A terrifying western fable

Madaline 2022-03-31 09:01:03

"The ballad of Buster Scruggs" six seemingly absurd but unrealistically thought-provoking western fables The Coen brothers' stern and sharp black humor.

1. When you are proud, don’t forget: there is always someone who is better than you, has a faster gun, and has a better mentality;

2. If you escape the first day of the new year, you can't escape the fifteenth: if you don't atone for your own mistakes, you have to pay for the evil of others;

3. A downcast phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken: when survival is a problem, feelings can only be a burden;

4. It’s not that the time is not reported: when you are angry that your efforts are being taken by others, do you forget that you are also a thief of nature;

5. Accidental or inevitable: if she didn't go for the puppy she wouldn't leave the team alone, if he hit the puppy she wouldn't go for the puppy, or if she didn't start the trip with her brother... it seems A series of accidents became inevitable because of her kindness and cowardice;

6. The authorities are obsessed with the "lightness" of the bystanders: I thought it was reading someone else's story, but found that it was ourselves, and the mood suddenly changed from light to heavy, everyone can't escape their fate, time will not stop, we can only bite the bullet go down.

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Extended Reading
  • Madisyn 2022-03-29 09:01:02

    It is a moment of misfortune, a life like a harp, an ignorant chicken and a dog, a fragile and strong flesh and blood, a color and black and white illustration in a thin book page, a bullet that passes through the forehead and a lifetime, and a joke with death. The carriage driving towards the house of the end.

  • Melyssa 2022-03-29 09:01:02

    It's so beautiful. Although it is digital, it is beautiful. Especially the fifth story. Not long at all. Because of this length, the girl and the cowboy avoided the suspicion of a "deal" and had real love. It was also because of the first night's talk about "hesitation" and "firmness" that the tragic ending was laid. Only after the film ends, the story can continue to extend beyond the story, leaving a bunch of unsolved propositions. Between the cowboy and the old tough guy, there is another story that was started by a girl, but it was not written in the girl's story.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs quotes

  • Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"): [checks his hat after being shot and finds a bullet entry hole on the front and a bloody exit hole on the back] Well... that ain't good.

  • Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"): [after gunning down everyone in the cantina Buster notices a survivor crawling on the floor] It appears the vitals of this lucky son-of-a-gun remain unpunctured. Sloppy shootin' on my part.