Scientists Like "Contagion"

You may know by now that I'm a big fan of Steven Soderbergh's chilly, frightening virus-procedural "Contagion," mostly because of its rhythmic pacing and rigid personality, but also because it's simply downright scary. 

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Well even members of the CDC had to give it up to Soderbergh and the film, describing it as "very plausible" and "accurate" in a screening given specifically to employees in Atlanta last week, as described in Mike Stobbe's Associated Press article posted yesterday morning. 

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Obviously, being a work of fiction, the real-life Kate Winslets and Lawrence Fishburnes found holes in the film's detailed step-by-step account of what happens during the discovery and containment of a deadly disease, the severity of which key CDC employees findly highly unlikely to exist. 

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Anyway, it's a very interesting read, and whether you disliked the film or loved it, it's fascinating to read these kinds of could-it-or-couldn't-it analyses in regards to films that pretend to be telling the truth.