Episode 113: The Godfather Part II
Beyond the Screenplay
Michael Tucker
4.7 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2022
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
The BTS team discusses Vito’s and Michael’s dual character arcs, the film’s labyrinthine plot and ambiguous ending, and how The Godfather Part II ultimately deepens the first movie’s themes of family, loyalty, and the American Dream.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Michael and welcome to Beyond the Screenplay, the podcast for each week we do a conversational deep dive analysis into a film. |
| 0:13.7 | Today we are continuing our series on The Godfather Trilogy with The Godfather Part 2, the 1974 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, |
| 0:23.0 | screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola, and Mario Buzzo. |
| 0:26.0 | I'm joined by the Beyond the Screenplay team, Trisha Rand. |
| 0:29.7 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:30.8 | Brian Bittner. |
| 0:31.9 | Hello, hello. |
| 0:33.0 | And Alex Coyotes. |
| 0:34.3 | Hi. |
| 0:35.2 | Okay, so before we jump into talking about the Godfather Part 2, just a couple little business things. |
| 0:41.5 | First of all, our question for Spotify listeners is, what's your favorite Al Pacino performance? |
| 0:47.7 | I'm actually really curious to hear what that is. |
| 0:51.2 | And if it's not Godfather related, what it might be. |
| 0:54.4 | I don't know. |
| 0:55.2 | Jack and Jill for sure. |
| 1:01.5 | Also, in the next episode and the final installment of our Godfather trilogy, |
| 1:06.1 | we will be announcing what our next goal is for when we pass the the next number of patrons and |
| 1:12.4 | the excitement that we'll have around whatever that is that I think we've figured out, |
| 1:17.2 | but I don't remember in this moment. |
| 1:18.5 | We definitely know. |
| 1:19.8 | I mean, I can tell by how excited you are to announce it. |
| 1:23.1 | Yes. |
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