"Lost Z City" was released in the United States in April 2017, starring "King Arthur" Charlie Hunnam (Charlie Hunnam) and "Twilight Man" Robert Pattinson (Robert Pattinson).
Metacritic currently has a score of 78, which is higher than that of "Wonder Woman": ▼
The director of "Lost Z City" is James Gray with an IQ of 180. He is a well-known independent film director in the United States.
In 1994, the 25-year-old Gray made his directorial debut "Little Odessa" (1994), which won the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival in one fell swoop.
Since then, Gray has written and directed four movies:
-"Family Enmity" (2000)
-"We Have the Night" (2007)
-"Two Lovers" (2008)
-"Immigration" (2013)
The four films are nominated for the Palme d'Or for Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival, which shows their talent.
Anyone who has watched "Lost Z City" will be attracted by its beautiful romantic classicism photography.
The photographer of "Lost Z City" is Darius Khondji (Darius Khondji) , one of the few veterans in film photography.
Kandi's pictures are unique and thoughtful, the tones are not sharp but rich enough. He has made many well-known films and nominated for Oscar for Best Photography for many times:
-"Seven Deadly Sins" (1995)
-"Midnight in Paris" (2011)
-"Madame Veron" (1996)
Recently at the Cannes Film Festival, "Jade" was nominated for the Palme d'Or, and its photography was also by Condy.
It is worth mentioning that this time "Lost Z City" uses 4K photography technology and film photography to try to restore a mysterious rainforest world, so that we have the opportunity to complete the adventure with the protagonist.
We chose 35mm film for shooting (so far, all of my movies are like this), and finally proved that this kind of shooting in the depths of the jungle is really too difficult, we have to use airplanes to transport these films to places thousands of kilometers away. To develop and edit, we usually see the samples after a week. In any case, I think the authenticity of the environment is worth it.
--James Gray
Watching 4K on the big screen, the effect is really amazing and real! When going deep into the rainforest, the audience will feel that they have also become a tiny existence in the huge rainforest world, and they feel particularly immersive.
I don’t know if everyone is like me. When I was young, I dreamed of going to the rainforest to explore the unknown. If you have ever had such a dream, it’s okay to go to the cinema to watch this movie!
In addition, Condi likes to use close-up shots very much in this movie, and the actors' acting skills are online, so the camera can clearly capture the emotions on the faces of the characters every time.
The story of "Lost Z City" is adapted from real people. After World War I, the explorer Percy Fawcett (Percy Fawcett) accepted a mission to map South America.
In the Amazon jungle, Fawcett accidentally discovered the remains of human civilization. He discovered that this civilization is even longer than the history of Britain.
In our time, the existence of hominid culture in the Amazon rainforest has long been acquiesced, but at that time people thought it was idiotic dreams, and many people ridiculed Fawcett.
Thus, Fawcett came up with the idea of proving the existence of this civilization to the world.
Fawcett took his desire for exploration and carried the burden of ideals. From then on, he embarked on the road of adventure, returning to the rainforest again and again, to explore a lost city of Z.
In history, Fawcett's ending remains a mystery.
There is a saying that he became the leader of the tribe and has lived in the rain forest since then, and there is also a saying that Foster and his son were killed by the tribe.
"Lost Z City" is not a traditional Hollywood adventure movie. It does not pursue grandeur and excitement on the scene, but is more like a biographical story about idealism.
When I finished reading David Grann's novel, I suddenly had an interesting idea: to show this man's desire to explore. His thirst for the Amazon culture allowed him to withstand unimaginable tests, skepticism of the scientific team, terrible betrayal, and years of loneliness away from his family.
--James Gray
The most fascinating part of the film's plot is the transformation that Fawcett's heart desires. His original intention of accepting the exploration mission was only to restore the reputation of the family, but in the later stage, his desire for exploration and the unknown broke out a little bit.
At this moment, he is willing to pay all the price to find Z City.
During the divination, the witch said to Fawcett: This is your destiny.
Perhaps there is a destiny in each of us, but we lack some external stimulus to discover it, and we lack the courage to pursue it to the death.
Therefore, the real attraction of "Lost Z City" is not in the process of exploration, but in the spirit and idealism.
Adventure stories always attract us because the curiosity in our nature drives us to explore, go to the unknown, and overcome obstacles to realize our original intention.
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