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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

(6,260 posts)
4. I saw it in movie theater when it first came out
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 11:10 PM
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

SCantiGOP

(14,190 posts)
6. A Face in the Crowd
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 11:22 PM
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.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,646 posts)
10. They call it kinetic typography
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 05:04 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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