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Released in 2011, the film Contagion ( Contagion, in English) is gaining prominence again. With the pandemic of the new coronavirus, the feature is impressive for bringing such real details about the current situation. Therefore, the creators of Contagion talked to the press to tell how they predicted the emergence of COVID-19 the world. 12h1x
Directed by Steven Soderbergh, the production has in the cast Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne e Marion Cotillard. In the story, a fictional virus (MEV-1) arises from a bat, es to a pig, and eventually reaches humans. Contagion shows a woman who traveled and contracted the virus in Hong Kong. Back in her country, she dies and her husband is forced to quarantine.
Still, it doesn't take long for the virus to spread and kill thousands of people in a short span of time. As perceived in the COVID-19 situation, the people in the film begin to panic and scientists race against time in search of a cure.
The feature allows the viewer to trace the virus. Actors of WHO – World Health Organization and the CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (from the United States) act to prevent the advancement of MEV-1 around the world. However, the situation becomes even more delicate, causing chaos and more than 20 million deaths.
Contagion also highlights how many diseases of recent years have arisen from animals: the same happened with the HIV, Ebola, Sars and now with the COVID-19.
Contagion is back on top 1c4sy
With the pandemic of coronavirus, the film was once again highly sought after on the internet. It is among the most popular on streaming platforms such as Amazon Prime and also appears in the Top 10 of iTunes, Apple . In addition, it continues to be sought after by many Brazilians in the Google. The coronavirus effect made the film become the second most watched in the world Warner Bros. It was ranked 270th last December, when the novel coronavirus was still unknown. Now he only loses to the classic Harry Potter.
Other long ones like Epidemic (1995) e 12 monkeys (1995) are also currently successful because of the new coronavirus, but Contagion has aroused even more the curiosity of people, who want to understand the moment in which we live.
“Tight, tightly planned and bolstered by a stellar cast, Contagion is an exceptionally smart – and terrifying – disaster film”
says review on Rotten Tomatoes
On Rotten Tomatoes, Contagion already has an 85% rating. “Adopting a clean, chronological and forceful approach, Soderbergh keeps a steady eye on panic and chaos. It’s a disaster movie with a brain and a conscience.”, says one of the critics. “The best movie about a pandemic to date”, evaluated another.
What the creators say 3i5v3n
Scott Z. Burns, the film's screenwriter, said he spent months studying pandemics. For the film, he hired renowned epidemiologists to develop a real-life storyline, training actors who would act as health officials, doctors and scientists. “When I started talking to experts, everyone said, 'It's not a matter of another pandemic, it's a matter of when,'” ed Burns.
Ian Lipkin, professor of epidemiology at Columbia University (United States), helped Scott Z. Burns in the construction of the film, as he has extensive experience in the area. Over the course of his career, he has managed to identify hundreds of new diseases.
To Contagion, Ian He shared his experience with the Sars, in 2003, in Beijing, for the director. The actors also went to his lab and analyzed how to bring an even more realistic setting to the film. Ian Lipkin also helped Burns in post-production.
“It wouldn't be pure entertainment – in fact, there are some public health messages. The idea was to make people aware of the fact that emerging diseases will continue to emerge and re-emerge.”
Ian Lipkin, professor of epidemiology at Columbia University (USA), who was a scientific advisor on the film.
Contagion was inspired by the father of Burns. He was very concerned about the possibility of avian flu becoming a pandemic. Burns, however, did not want to make an “ordinary” film about disasters related to these viruses. So he went to the epidemiologist doctor Larry Brilliant, responsible for the successful eradication of smallpox.
doctor Brilliant still re how we don't know how to deal with situations like the current one. When the swine flu epidemic broke out, the public reacted strangely. In addition, many people were intrigued by the alarmism of the health authorities.
“We all started talking about the fact that modernity doesn’t know what a real pandemic was like”
said epidemiologist Dr. Larry Brilliant.
How to watch 3x94y
If you haven't watched the movie yet, it's available on some platforms. At Amazon Prime, he can be rented (dollar only) for four or ten dollars in the US. At the YouTube and Google Play (films), the production can be purchased for R$19,90 or rented for R$7,90.
Na Apple TV, the values for purchase and rent are the same as for YouTube (R$ 19,90 and R$ 7,90, respectively). In-app HBO GO, Contagion is available free of charge to all subscribers. Renting is also possible through the Looke, for R $ 7,99.
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Source: South China Morning Post; News18; R.
