Episode 122: West Side Story (2021)

Beyond the Screenplay

Michael Tucker

Tv & Film

4.7 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2022

⏱️ 95 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The BTS team discusses the ways in which Steven Spielberg's remake borrows from the 1961 film, how the filmmaking and script bring the story into 2021, and the evolution of the movie musical over the past several decades.

🚀 Sign up for MASV today using https://massive.io/beyond-the-screenplay and get 100GB free towards your transfer.

🚀 Sign up for MUBI today using https://mubi.com/beyondthescreenplay to get 30 days of great cinema for free.

🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay

☕️ LFTS Merch: https://standard.tv/collections/lfts

Find us on Twitter

Beyond the Screenplay: https://twitter.com/BTScreenplay

Michael Tucker: https://twitter.com/michaeltuckerla

Tricia Aurand: https://twitter.com/TriciaJeanA

Brian Bitner: https://twitter.com/BrianBitner

Alex Calleros: https://twitter.com/Alex_Calleros

Produced by Vince Major: https://twitter.com/VinceMajor

Website: http://beyondthescreenplay.com

For Inquiries and Booking: [email protected]

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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.
0:14.1	Today we are talking about West Side Story, the 2021 film directed by Steven Spielberg, screenplay by Tony Kushner,
0:22.4	based on West Side Story by Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Lawrence.
0:29.1	I'm joined by the Beyond the Screenplay team, Trisha Rand.
0:32.3	Hello, everyone.
0:33.5	Brian Bittner.
0:34.8	Hello, hello.
0:36.0	And Alex Gallettos.
0:37.4	Hi. Michael, I think you Alex Cayettos. Hi.
0:38.2	Michael, I think you mean the 2021 movie based on the 1961 movie based on the 1957 musical based on the 1597 play, based on the 1562 narrative poem based on the 16th century Italian novella, I think is where you're going there.
0:54.9	Is that not what I said?
0:56.9	Yeah, I blanked out for a second.
0:58.3	Maybe you did.
0:59.3	Yeah, it's confusing.
1:01.3	Anyway, okay, so we're here.
1:03.2	We're going to talk about West Side Story, the Steven Spielberg remake that just came out now.
1:09.9	And this is a really interesting film to talk about and to dive into.
1:16.1	So I, my parents were obsessed with West Side Story.
1:21.6	And as a child, I remember watching parts of it a lot.
1:26.8	Like the America number was a frequently played
1:30.8	section of our VHS tape.
1:33.6	And so I like love that song, feel like I know most of the lyrics.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Michael Tucker, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Michael Tucker and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.