What are the dominant thoughts that run through the six stories in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs?

Alden 2021-12-02 08:01:26

Obviously, one sentence can be summed up: the uncertainty of everything .

The whole movie is full of various uncertainties. The fifth story reveals the mystery, and it is also the one with the most reversals. To quote the line from Story 5: " Uncertainty is the right way for everything in this world. The only thing we can be sure of is the next life. Everything we see and touch is unsure whether it is true or not. From ancient times to the present, What can be truly certain? "

"The only thing we are sure about is the next life."-This sentence seems not easy to understand, I personally think it should mean: The only thing that is certain is that we will all die. ——This sentence corresponds exactly to the sixth story, and it is seamless.

Story 6 is the pinnacle of uncertainty , and also the most difficult and connotative story. I'm thinking, should I make a separate diagram?

"The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" I can't even determine the meaning of the title. If the title can be changed, I will change it to "One Hundred Thousand Uncertainties . "

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  • Lottie 2022-04-24 07:01:06

    Under the ridicule, it is a sad western dirge.

  • Jimmie 2022-03-26 09:01:05

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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs quotes

  • Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"): [after killing Curly Joe by kicking a table and making him shoot himself with his own gun] I'm not a devious man by nature... but when you're unarmed, your tactics might gonna be downright Archimedean.

  • Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"): Misanthrope? I don't hate my fellow man, even when he's tiresome and surly and tries to cheat at poker. I figure that's just a human material, and him that finds in it cause for anger and dismay is just a fool for expecting better.