It’s story time again, with Waits giving an almost-solo turn in the “All Gold Canyon” segment of The Coen Brothers’ anthology film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Rico Galliano of the MUBI Podcast joins Sam and Martin to consider all six of the film’s stories, its fatal themes, and Waits’s talent for shouting at owls.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Trailer, via YouTube (dir. Coen Brothers, 2018)
Original short story "All Gold Canyon" by Jack London, via slate.com.
Mother Macree, traditional, John McCormack (1927)
Original short story "The Girl Who Got Rattled" by Stewart Edward White, via slate.com.
The Unfortunate Lad, traditional, Brendan Gleeson (2018)
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