A milestone for disaster films!
It is very subtle, the plague is the clue of the movie, it is a natural disaster, but it is just a pretense, it leads to a man-made disaster. What the movie really wants to talk about is the unpredictable human heart that is more terrifying than the plague.
So, the title of the movie - Cassandra Bridge, is very subtle. The real conflict in the film is the bridge, for the passengers, whether to leave the fate in the hands of politics or hold it tightly in one's own hands. For soldiers and doctors, when faced with a choice, whether to be loyal to duty and orders, or out of kindness.
And the discussion of human nature, such as trusting and being trusted, the fickleness of human nature, and mediating the contradiction between heart and reality. The ending makes a wonderful satire on politics.
The vision and structure that the film presents is fantastic for a film from 40 years ago.
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