Ahead of the North American premiere of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs at the 56th New York Film Festival, writers-directors Joel and Ethan Coen were joined by stars Tim Blake Nelson, Zoe Kazan, and Bill Heck to discuss their continually surprising western anthology film. During the press conference, they discussed the music of the film (and its album-like structure), what it was like returning to the western genre, working with a wide variety of animal actors, and their evolution as storytellers.

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