Episode 86: Forrest Gump vs. Benjamin Button (with Patrick H. Willems)

Beyond the Screenplay

The BTS team welcomes back YouTube creator Patrick Willems to compare Forrest Gump and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The team discusses the films' strangely similar premises, dissects the movies' plot structures and filmmaking techniques, and debates the overall effectiveness of the stories' differing tones.

Show Notes

Patrick's video on Robert Zemeckis: https://youtu.be/JKe8qCzPdkI

Patrick Willems on Twitter: https://twitter.com/patrickhwillems

Listen to our discussion of Loki Episode 3 on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3hbxH0w

Tricia's movie recommendation: Bacurau (2019) by Kleber Mendonça Filho

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