The tale itself is bookended by the local wildlife. The prospector survives, kills the young man, and leaves with his gold. A young man wearing all black shows up and shoots him in the back.
But that was really a Tom Waits* technicality.Īll Gold Valley is a quick little story where an old prospector comes to a valley and, after much toil, finds some gold. It was my clear favorite the first time I watched this movie. I feel like I’m stabbing myself in the back by ranking this so low. Standout Performance: The most incredible CGI deer I’ve ever seen. Let’s start by arbitrarily ranking these things. Sounds like a daunting task but I think I’m up for it. The problem this creates for someone attempting to analyze one of their films is that it can be hard to tell if they are utilizing a specific pattern for comedic effect, to convey symbolic meaning, or both. “Did I buy my Kia Soul as part of a targeted marketing push to some demographic that comprises the larger part of my commute’s population?”Ĭoen Brothers movies, and specifically their latest anthology film created for Netflix, The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, weaponize the frequency illusion by begging the question of inherent meaning in patterns. “Have there always been this many Kia Souls?” “Did everyone start buying Kia Souls just now?” The more interesting questions come next: The working theory is essentially that our brains have a bias towards picking up on and establishing patterns. This is called the “Baader-Meinhof phenomenon” or, less pretentiously, the “frequency illusion”. One question that will come to mind is why you didn’t notice this before your purchase. If you ever find yourself in the fortunate position in life to acquire a car with the performance and sex appeal of a Kia Soul, one thing you will notice immediately after the purchase is just how many goddamned Kia Souls there are on the road. If you are unfamiliar with the Kia Soul, just picture the body of a Lamborghini with the engine of a Mustang and the interior of a Maybach.
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