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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  • Deondre 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    West and death, absurdity and sadness, all the way from amazing to distracted, the Coen brothers have always had good sentences and bad chapters in recent years. The first three stories are so good that I will probably remember them for a long time.

  • Sammy 2021-12-02 08:01:26

    The old American strange, the guardian is the most unique romantic movie I have seen in many years, especially after I just watched the golden romance

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs quotes

  • Trapper (segment "The Mortal Remains"): So... him on the roof, he was wanted?

    Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): Oh, Mr. Thorpe was very much wanted... judging by what the are paying for him!

    [the Englishman and the Irishman chuckle]

    Trapper (segment "The Mortal Remains"): What did he do?

    Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): I don't know. Does it matter?

    [addressing the Lady]

    Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): Just as you said, Madame, there are two kinds of people. In our business they are: dead or alive.

  • Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): I must say... it's always interesting watching them after Clarence has worked his art. Watching them negotiate... the passage.

    Frenchman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): Passage?

    Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): From here to there. To the other side. Watching them try to make sense of it, as they pass to that other place. I do like looking into their eyes as they try to make sense of it.

    [stares at the Frenchman]

    Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): I do.

    [stares at the Lady]

    Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): I do.

    Trapper (segment "The Mortal Remains"): Try to make sense of what?

    Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): [stares at the Trapper] All of it.

    Lady (segment "The Mortal Remains"): And do they ever... succeed?

    Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): [smiles] How would I know? I'm only watching!