2016 Directed by James Gray
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilazation in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Charlie Hunnam Robert Pattinson Sienna Miller Tom Holland Angus Macfadyen Ian McDiarmid Franco Nero Bobby Smalldridge Tom Mulheron Edward Ashley Harry Melling Daniel Huttlestone Johann Myers Michael Ford-FitzGerald Aleksandar Jovanović Michael Jenn Nicholas Agnew Frank Clem Clive Francis Matthew Sunderland Yelena Solovey Murray Melvin Bethan Coomber David Calder Stacy Shane Richard Croxford Niall Cusack Colin Carnegie Pat Mooney Show All…
Northern Ireland Screen Plan B Entertainment Sierra / Affinity MICA Entertainment MadRiver Pictures Keep Your Head
If not for the ineffably modern hollowness of Charlie Hunnam’s speaking voice, or the distinct rind of 21st century celebrity that still clings to co-star Robert Pattinson like the dying traces of yesterday’s cologne, someone could easily be fooled into thinking that “The Lost City of Z” was shot 40 years ago. In fact, that might be the greatest compliment a viewer could pay writer-director James Gray (“The Immigrant”), a man who seems increasingly determined to revive the glory days of our national cinema, when movie were pictures and auteurs were mavericks. Gray pulls from the past as liberally as Quentin Tarantino, but without the ego — he doesn’t try to process his influences through the slaughterhouse of his own…
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Percy Fawcett, the subject under a dual-microscope in James Gray's latest memory flip-book, forces the viewer to reconsider Adventure - as a genre and as a daydream - through immense meditation to his particular obsessions and mystifying personal narrative. Being both a product of colonialism and a primitive prognosticator of empathetic relations to other cultures, he's a White Explorer desperately trying to rebel against the stigma even as he continues to roam the jungle in search of a fabled city spoken in whispers and translations comprised of miscommunication. Whether he reached his destination is unknown, but Fawcett's idealism feeds Gray's melancholic grasp on clinical study and, without revealing the trick, his own personal interpretation of the story. The Lost…
It's rare to find a movie these days that believes in adventure and sincerity and pure storytelling as interchangeable qualities, and lives up to all of them.
Percy's ambitions of finding Z reflect that of Gray's ambitions with his biggest project to date. Reminiscent of the films of David Lean, The Lost City of Z is a marvel of a film that packs a surprising emotional punch. Gray's themes of family continue and deepen more with this astonishing film. I couldn't stop looking at it. Images that feel reminiscent of Paths of Glory and Apocalypse Now are great but Gray adds his own spin to keep it fresh. So many amazing images that it's too much t unpack on a first viewing. That final shot is an all timer. This confirms that James Gray is the next great American Director. Let's all bow down to a true master.
Película de las más olvidables. Lost City of Z nunca llegó a captar mi atención por más que 10 minutos. Palidece antes de obras antecesoras como las de Werner Herzog que en verdad lograron lo que Lost City quiere, llegar a Z.
Every stupid adventure film trope is shattered. He doesn’t spend 40min trying to assemble some team to venture into the amazon with. He doesn’t get lost and spends the rest of the film trying to make his way. Every minute of this film is utilized perfectly building momentum and pushing on as are the characters in their journey.
Masterful writing and directing by Gray mixed with the stupid amazing visuals of Khondji make this film special and worth everyone’s time. My only regret is that I waited so long to see it.
I'm gonna quote a review I saw on reddit that pretty much accurately summed up just about everything I thought of this movie. Glad I watched it with some people though but not surprised that they both fell asleep halfway through.
www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/680dal/official_discussion_the_lost_city_of_z_spoilers/dguri3t/
tl;dr the pacing is wild, first it's incredibly slow but then way too fast, nothing ever happens, the characters have unclear motivations. but the cinematography and acting was pretty damn good at least.
Aventuras selváticas de la mano del siempre eficiente James Gray que siguen las andanzas reales de un soldado inglés de principios de siglo XX al que mandan a mapear el Amazonas y termina obsesionado con una ciudad precolombina perdida en medio de Bolivia.
Charlie Hunnam tiene menos carisma que una ameba y el final es un poco WTF pero la peli es entretenida, no se hace larga, visualmente es muy chula y tiene algunos momentos de acción bastante buenos.
Para pasar un buen rato con una cinta con aroma clásico.
Subgéneros:
- Aventurillas por la selva
- El doctor Livingston, supongo
- Ingleses muy pulcros sin lavarse durante meses en la selva
"You know where you are?
You're in the jungle, baby
You're gonna die"
-Axl Rose
A take on imperialism that's liberal to its core, which is to say that it isn't a valuable take on imperialism at all. Stammers every five minutes to insist on its """progressive""" attitude to stave off any critique of its subject matter, but dodges any chance to actually consider the its conditions.
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