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Related: About this forum"Contagion" Movie (2011)
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Trailer. If you haven't seen it, might want to hold off. Very well done film, pandemic thriller. - 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, and Kate Winslet.
The plot concerns the spread of a virus transmitted by fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify and contain the disease, the loss of social order in a pandemic, and finally 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...
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"Contagion" Movie (2011) (Original Post)
appalachiablue
Mar 2020
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dewsgirl
(14,964 posts)1. Somehow the deception by world governments and the
WHO is much worse here in the real world.
I am seeing the Forsythia thing replay itself, with Colloidal Silver.
There are several comparisons here.
appalachiablue
(42,928 posts)3. Isn't that the horrid truth. Jude Law did a good job, the others too.
dewsgirl
(14,964 posts)5. Jude Law is great in everything.❤
Yes they all were good
TexasBushwhacker
(20,682 posts)2. I thought it was pretty good n/t
appalachiablue
(42,928 posts)4. Definitely well done, the story, acting, all of it.
tblue37
(66,035 posts)6. It even has a conspiracy theorist spreading harmful disinformation. nt
appalachiablue
(42,928 posts)8. Yes indeed, Jude Law did a good job as (realistic) creep/hustler.
'Forsythia' man..
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)7. OMG, I'm gonna have to watch it for sure!!! n/t
TexasBushwhacker
(20,682 posts)10. You can watch it on Vudu for $3.99 n/t
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)11. Thanks!!! n/t
emmaverybo
(8,147 posts)9. Excellent. Scary.
mitch96
(14,674 posts)12. Did you ever notice that in all these pandemic movies the government lies to the people?
No wonder all these conspiracy theory's pop up.
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