"Do Not Touch!": The Rise of the Epidemic Cinema Genre
"Do Not Touch!": The Rise of the Epidemic Cinema Genre
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“There have been as many plagues as wars in history; yet always plagues and wars take people equally by surprise.” These words from Albert Camus’s The Plague underscore the unpredictable nature of pandemics – yet long before the COVID-19 crisis, popular cinema issued repeated warnings about the threat of viral outbreaks in the age of global mobility. From zombie apocalypses to deadly contagions, such cautionary tales build on past epidemic scares and anticipate future crises.
In this lecture, author and critic Dr. Julia Echeverría explores how “epidemic films” dramatize the conflict between homogenizing global threats and the preservation of individuality; between collective panic and individual fright; between public health and the intimacy of bodies; and between global interconnectedness and nationalist resistance.
Through a close reading of four films – BLINDESS, WARM BODIES, CONTAGION, and CHILDREN OF MEN – alongside many more, Dr. Echeverría will illustrate the evolution and cultural significance of epidemic cinema in the twenty-first century. In a world where conspiracy theories and mistrust of modern medicine spread like the proverbial plague, this talk could not be more timely.
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