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Re: Pandemics Go to the Movies
By: Masked Man Date: December 17, 2024, 1:13 am
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I nominate
"Nosferatu the Vampyre"
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg2-FafPx0k
Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the
Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can
bring an end to his reign of horror.
... set in the times of all those rats and the Black Plague!
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Re: Pandemics Go to the Movies
By: Masked Man Date: December 17, 2024, 1:20 am
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I nominate
"Oedipus Rex"
Although not primarily a movie it is great play sort of like the
first of movies before the camera was invented.
Oedipus Rex is the greek tragedy and play by Sophocles
In the beginning of the play a great plague and pestilence is
upon King Oedipus' people and King Oedipus searches as to why
there is great sickness upon his people...
"Oedipus, King of Thebes, sends his brother-in-law, Creon, to
ask the advice of the oracle at Delphi, concerning a plague
ravaging Thebes. Creon returns to report that the plague is the
result of religious pollution, since the murderer of their
former king, Laius, has never been caught. Oedipus vows to find
the murderer and curses him for causing the plague".
I haven't reviewed it myself but There is a movie version of
Oedipus Rex 1957 | Color Movie | Douglas Campbell | Sophocles
play | Drama LINK:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_L_jzb8yiM
There are probably are or should be several renditions of this
play being preformed online.
I have seen this play done on a little stage many years ago in
pre pandemic times and it was quite amazing to have been able to
see and feel a live play with real actors running around on a
real stage. Ive also read the play as well. This is a classic
play, rich and full of everything with twists and turns.. truly
a great work.
.
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Re: Pandemics Go to the Movies
By: Masked Man Date: December 17, 2024, 2:00 am
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I nominate
"The Seventh Seal"
by Ingmar Bergman starring Max Von Sydow
"Disillusioned knight Antonius Block and his cynical squire Jöns
return from the Crusades to find the country ravaged by the
plague. The knight encounters Death, whom he challenges to a
chess match, believing he can survive as long as the game
continues"
...I have seen some versions of this film in different languages
available to watch for free on You Tube...
"The Seventh Seal (Swedish: Det sjunde inseglet) is a 1957
Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar
Bergman. Set in Sweden during the Black Death, it tells of the
journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) and a game of chess
he plays with the personification of Death (Bengt Ekerot), who
has come to take his life. Bergman developed the film from his
own play Wood Painting. The title refers to a passage from the
Book of Revelation, used both at the very start of the film, and
again towards the end, beginning with the words "And when the
Lamb had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven
about the space of half an hour".[Rev. 8:1] Here, the motif of
silence refers to the "silence of God", which is a major theme
of the film".
I must have gotten this movie from the library and watched it a
million times when I was a teenager... there's nothing like an
Ingmar Bergman film! Just the imagery and camera shots are
amazing in many of these old classics.. so artistic!
I'm including nominating movies that involve plagues because
plagues, pandemics, and outbreaks all share one common
denominator; namely they all involve infections. Be they viral
or bacteria infections, all these infections create human
suffering. All these movies and dramas involving plagues,
pestilences, pandemics alike deal or touch upon these core
challenges, and play upon many universal human conflicts,
psychological dynamics, and even social issues...
...We are fortunate to have such great producers bring us so
many movies and dramas to watch! So far it appears that
Hollywood and the movie world has not shied away from or denied
the issues and existence of viruses, plagues or pandemics in
their works!
.
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Re: Pandemics Go to the Movies
By: Masked Man Date: December 28, 2024, 7:11 pm
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This might be a bit of a departure than Steve's intention of
this thread and is more of a history lecture in essence.
However it is somewhat of a story in that it is the story of the
philosopher Socrates...
..."It just so happens that on several occasions the plague
broke out in Athens and Socrates was the only man who escaped
infection". — Diogenes Laertius
This a pandemic Savvy Lecture about the story of Socrates might
prove enjoyable because it has element of Socrates' Dramatic
life which reads like a play in Plato's dialogues
What I love about these Ramsey Lectures is that the lecture is
done from the safety of her home safe and sound from covid and
the Pandemic. Bettany Hughes didn't risk covid or put her
cameraman or the general public in the way of harm during these
times of covid while creating this production for us. That's why
I include it in the reign of Pandemic movies and productions for
that merit alone that Bettany Hughes and the Ramsey Lectures
were still producing work in midst of the pandemic challenge in
a safe manner.
Bettany Hughes | Socrates and his Athens
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnFNDVdi7gk
Side-note: In 430 BC, Athens was devastated by plague. We don’t
know exactly what caused it but it’s been speculated that it was
a form of typhus, typhoid, or possibly smallpox. What happened
during the Athenian Plague seems to foreshadow aspects of the
current COVID-19 pandemic.
In the eighth Ramsay Lecture for 2021, world-famous historian,
author and broadcaster, Professor Bettany Hughes OBE, takes us
back to Golden Age Athens, as seen through the eyes of Socrates,
the ancient Greek philosopher and arguably the true father of
western thought.
Summary of this (his)story of Socrates:
"In her exclusive lecture Professor Hughes draws on her
comprehensive research on Socrates, as he left no written
record. Through archaeological discoveries and research into the
accounts of people who lived alongside him, Bettany pieces
together Socrates’ life experiences - his youth, his time as a
soldier, his search for the ‘good life’ and his death, and how
these all laid the foundation for his philosophy, still relevant
and being taught across the world today.
Please join us on this incredible journey".
Hopefully this program proves an interesting pandemic savvy
lecture until more fictional movies are recommended in Steve's
great thread in "Pandemics Go to the Movies"
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Re: Pandemics Go to the Movies
By: Masked Man Date: October 20, 2025, 1:24 pm
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Faust (1926 silent film… not completely silent however if you
consider the phenomenal piano score)
SUMMARY:
In this classic of silent cinema, the demon Mephisto (Emil
Jannings) makes a bet with an archangel that a good man's soul
can be corrupted. Mephisto sets his sights on the thoughtful old
alchemist Faust (Gösta Ekman), who is desperately trying to save
his village from a plague. He is able to help the villagers,
thanks to Mephisto, but further dealings with the devil lead
Faust on a decadent downward spiral. Can he redeem his soul
before it's too late?
LINK:
HTML https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IgMTWtQcdAA
Comment: refreshing .. there’s a plague going on and this guy
sees angels in the architecture and grapples the meaning of life
head on in this movie based on a timeless book… rich and unique!
Best Wishes,
The Masked Man
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Re: Pandemics Go to the Movies
By: Masked Man Date: November 23, 2025, 9:24 pm
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“Classic Virus Movies That Will Haunt Your Dreams!”
SUMMARY:
Journey into a chilling collection of sci-fi movies that explore
humanity's darkest fears about disease and outbreak scenarios!
(18minutes25secs)
LINK:
HTML https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q6XxFB_XHLI
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