If you read Japanese mystery fiction frequently, you will surely understand that Japanese-style mystery mystery novels are divided into two categories, one type of authentic school and the other type of social school. The Bengue school novel is more like Conan in several hundred episodes. The protagonists are dedicated to investigating the murderer's modus operandi in impossible scenes. The socialists tend to discuss human nature and society. Perhaps the murderer’s method of killing is very rough and clumsy, but there is a hidden sense behind it.
The movie "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" is like a social suspense novel. The murderer almost either shoots or kills the dead. The modus operandi is not uncommon, and it never appears in the short story. It’s too strange, but you will think about it after reading it.
As a numerology blogger, I often face customers asking questions like: Does retribution really exist? Why do some bad people live so much better than good people? Since evil is rewarded for evil, why is there no good for good? How can XX's three views be like that? ...There are so many questions like this.
I used to be at a loss for these questions, but I think if I encounter such a situation in the future, I can directly throw out the link to this movie as an answer.
The whole is divided into six stories:
1. A story about the return of money sooner or later.
At the beginning, Buster revealed himself. He seemed polite and cheerful and easy to get along with, but this couldn't conceal the fact that he entered the tavern and shot and killed everyone, including the boss.
Then he went to town and used his wit to get rid of those who threatened him and his brother. Under the noon sun, he would win every battle, and he could easily become the focus of his attention when he appeared on the stage. It was like the popular so-called "life Winner".
However, a man dressed in black while playing the harmonica, had no reason to kill him altogether. I remember that in "The Children of the Rivers and Lakes", the former gang boss who was devoted to whitewashing was easily stabbed to death by a few gangsters in the parking lot when his career was booming.
The strong winds and waves can only prove that you are great, but so what? The world has never promised you that the boat that sails in the storm will not be destroyed in the gutter.
2. A story in which it doesn't matter whether a good person or a bad person ends in death.
At first, the man just wanted to grab a bank. Unexpectedly, the shop owner, who seemed amiable and easy to bully, was prepared. The boss was full of pots, looking embarrassed, sloppy, and excited, so he rushed over and caught the seemingly handsome male protagonist.
It's like a martial arts master was defeated by the trick of a rogue Yang Lime kicking his crotch and piercing his eyes.
When he woke up, there was a rope around his neck, thinking that a group of Indians could save him, but he didn't. Another bull-driving man came and really saved him, thinking that a new story would happen this time, but in the end he still had to face the ending of being hanged.
Without the protagonist's halo, without gold fingers, you are chic, handsome, and you have been given a lot of shots, that's all, it doesn't mean that you will have extra luck to take care of you.
3. The story about seeing profit and forgetting justice.
The boy has no limbs, and there is a coachman to take care of him. At the same time, he is also a tool for the coachman to make money.
The subject of the boy’s speech was grand and thought-provoking, but what people liked more was a chicken that knew arithmetic.
Once, the coachman would often feed him and put makeup on him. It stands to reason that these bits and pieces constitute the warmth of the two being dependent on each other. However, although people do appear to be more advanced than animals because they have their own feelings, ideals and values, they are still an animal. In the world of animals, survival can override everything.
What's more, killing this boy without limbs is so easy, he has no ability to resist at all. So he died so calmly.
4. A story about returning to normal after being caught in a thrill for the gold rush.
The old man was panning for gold in the beautiful valley. He believed he would find a gold mine one day.
So day after day, they dig the soil, wash them, and mark the dug pits. He digs out a bird's egg, but the bird doesn't speak. He digs sand, the earth can't speak. He was panning for gold in the stream, and the stream just flowed quietly.
Until he finally found the gold mine, he was shot by the young man behind him. Butterflies of nature were flying as usual, and the scenery in the valley was still beautiful. The death of this hard-working old man would not move anything around him.
In the end, the old man successfully fought back and dug out a bag of gold as he wished, humming a song and left with satisfaction. The surroundings are still peaceful and peaceful, and nature will not regret or please him for any failure or victory he thinks. The success or failure of all this is just what he thinks.
5. Stories about the chaos and disorder of life.
The girl and her brother were going to Oregon with the army. Before long, her brother died of illness. She can't do anything.
People think her dog is too noisy. On the one hand, she shirks for herself that the dog is not hers and the responsibility is not on her. On the other hand, when the Knapp of the convoy wants to shoot the puppy, she feels a little sad. She is nothing but a soft-hearted and cowardly person.
Knapp was thinking about the rare encounter of a woman during the long journey. He wanted to settle down, but he didn't want to float anymore, so he asked the girl to marry him, and the girl agreed. Although her brother died, she was alone and nothing. Director, but after all, someone can entrust him for life. Although he is an incompetent and weak person, he has not harmed others, and his heart is very soft. For the sake of God, he should be able to live on.
The truth is that there is no God. Who would have thought that following a puppy to see groundhogs would be life-threatening? The brave Indians didn't care about this. In order to kill Arthur who was with the girl, they had lost several companions, but they didn't care. They attacked people for no reason, and they had no complaints about being killed.
In the end Arthur survived with Lao La's skill, and the girl had been killed. Who is to blame for her death? No one can make it clear. What can she do if she is dead? Knapp just wants to marry her, it doesn't mean he loves her so much.
6. A mortal story that no one can avoid.
The well-dressed old woman and the self-talking Orion sat together. Everyone talked about each other, as if they were communicating. In fact, everyone just talked about their own affairs and was not listening to other people at all.
Everyone has different experiences, different values, different identities, and there are so many differences between each other, but facing the same end-Fort Morgan, they are irresistible. The person in the carriage was decent, and Mr. Thorpe, who was thrown on the top of the carriage, looked like a huge pupa when he was dragged off the carriage.
But decentness can't save oneself from death, and indecentness won't suffer any loss. Those respective characteristics, propositions, and contributions, with the arrival of Fort Morgan, only the white land outside the house is left with a really clean chill.
The movie begins with the page turning of a story and ends with closing the book.
In these six stories, you are a good person, a bad person, a beautiful person, an ugly person, a knowledgeable person, a rude and rude person... No matter what, God will not criticize you extra, nor will you be special to you. Take care, in the changing universe, your life is no different from a spontaneous weed. When someone reads a story about you, it's as normal as hearing a scream and seeing a sunset.
The world is beautiful. Wang Xiaobo said: "A grass grows in spring, it has no purpose. When the wind blows, a stallion is in heat, and it has no purpose." Your existence, your pursuit, and your standards are all in the universe. It's just existence itself. The bad guy may be punished because of an accident, but he will die by himself. If you don't take revenge, he will still live his own life. Many things you think will not develop as you think.
The world is not benevolent, and everything is a dog. The whole article is about this principle.
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