The director Coen brothers really liked the collection of films from the 1960s and 1970s, such as "Three Beauty in Spring". Although there is no market for short films now, few people make this kind of film again, but the Coen brothers hope to revive this genre. The film was originally planned to be made into a six-episode miniseries and broadcast on NetFlix, but the director Coen brothers always wanted the film to appear on the big screen, so they chose to present it in the form of a movie, consisting of six short stories. The composition, the length is basically about 20 minutes, the six stories are all short stories written by the Coen brothers themselves, after 25 years of accumulation. At the beginning of the film, these six allegorical stories are pretended to be six chapters in a collection of novels, and each in the middle is opened with a novel illustration.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Creative background
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Extended Reading
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Theresa 2021-12-02 08:01:26
The six western stories with very different styles, either light-hearted, or absurd, or desperate, or weird, seem to have nothing to do with each other, but in fact they are all about "death." Buster Scruse in "Baster’s Ballad" has many classic Western heroes on his body. The Coen brothers also injected some cartoons into this character, allowing him to break the fourth wall to talk to the audience from time to time. The story is light and ironic. "Near Algodonez" is short and squishy, full of absurdity, and it is obvious that the god of death will not be deceived by him every time. "Rice Ticket" is one of my favorite stories. Does that chicken really count? I hope not. "Golden Valley" is a bit like the western version of "The Old Man and the Sea", but it is not nature that fights against the old man, but his eyes of greed and desire. "The Frightened Woman" has a tragic ending, as irresistible as fate, and teasing the world like a god. "The Remains" is a summary of the first five death stories. It is in harmony with the temperament of "The Ghost Carriage". The whole story is a huge collection of metaphors. The non-stop carriage is used to predict the process of death, and there is nowhere to escape. .
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Johanna 2021-12-02 08:01:26
The taste is the same as the Coen brothers, and the formula is the same. The picture is beautifully toned and intoxicating. The ending of the story is heartbroken and sad to the bone. In those barbaric times, life seemed to have no burden, it was theirs. The faith is so pure and broken, and I firmly believe in the next life.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs quotes
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Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): They're so easily taken when they are distracted, people are. So I'm the distractor, with a little story, a little conversation, a song, a sparkle... and Clarence does the thumping while their attention is on me.
Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): He is very good, this one. You should see him.
Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): No, *he* is good!
Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): [shrugs] I *can* thump.
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Posse Leader (segment "Near Algodones"): Now this here is your opportunity to speak your piece before your sentence is carried out.
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones"): That pan-covered son of a bitch back at the bank don't hardly fight fair, in my opinion.
Posse Leader (segment "Near Algodones"): ...okay. That it?
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones"): I reckon it is.