When Joel and Ethan Coen first announced “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” there was some confusion over whether or not the filmmaking duo was planning a new feature film or their first television series. The first press release from Annapurna referred to “Buster Scruggs” as “an anthology project” and nothing more, and it wasn’t until the film was announced to compete at the Venice Film Festival that fans realized the Coen brothers had a new feature on their hands.
In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, the directors confirm “Buster Scruggs” was never envisioned as a television series. The origin of the project was as simple as the brothers writing individual short films over several years and one day realizing they could be packaged together into an anthology film. The last chapter of “Buster Scruggs,” for instance, was written last and created as a means of bringing...
In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, the directors confirm “Buster Scruggs” was never envisioned as a television series. The origin of the project was as simple as the brothers writing individual short films over several years and one day realizing they could be packaged together into an anthology film. The last chapter of “Buster Scruggs,” for instance, was written last and created as a means of bringing...
- 11/15/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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