![]() Buster Scruggs ( Tim Blake Nelson) will die in a gunfight the cowboy ( James Franco) in “Near Algodones” will be hanged Alice Longabaugh ( Zoe Kazan) will take her own life. Of course, in the other shorts, most of the characters are dead-they just don’t know it yet. Finally, when they arrive at the hotel, the Frenchman, Lady, and Trapper are nervous to enter (since it’s the waypoint in the afterlife and not a normal hotel as they originally assumed) and on the inside there’s a stairway going up to a bright, unseen light. Thorpe, the body on top of the stagecoach, is also crossing over, but he’s not afforded the gentleness of the journey. Additionally, as the segment goes on, the lighting goes from a warm glow (life) to cold and blue (death) as the souls of the Frenchmen, Lady, and Trapper cross over. The Stagecoach driver, clad in black, is Death (“He won’t stop,” says the Englishman), the Englishman and the Irishman admit to being “Harvesters of Souls”, and the Englishman becomes offended when they’re called “Bounty Hunters” as the Trapper tries to put them back into a context he can understand. They start out with a normal Western set up-a stagecoach ride-and then slowly reveal what’s actually happening. It’s pretty clear that this is what the Coens are going for. ![]() It’s a parable that wants you to know it’s a parable, and while people die in all the other Buster Scruggs shorts, “Mortal Remains” is the only one where the characters are already dead. I was able to find a position where the two can be played together, note for note, seamlessly.“Mortal Remains” is incredibly playful as it begins looking like a normal stagecoach ride that slowly reveals itself to be a trip to the afterlife for the Frenchman ( Saul Rubinek), Lady ( Tyne Daly), and Trapper ( Chelcie Ross), whose souls are being harvested by the Englishman ( Jonjo O’Neill) and the Irishman ( Brendan Gleeson). The opening song, The Book, is actually two guitar parts. (Resources: learn more about Premium Memberships here. Get my weekly posts right to your inbox.) It flows beautifully - and additionally works as music for focus, meditation, and self-reflection.) It’s music that I’ve played and intend to play on Intellimusica. (This playlist is curated and updated by me. The Intellimusica Spotify Playlist: Ethereal & Cinematic Guitar You can find my personal music on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music, and all streaming services: You can find a current list of my gear here. Johnny Cash: Hurt | fingerstyle guitar + TABįor The Book, I used my Cordoba C7 Cedar. Three Billboards: The Deer (Carter Burwell) + TAB Suddenly, the torso man's job security is in serious jeopardy as they were upstaged by another impresario's chicken. While successful in larger affluent towns, their travelling wagon show reaches remote mountain villages where the audiences are indifferent. A man with no arm and legs - works in servitude to an impresario, reciting impassioned poetry like Ozymandias. ![]() My favorite of the 6 stories was 'Meal Ticket'. It's really the Coen Bros unleashed - as Netflix doesn't have the same constraints as a Hollywood studio. I'm a huge Coen Brothers fan, and the The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Netflix) is one of their best.
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