You can tell this is one of the Coen brother's side projects. They have always wanted to make something like this but no film studio would let them. The Coen brothers have evolved black comedy to an artform. Their films have always had a strong deep theme, this movie is a little all over the place, there isn't a strong central theme. For instance, the theme of No Country for old men is clearly greed. I do find some of the vignettes to be disturbing, sardonic, misanthrophic and highly cynical, but isn't that the point of art?
Review of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
