Tuesday, May 5, 2020

What do you think about "Contagion?"

                                                                                                                      
"Contagion is a 2011 American thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Its ensemble cast includes Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Ehle, and Sanaa Lathan. The plot concerns the spread of a virus transmitted by respiratory droplets and fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify and contain the disease, the loss of social order in a pandemic,[2] and the introduction of a vaccine to halt its spread. To follow several interacting plot lines, the film makes use of the multi-narrative "hyperlink cinema" style, popularized in several of Soderbergh's films."                                                                                                                                                        
               
           
       
   


                                                                                                    
Are there similarities with the current Coronavirus pandemic? Part of the movie was based in Minneapolis, MN but I was disappointed to learn much of the filming was done in Chicago. 

I highly recommend the analysis by Medlife Crisis.