) and 3 Women (BFI Film Classic, 2024) and the co-editor of Screening American Independent Film (2023) and Refocus: The Later Films and Legacy of Robert Altman (2021).

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter 1: The Lure of NashvilleChapter 2: Collaboration and VisibilityChapter 3: Nashville’s AmericanaChapter 4: Advertising and Marketing RoadblocksChapter 5: The Mysteries on the Contact SheetsCodaBibliography

Robert Altman's Nashville is a very engaging, thoughtful, and beautifully researched book that offers a fresh look at the making, exhibition, and interpretation of Nashville. The book both speaks to the important contribution of varied Altman collaborators who were often undervalued or sidelined by Altman himself, and also a deep and nuanced understanding of how Altman's authorship works. This book will make a significant contribution to our understanding of the production of Nashville and the work of Robert Altman.

Justin Wyatt is Professor of Communication Studies and Film/Media at the University of Rhode Island. He is the author of Creating the Viewer: Market Research and the Evolving Media Ecosystem (2024) and 3 Women (BFI Film Classic, 2024) and the co-editor of Screening American Independent Film (2023) and Refocus: The Later Films and Legacy of Robert Altman (2021).

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter 1: The Lure of NashvilleChapter 2: Collaboration and VisibilityChapter 3: Nashville’s AmericanaChapter 4: Advertising and Marketing RoadblocksChapter 5: The Mysteries on the Contact SheetsCodaBibliography

Robert Altman's Nashville is a very engaging, thoughtful, and beautifully researched book that offers a fresh look at the making, exhibition, and interpretation of Nashville. The book both speaks to the important contribution of varied Altman collaborators who were often undervalued or sidelined by Altman himself, and also a deep and nuanced understanding of how Altman's authorship works. This book will make a significant contribution to our understanding of the production of Nashville and the work of Robert Altman.