Episode 206: Bugonia
Beyond the Screenplay
Michael Tucker
4.8 • 631 Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
The BTS team discusses the film's use of containment and dialogue-heavy scenes, dissect how the direction, performances, and score make it all feel epic, and contemplate whether the absurdist approach keeps the story from feeling too pessimistic.
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| 0:00.0 | The Premier League is exciting. |
| 0:04.0 | It's exhilarating. |
| 0:07.0 | And sometimes it's... |
| 0:11.0 | So when you need something to help you ride the highest and loads of all that action, |
| 0:17.0 | grab a Coke to keep you in the game. |
| 0:20.0 | Time to refresh. Time for a Coke. Coca-Cola, |
| 0:25.0 | official partner of the Premier League. |
| 0:35.3 | Hi, I'm Michael. Welcome to Beyond the Screenplay. |
| 0:38.5 | The podcast for each episode, we do a conversational deep dive analysis into a film. |
| 0:43.4 | Today we are talking about Bagonia, the 2026 film. |
| 0:47.5 | I guess it came out 2025. |
| 0:49.4 | No, 35. |
| 0:50.4 | Yeah, sorry. |
| 0:51.4 | Screenplay by Will Tracy based on Save the Green Planet by Zhang Jun Juan, directed by Yorgos Lanthamos. I'm joined by the Beyond the Screenplay team, Trisha Arand. |
| 1:01.7 | Hello, everyone. Brian Bittner. Hello, hello. And Alex Galleros. Hi. All right. Alex and I shaved our heads for this. What did you guys? |
| 1:10.5 | Wow. Lack of commitment. We're looking. We're the Jesse Plymonds in this one. Yeah. Okay. This is supposed to look. I mean, all right. We'll get into it. Before we get into it, um, uh, just want to say that our episode on Marty Supreme is out over on the Beyond Screenplay Patreon. |
| 1:29.7 | So if you want to hear our thoughts on that movie, that's all there. |
| 1:32.5 | There were many thoughts. |
| 1:33.5 | It was a good conversation. |
| 1:35.5 | Weird movie. |
| 1:36.2 | Speaking of weird movies. |
| 1:39.2 | Begonia. |
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