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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Screenplay)

Julia Dahl

THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS is the new film by the Joel and Ethan Coen – the creators of FARGO, THE BIG LEBOWSKI and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN.

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£12.99
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780571353323
Date Published
22.11.2018
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Summary

Death is always the issue—in life, and in the Western. Joel and Ethan Coen’s The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a movie of six Western stories. In each, our common destination is approached by a different road. Through each, diverse characters hurry for their final appointment: Oregon Trail-travelers, a gold prospector, a motley crew of stagecoach passengers, a high-plains drifting bank robber, even a singing cowboy. These six stories escort them with a care that either respects, or mocks, the dignity of all.
The film stars Tom Waits, James Franco, Liam Neeson, Tim Bake Nelson and Zoe Kazan and is shot with the harsh grandeur of the classic John Ford westerns.

Julia Dahl was born and raised in Fresno, California and currently lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her husband and son. A former journalist, specializing in crime and criminal justice, she is the author of three novels in the Rebekah Roberts series including Invisible City, which was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and won…

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