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Five Ways Life During the Coronavirus Pandemic Feels Like a Movie
Everyday life feels like a disaster/sci-fi film
The coronavirus pandemic has killed about 50,000 Americans to date. That’s almost as many fatalities as the Vietnam war in three months. It’s difficult to wrap your brain around this. In many cases, it seems as if you’re living in the midst of a sci-fi/disaster movie.
Here are five examples of how life during the coronavirus pandemic feels like a movie. (I didn’t include the movie “Contagion,” because I’ve never seen it. I have no desire to see the movie now because it feels like I’m living in it. However, the movie has been praised for its accuracy. )
Children of Men
Alfono Cuaron’s “Children of Men” is one of the most widely acclaimed sci-fi movies of recent years. In 2016, the film ranked no. 13 on a BBC list of the best movies of the 21st century. The 2006 movie starring Clive Owen, features a dystopian world where women have stopped having children. Owen has to escort a woman who has managed to conceive to safety.
However, “Children of Men,” is shockingly accurate about many things. In the movie there are immigrant prisons, the world is recovering from a…
