“All Gold Canyon” follows a prospector as he claims the wilderness for himself and searches for gold at any cost. “Meal Ticket,” starring Liam Neeson, with a great performance by Harry Melling, is a particularly dark and tragic story about an impresario who tours with a limbless actor. “Near Algodones,” starring James Franco, tells the story of a bank robber trying to escape a hanging amidst a Comanche attack. Starring Tim Blake Nelson, “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” kicks off the anthology on a light, goofy, musical tone, focusing on a singing gunslinger who turns out to be talented and deadly.
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Written and directed by the Coen Brothers (FARGO, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, and OH, BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?), the movie is actually six independent shorts strung together. Young viewers should stay away, and adult viewers should approach with extreme caution. As an R-rated Western, the movie has its fair share of bloody violence, death and even a few battle scenes with Native American tribes. Only upon further contemplation can viewers find redemption, and perhaps even Biblical themes, in this lengthy examination of man and mortality. Each short is engaging and well-crafted, yet the stories themselves are filled with tragedy and pointless death. THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS takes all the tropes of a classic Western and assembles them in a six-part anthology of original and short films. Viewers should weigh with extreme caution if the metaphysical discussion is worth the content in BUSTER SCRUGGS. Yet, these nuggets of wisdom are peppered through a movie filled with death, a lack of redemption, violence, gore, and injustice. Within this exploration are some profound observations lining up with Christian theology and providing hope among the chaos of this life. Those who believe a variety of ideas about life, death, humanity, and the afterlife, can grasp onto the parts fitting their beliefs best.
The best story, though, is about a lone Christian female traveler.īUSTER SCRUGGS is much more of a contemplation than a clear message. While everything may seem random and unfair, that’s precisely the point. At its core, BUSTER SCRUGGS is an examination of life and mortality. Yet, the stories are filled with tragedy and pointless death. Written and directed by the Coen Brothers, each short is engaging and well-crafted, with exceptional turns by many of the cast members. THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS takes all the tropes of a classic Western and assembles them in a six-part anthology of short films.
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