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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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs quotes

  • Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"): I'd like me a splash of whiskey to wash the trail dust off my gullet and keep my singing voice in fettle.

    Cantina Bartender (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"): Whiskey's illegal. This is a dry country.

    Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"): [points to the other customers] Well, what are they drinking?

    Cantina Bartender (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"): ...whiskey. They's outlaws.

  • 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.