Films Set in Macau (Film Guide) - All about Ah-Long, B420, Casino Tycoon (Film), Casino Tycoon 2, Contagion (Film), Exiled, Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloo (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 27. Chapters: All About Ah-Long, B420, Casino Tycoon (film), Casino Tycoon 2, Contagion (film), Exiled, Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon, Isabella (2006 film), Lakshmi (2013 film), List of films set in Macau, Look for a Star, Macao (film), Pedicab Driver, The Immortal Story, The Longest Nite, The Thieves, The Untold Story, Vengeance (2009 film), Young and Dangerous. Excerpt: Contagion is a 2011 medical thriller disaster film. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, the film features an ensemble cast that includes Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, and Jennifer Ehle. The plot of Contagion documents the spread of a virus transmitted by fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify and contain the disease, the loss of social order in a pandemic, and finally the introduction of a vaccine to halt its spread. Contagion makes use of a "hyperlink narrative" style popularized in several of Soderbergh's other films to follow several interacting plot lines. Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns had collaborated on The Informant (2009). Following the release of that film, the two considered creating a biopic covering the life of Leni Riefenstahl before Burns brought up the idea of producing a medical thriller film depicting the rapid spread of a virus, which was inspired by various pandemics such as the 2003 SARS epidemic and the 2009 flu pandemic. To devise an accurate perception of a pandemic event, Burns consulted with representatives from the World Health Organization, as well as renowned medical personnel such as W. Ian Lipkin and Lawrence "Larry" Brilliant. Principal photography started in Hong Kong in September, and continued in Chicago, Atlanta, London, Geneva, and San Francisco until February 2011. Contagion...