The six short stories of "Buster's Ballad" are beautiful and intriguing. The consistent master control thought should be played at will and faced calmly, and the basic style is magic.
The first five are all about death, and the last one, except for the two bounty hunters, seems to be alive and dead, and it is also about death. There are all kinds of deaths, some who do not know the sky and the sky, and die because of carelessness; some who escape once but cannot escape the second time, who did not die when they committed a crime but were wrongly sentenced to hang; There are those who can be eliminated by a chicken; there are those who die for nothing, want to calculate others, and kill others; and there are those who can't survive, fail to grasp the timing accurately, and lose the happiness that will come. Sighing, impatience, happiness, regret, and terror, people feel the wild, rough, tragic, and magical living environment in the west. Of course, it is also closely related to the current social situation.
What the movie made me think even more is that since death is so close, how should people face the thought of death that is coming at any time? The cowboy singer who lost his life because of a careless mistake finally said that sooner or later he would be beaten to death, and he was already prepared to die, so after his death, he was at ease, his soul was lifted into the sky, and he still sang. The robber who escaped due punishment and died of a wrongful conviction is considered a person who has experienced life and death. In the end, he regarded death as his home. Before he was executed, he found that there was a particularly beautiful girl in the crowd, and he really put death aside. In the last story, even if life or death is unknown, you still have to walk into the hotel, it is hell, you can't escape, you can only go with him, put on your hat, and be calm.
Back then, the West was too wild, full of ambition and greed, noble and out of place, and friendship, hope, and love were fleeting. The reciter without arms and legs, his discourses about the people, the people, and the people's enjoyment are simply playing the piano to the cow, and it is not as good as a juggling chicken. And the eldest lady who has always been helpless, can't blame her for losing hope prematurely, how could she have seized the opportunity in such a fiercely confrontational war. This is the west of the pioneering era. On the other hand, there is lawlessness here, and you are free to act. You can let people play the deck of cards after reading the cards, you can draw guns without taking chances, you can rob a bank on a whim, and you can fight robbers with iron pots all over your body. Can be silent, can also chatter endlessly. Feel free to play with great pride, and I feel that this is also an important factor in the good-looking of Westerns.
The last one is a chatter story. The talk goes too far. People of different identities, beliefs, and life experiences get together, chatter and argue, and finally the story about death calms them down. Anything said on this occasion can't be taken seriously, but if the identity of the bounty killer is true, the three opponents on the other side are likely to be the next targets for the bounty killer to solve. The shadow of death hangs over them, but don't be afraid, the situation may change in an instant. This is the west of the pioneering period, and the magic may be more than the horror.
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