Multifaceted story on how a deadly global pandemic starts & spreads & how public and govt responds
Before the coronavirus pandemic there was the swine flu, Ebola, SARS, and others. Those influenced the story of Contagion where a deadly virus quickly spreads across the world with deadly consequences. The film deals with the outbreak at all different levels. There’s how the virus is easily transmitted through day to day activities like touching credit cards or being near someone who coughs. There’s the panic that sets in amongst the public and the people and families that try to stay healthy. There are the health officials working in the labs and out in the field trying to save people and find a cure. There are those that attempt to exploit the situation for their own personal gain. It’s because of all these interrelated stories that makes Contagion so gripping and especially relevant today with the current coronavirus spreading across the world.<br /><br />Contagion has a large ensemble cast to cover all the different storylines. Things start with Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) who was one of the first to be infected in Hong Kong. She dies when she returns home to Minneapolis. Next her son Clark dies leaving behind the father Mitch (Matt Damon) and daughter Jory (Anna Jacoby-Heron). She spreads the disease to various people around the world which is the first plot of how pandemics begin and are easily transmitted through populations. Mitch and Jory’s life in Minneapolis is then followed to show how the general public reacts to these situations with a mixture of fear, panic, and violence as law and order breaks down.<br /><br />Next is Dr. Leonora Oranes (Marion Cotillard) of the World Health Organization in Hong Kong and Dr. Erin Mears (Kate Winslet) of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) who is sent to Minneapolis. They represent the health workers out in the field who are sent to investigate the outbreaks and relay information back to their organizations who try to contain the spread and work on a cure. As they find out local officials are usually slow to react to these outbreaks worrying about how the public will react, what will happen to their cities and economies. They unwittingly help the virus spread. There is a very effective scene where Mears meets with local officials and tries to explain how the virus will spread, and they respond by saying no one knows what the virus is and they don’t want to spread fear.<br /><br />Dr. Mears boss is Dr. Ellis Cheever (Laurence Fishburne). He directs the field work and the research in the laboratory to find an antidote. Some of that is done independently by Dr. Ian Sussman (Elliott Gould) at University of California and Dr. Ally Hextall (Jennifer Ehle) of the CDC. Cheever represents the government bureaucrats at the top who have to deal with pressure from the White House and politicians while seeing the bigger picture of how quickly the virus spreads and the human toll it takes. He along with Drs Hextall and Sussman also provide the procedural part of the movie as they tirelessly work in the lab going through test after test after test trying to find something that will counter the virus.<br /><br />Alan Krumwiede (Jude Law) is a blogger who early on discovers the stories about the virus and tries to exploit it. First he sensationalizes the outbreak, then he claims that he has a cure. Tragedies always attract profiteers and conspiracy theorists. Krumwiede combines both.<br /><br />Steven Soderbergh directed the film. He’s always been known for very smart releases like the Ocean’s Eleven trilogy. Here he delivered again with a very intelligent and multi-faceted portrayal of how epidemics start, spread, effect populations, and how people and the government try to respond.<br />C
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