Contagion

Show Notes

Whether you were fighting over toilet paper, packing up to stay with family, or you simply glued to the news, watching it all unfold, you remember what you were doing when Covid-19 shut down normal life. And wherever Steven Soderbergh was, he had to be thinking, “I told you so.”


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Credits

Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts

Kevin Lau, producer

Gompson, theme music

Cosmo Graff, graphic design


Show Transcript

Time stamps:

• 1:30 – Keir’s one-sentence summary
• 2:19 – A new chapter in Soderbergh’s career
• 9:30 – A new cast of characters
• 11:04 – A new visual style
• 13:07 – Cliff Martinez is back, baby!
• 14:14 – Keir’s reaction
• 18:40 – Mike’s reaction
• 22:00 – What do these people want?
• 32:22 – “That’s called sweating in the editing room”
• 33:25 – Covid-19 & “Contagion”
• 48:36 – “Would you be interested in making a movie about a pandemic?”
• 54:53 – Box office & legacy
• 59:14 – The “Contagion” PSA
• 1:00:56 – Critical reception
• 1:03:56 – “Don’t put Hitler on the cover”
• 1:06:24 – A spiritual sequel?

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