movie review - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Tokyo, 2018.11.18
This is a series of shorts set in the Wild West of the late 19th Century. Some of the pieces hang together better than others and the overall tone varies wildly. There are many familiar tropes here including the gunslinger, prospecting for precious metals, and the odd handling of death at that time. There was a great deal of fanfare when this came out but with its mix of musical and non-musical elements and its over-indulgence it put me off.
Not recommended.