Thursday, September 15, 2011

You really should go see "Contagion"


I thought it was excellent.
Also, check out this Op-Ed in the NY Times written by Dr. Ian Lipkin, a real epidemiologist at the Centre for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University who was hired as a consultant on the film. He and his team conceived of the imaginary (but plausible) virus that becomes thepandemic - down to its molecular structure (he says he used the real-life Nipah virus as his inspiration). Extremely cool - it also confirms the chilling realism of the film...

Here is a video he made about his role as advisor on the set:

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