Yes, Everyone should go see this film as it's truly one of this year's finest. The film also features some of the most outstanding cinematography I've seen all year for it's early 20th Century period setting(s). Even when being based on a book by David Grann, The film speaks for itself without having to over explain anything as it does respect it's audiences until the very end. I don't even think this film needs to be expanded as if it needed to be a blockbuster, it's a smaller type of film with a huge sense of scale whilst tackling a genre we're very familiar with. Though not all the supporting players in the film have so much of a deep focus, the narrative is nonetheless hugely investing and brings out the best of every actor embodying such complex and compelling characters. At the center of the film is Charlie Hunnam whose performance as army general and explorer Percy Fawcett is incredibly worthy of a Oscar Nomination if not an actual win. Brilliantly realized in a in the slightly odd pace of the film's narrative structure, it never loses sight if it's initial subject matter of a man determined to do and find great things whilst keeping those close to him comforted. Hearkening back to exploration films deep within the amazon, 'The Lost city of Z' is the most quintessential post-modern take on the genre since the blockbusting franchise of 'Indiana Jones'. Rating: PG-13 (Disturbing Images|Brief Strong Language|Some Nudity|Violence) Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment, which views indigenous populations as savages, the determined Fawcett, supported by his devoted wife, son, and aide-de-camp, returns to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case. He wants to prove the experts wrong.At the dawn of the 20th century, British explorer Percy Fawcett journeys into the Amazon, where he discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. He wants to overcome the prejudice of his time against native populations. He wants to prove himself worthy of something, anything. ![]() He wants to clear his family name after the disgrace of his father. While Fawcett’s lost city of Z has never been found, numerous ancient cities and remains of religious sites have been uncovered in recent years in the jungles of Guatemala, Brazil, Bolivia and Honduras. The movie haphazardly suggests a number of possible motivating impulses. In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. It’s that stereotypical reserve that makes it difficult to understand or appreciate what drives Fawcett to such extremes. Writer and director James Gray presents a very even-keeled movie that constantly balances the spectacular mystery of the unknown - the overwhelming vegetation and wildlife, stifling heat, cannibalistic natives - with the stiff-upper-lip stereotype of a British explorer. ![]() ![]() You’ve been involved with, or at least circling, The Lost City of Z for a. How about both That’s an answer, right Both. But that’s an English-American divide, I suppose. Horrendous travails and spectacular discoveries await him, even if his ultimate goal eludes him. The correct pronunciation is The Lost City of Zed, but I don’t say that. Over the next 20 years, in addition to a significant stint in World War I which nearly costs him his life, Fawcett leads two more dangerous expeditions deep into the Amazon jungles. If we may find a city where one was considered impossible to exist it may well write a whole new chapter in human history!” “I am proposing that Amazonia contains a hidden civilization. Out of supplies, he must return to England, where he is greeted with some cheers but even more derision.
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