The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is an anthology of deeply humorous and philosophical short films set during the era of the Old West, and one of my favorites from the Coen Bros. duo. This is one of those pieces you need to watch multiple times over in order to uncover all that is there.

“Uncertainty — that is approprate for matters of this world. Only regarding the next can we vouchsafe certainty. I believe certainty regarding that which we can see and touch, it is seldom justified, if ever. Down the ages, from our remote past, what certainties survive? Yet we hurry to fashion new ones, wanting their comfort. Certainty is the easy path, just as you said.”

“Straight is the gate.”

“And narrow the way. Indeed.” — The Girl Who Got Rattled