It's six different stories that kind of connect to each other. GREENE: It's a bunch of vignettes, right? TURAN: You know, they won the Best Screenwriting Award in Venice with this film. You know, it's kind of bleakly humorous in the classic Coen brothers way. But the Coen brothers put their own twist on it. You know, there's, you know, a stagecoach ride, Indian attack, you know, lynching mobs, all this stuff that we associate with the West. And this film uses a lot of classic western tropes. They did a version of "True Grit." They're western fans. Well, so is this classic Coen brothers? I mean, are we talking like, "Fargo," "No Country For Old Men," or is this different in some way? TURAN: It turns out that he's like the singing cowboy from hell. But it turns out - because the Coen brothers don't do anything straight. And he looks like a classic, you know, old-fashioned singing cowboy. He's in immaculate white clothing, big white hat. You see him on his horse, ambling through the wide west, singing. TURAN: Well, Buster Scruggs is introduced as a singing cowboy. I guess I should ask you first, who is Buster Scruggs? So that's "The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs" from the Coen brothers. NELSON: (As Buster) I'd appreciate it if you'd deposit your weapon in the receptacle by the swinging doors, which concealing of it on your person in the first place was a violation of the rules of this establishment and an offense against local norms. TIM BLAKE NELSON: (As Buster) I'm Buster, Buster Scruggs.ĬLANCY BROWN: (As Curly Joe) Buster Scruggs. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS") GREENE: So I want to start the conversation with the voice of this guy. KENNETH TURAN, BYLINE: A pleasure - it's a pleasure. It's always great to see you and talk movies. And I was talking to him about what he's been going to see. So Kenneth Turan, our film critic, came here to NPR West yesterday. You just want to get into a theater and, like. GREENE: I saw this great Nick Offerman movie on a plane the other day - "Hearts Beat Loud." But my wife Rose and I have been talking about - it's just like the holidays. GREENE: Because it feels like movie time, like, November. We checked out the new "Grinch." I was into it. Rachel, have you gone to the movies recently?
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