Summary: People have been turning to pandemic themed media, as Contagion sits atop movie rental charts and Outbreak trends on Netflix. How do these disease centric movies hold up in the age of coronavirus? Did either movie have lessons we should have learned? What moments have found a strange, new resonance in our current circumstances? SKIP TO... Background 01:02 Which is better? 03:16 The use of celebrities 07:15 Aesthetic differences 08:59 How does it resonate? 15:22 How they resolve differently 22:43 Fake news & fake cures 26:24 Better cast? 28:13 Bong Joon-ho's The Host 30:14 Other pandemic movies 30:42 Final Contagion thoughts 32:12 This Let Us Explain references... Dr. Larry Brilliant - https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-interview-larry-brilliant-smallpox-epidemiologist/ This series of 'Contagion' interviews - https://web.archive.org/web/20120617033932/http://screencrave.com/2011-09-09/interview-steven-soderbergh-matt-damon-and-laurence-fishburne-on-contagion/ This news story - https://www.wsj.com/articles/burr-senate-colleagues-sold-stock-after-coronavirus-briefings-11584715866 If you like this podcast share it and leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts! Facebook - Facebook.com/IntercutPod Instagram - Instagram.com/IntercutPod Twitter - Twitter.com/IntercutPod YouTube - YouTube.com/IntercutPod
