Felt simply stunned me – their music was beautiful, timeless and everything about them – their image, their album covers, their song titles, their prodigious output of records – captured my attention like no band before or since.

I’m saddened to see that Lawrence is no longer the finest of physical specimens, but it seems to me that being blessed with with all that talent and having produced such a great body of work..and for it to go largely unnoticed by the outside world – I can only imagine how frustrating that must be.

Fortunately, time seems to be proving Lawrence right – he may not be regarded by the wider public but his peers and those who have followed him and been successful – the charlatans, the manics, st etienne – are thankfully singing his praises.

I’d love this film to come out on DVD – I truly believe Lawrence is the greatest songwriter in history – and I know I’m not alone

Hi 3guys1movie – Also thanks for reading. Phoenix has a petty good hip hop persona, it is a shame that he does not get to cut loose with more material in the film, although this is part of the point (that nobody really wants to listen). I watched the film on DVD, it has been released in the UK and the USA, but it may also be available for legal streaming.

When I say this documentary/mockumentary I remember both loving it and hating it. I think I took it too serious at first. It was when I took a step back that I could understand it.

I was also quite aghast at the casting choices.
I think the agent sent out a bulk email to top 50 actors saying there is a quickie available to anyone interested- all you got to do is cough, puke and die.
Then, in all likelihood, they ran out of budget and couldn’t cast Denzel as the african american intellectual lead doctor .. instead drafted someone who in my mental imagery was always a rather dumb, insignificant sidekick in a dozen shootout movies. This combined with the character’s bird flu related lines, weird surprise at the janitor overhearing the ‘shhh’ conversation, left me rather perplexed.

Overall, a movie that goes well with popcorn.

No film should be didactic and yet every film conveys some moral or message. Contagion is a film too concerned with the scientific precision of depicting global corporate devastation. Although Soderbergh does attempt to address the film’s emotional wandering by relaying the moral dilemma Fishburne’s character faces and Damon’s emotional state after being dealt two blows–simultaneously. Soderbergh doesn’t quite deliver the visceral emotions of facing a new, changed world.

I am very impressed by this film and it will be one of my top recommendations to friends for some time to come. But it is not perfect.