Film Review – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Joel and Ethan Coen have managed to create one western classic during their career, working their special magic on an update of “True Grit” in 2010, which also provided a box office smash for the filmmaking siblings, an achievement that often eludes them. One could argue that westerns have always been part of their creative DNA, but they’ve elected to return the genre in an immersive way with “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” which presents an anthology tale covering six stories of life and death from the untamed frontier. While it was originally conceived as a television show for Netflix, the Coens have whittled the episodes down into a lengthy feature, electing to use the material to craft a flavorful omnibus instead of trying to win audiences over in individual installments.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com