108. Pandemic Panic

An episode of the The Filmlings podcast, hosted by The Filmlings, titled "108. Pandemic Panic" was published on April 14, 2020 and runs 102 minutes.

April 14, 2020 ·102m · The Filmlings

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There haven't been a lot of movies about pandemics, yet, but today Alex and Jonathan take a look at the various ways they have been done in the past, specifically in Outbreak (1995), Contagion (2011), and Flu (2013). We talk about the ways pandemic movies suffer from having a defined genre, what they might look like in the future, and how our current pandemic is affecting the current state of filmmaking in the US. Skip to: 4:55 – Outbreak 23:55 – Contagion 50:28 – Flu 1:11:13 – Overall 1:36:53 – Coming Attractions Coming Attractions: Field of Dreams (1989) Remember the Titans (2000) Invictus (2009) For more information, visit the blog: https://thefilmlings.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/pandemic-panic/ Support the Show! Patreon: https://patreon.com/thefilmlings Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thefilmlings

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There haven't been a lot of movies about pandemics, yet, but today Alex and Jonathan take a look at the various ways they have been done in the past, specifically in Outbreak (1995), Contagion (2011), and Flu (2013). We talk about the ways pandemic movies suffer from having a defined genre, what they might look like in the future, and how our current pandemic is affecting the current state of filmmaking in the US. Skip to: 4:55 – Outbreak 23:55 – Contagion 50:28 – Flu 1:11:13 – Overall 1:36:53 – Coming Attractions Coming Attractions: Field of Dreams (1989) Remember the Titans (2000) Invictus (2009) For more information, visit the blog: https://thefilmlings.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/pandemic-panic/ Support the Show! Patreon: https://patreon.com/thefilmlings Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thefilmlings

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