“Contagion” How should we act? - Virus panic that predicted the new coronavirus

Thoroughly tested and evaluated by experts

Before moving on to the content of the work, let's first take a look at how Contagion to be.

The 2009 movie “ Informant! Director Soderbergh and screenwriter Burns, who previously worked together on ``The Movie'' (starring Damon), are said to have been discussing their next film. At first, they were planning to make a biopic about Leni Riefenstahl, a film director who was loved by Adolf Hitler, but they decided against it because they feared it would not be of sufficient interest to the audience. Burns then proposed a "pandemic story."

Burns gained this understanding through seminars by immunologist and physician Larry Brilliant, an authority on smallpox research, and through the book ` `Coming Plague'' by Laurie Garrett, a journalist and author who is familiar with SARS and new strains of influenza. In addition, he added a sense of reality to the script by incorporating the global pandemic of a new type of influenza that occurred in 2009. In addition, the film itself was supervised by infectious disease expert Ian Lipkin, and the story depicted in this film is by no means a fantasy (some scenes were reportedly reshot at Lipkin's suggestion). ).

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Reactions to the work from experts were positive, and it was cited in scientific journals such as New Scientist, and today it has been reevaluated as a way to "learn how to deal with the coronavirus." The current rating on the American movie review site Rotten Tomatoes is 85%, but if this movie had been released now, I think it would have received higher ratings.

These facts clearly show that ``Contagion'' has been carefully researched scientifically, but what prevents it from becoming a rigid work for experts is Soderbergh's skillful blending of social issues and suspense. The director's skills will be great. The first cut of the film was about 2 hours and 20 minutes long, but on the advice of a friend, they first shortened it to 90 minutes, and then added some scenes in additional filming, cutting it down to 105 minutes.

By the way, the editor of this film is known for his collaboration with director Alejandro González Iñárritu, who has worked on many directorial works such as `` Traffic '' (2000), `` Babel '' (2006), ``The Revenant '' (2015), and other films directed by Soderbergh. Steven Million is in charge.

If you watch this work knowing these backgrounds, you will be able to feel the painstaking efforts of the creators behind the breathless and speedy development of the film.

The opening begins with a “chilling” performance