FilmComicsExplained : “The Andromeda Strain (1971) Virus
Explained”
This is a detailed review of the 1971 Robert Wise film (20th Century Fox) of
the book which Michael Crichton wrote in medical school and became a hit in
1969. That’s on my legacy doaskdotell
site. I have a review of the TV series
remake on my “cf” blog, May 26, 2008.
The virus comes from a spacecraft at high altitude
returning, and it destroys a small town in Arizona, by destroying the small
blood vessels of its victims (like Ebola).
But in fact it is a radioactive virus that converts matter to energy and
vice versa.
The team goes into an underground biocontainment
chamber. With each level the team
undergoes more commitment, including depilation by a photoflash and then “body
analysis”. At the end of the film, the entire
facility has to self-destruct to save the world.
The video also discusses the “Resident Evil” virus concept
briefly as similar.
It seems fitting today.
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