Soderbergh Ep. 22: Contagion (2011)

Wash your hands, folks: it's time to talk CONTAGION, Steven Soderbergh's absurdly prescient 2011 pandemic disaster film. We talk public health, hyperlink cinema, Soderbergh's evolving digital aesthetic, the nature of government, and the film's second life as a Covid lockdown classic. With a special Kate Winslet audio collage that Ian definitely asked for! Check it out. Further Reading: The Viral Underclass by Steven Trasher Health Communism by Artie Vierkant and Beatrice Adler-Bolton Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen The Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett Further Viewing: OUTBREAK (Petersen, 1995) THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (Kieślowski, 1991) 28 DAYS LATER (Boyle, 2002) 28 WEEKS LATER (Fresnadillo, 2007) 28 YEARS LATER (Boyle, 2025) BUGONIA (Lanthimos, 2025) JOE DIRT (Gordon, 2001) Kate Winslet's 2020 hand-washing tutorial video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhIpAnDHZHc Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://www.podcastyforme.com/ https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe Artwork by Jeremy Allison: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart