Contagion Noir: The History of the Epidemic Flick
By Jake Hinkson
July 29, 2011Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion hits theaters on September 9th. A thriller about a team of CDC doctors in a race against a deadly virus, the movie is the latest in a long line of films about dangerous epidemics. Whether done as brooding sci-fi (Twelve Monkeys), action sci-fi (I Am Legend), horror (28 Days Later), or as…