Episode 200: Pulp Fiction
Beyond the Screenplay
Michael Tucker
4.7 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2025
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
The BTS team discusses the function of nonlinear structure, how the dialogue expertly establishes stakes, and what makes the opening act is so compelling.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Michael and welcome to Beyond Screenplay. |
| 0:08.5 | The podcast for each episode, we do a conversational deep dive analysis into a film. |
| 0:13.4 | Today we are talking about Pulp Fiction, the 1994 film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. |
| 0:19.2 | I'm joined by the Beyond the Screenplay team, Trisha Arandt. |
| 0:22.3 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:24.0 | Brian Bittner. |
| 0:25.2 | All right, stop me when I get to 200. |
| 0:26.9 | Hello, hello. Hello, hello. |
| 0:28.9 | Hello. Hello. |
| 0:30.4 | I lost count. |
| 0:32.8 | And Alex Gallaudos. |
| 0:34.5 | Hi. |
| 0:35.9 | So we are getting down to it in our big swing summer. |
| 0:39.2 | Last week we talked about Romeo plus Juliet. |
| 0:42.5 | That was a lot of fun. |
| 0:43.5 | Next week we're coming back with the fountain, |
| 0:45.7 | which I have not seen in a long time. |
| 0:47.5 | It's going to be really interesting to revisit. |
| 0:49.1 | And Alex, now it's a favorite of yours. |
| 0:51.5 | But for episode 200 of our podcast, which is crazy, and we have a dedicated patron who keeps |
| 0:58.8 | track of how many episodes we've actually recorded, and this is actually like 301, but the |
| 1:03.9 | public episodes that we're counting. |
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