HOLLYWOOD – Julianne Moore says she was surprised to learn that people in some parts of the world have mistaken “Still Alice,” her film about Alzheimer’s disease, as “science fiction” and even “horror-comedy.”
“In many places, Alzheimer’s is an alien concept … in places where few people live old enough to get Alzheimer’s,” she says, pointing out that there are places in the world people rarely live past 65.
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