Review: Soderbergh's "Contagion" paints a terrifying, realistic portrait of a worldwide epidemic
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Film Rating: A-
Steven Soderbergh’s “Contagion” is an exquisite example of how narrative structure informs the success of a film. It aspires to illustrate what the realistic impact of a worldwide epidemic would be in modern times and, in doing so, unsettle and provoke the audience. To achieve this, Soderbergh and writer Scott Z. Burns employ not a clas…
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