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brewens

(13,563 posts) Sun Mar 8, 2020, 11:45 PM Mar 2020

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I thought time for some relevant movies tonight. A Face in the Crowd and The Andromeda Strain.

It's been years since I've seen either one and I enjoyed the first one. Now to finish the double feature.

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I thought time for some relevant movies tonight. A Face in the Crowd and The Andromeda Strain. (Original Post) brewens Mar 2020 OP

Contagion AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #1

I heard, but that's on Netflix isn't it? I'm not subscribed to them. n/t brewens Mar 2020 #2

I saw it in movie theater when it first came out AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #4

Not on Netflix, but Outbreak is TexasBushwhacker Mar 2020 #11

I was going to recommend "Outbreak" w/ Donald Sutherland and Dustin Hoffman Pachamama Mar 2020 #3

MST3K's TV's Frank agrees TlalocW Mar 2020 #5

A Face in the Crowd SCantiGOP Mar 2020 #6

That film and Network have BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #7

I keep waiting for the country to reach their breaking point TexasBushwhacker Mar 2020 #8

That was well done! BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #9

They call it kinetic typography TexasBushwhacker Mar 2020 #10

AlexSFCA

(6,137 posts)

1. Contagion

Reply to brewens (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 12:05 AM

Mar 2020

brewens

(13,563 posts)

2. I heard, but that's on Netflix isn't it? I'm not subscribed to them. n/t

Reply to AlexSFCA (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 12:08 AM

Mar 2020

AlexSFCA

(6,137 posts)

4. I saw it in movie theater when it first came out

Reply to brewens (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 12:10 AM

Mar 2020

and it was very well done and relevant - also about similar coronovirus but with more serious health effects and much higher death rate. It’s $3.99 on Amazon video

TexasBushwhacker

(20,165 posts)

11. Not on Netflix, but Outbreak is

Reply to brewens (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 06:14 PM

Mar 2020

You can watch Contagion on Vudu for $3.99.

Pachamama

(16,886 posts)

3. I was going to recommend "Outbreak" w/ Donald Sutherland and Dustin Hoffman

Reply to brewens (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 12:09 AM

Mar 2020

https://m.

TlalocW

(15,379 posts)

5. MST3K's TV's Frank agrees

Reply to brewens (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 12:12 AM

Mar 2020

And has some other cinematic suggestions.

Link to tweet

TlalocW

SCantiGOP

(13,868 posts)

6. A Face in the Crowd

Reply to brewens (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 12:22 AM

Mar 2020

Great movie. Saw it 10 years ago and watched it again last month on TCM.

The whole movie could - without changing a scene or a line of dialogue - be an produced today as an explanation of the phenomenon that created the Trump presidency.

BigmanPigman

(51,583 posts)

7. That film and Network have

Reply to SCantiGOP (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 02:03 AM

Mar 2020

foreshadowed the US media and politicians.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,165 posts)

8. I keep waiting for the country to reach their breaking point

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 04:47 PM

Mar 2020

and throw their windows open:

BigmanPigman

(51,583 posts)

9. That was well done!

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 04:59 PM

Mar 2020

TexasBushwhacker

(20,165 posts)

10. They call it kinetic typography

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 06:04 PM

Mar 2020

There are a bunch of them. I like them because they really emphasize the WORDS. Here's another, courtesy of Aaron Sorkin:

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