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The Lost City Z buzz begins

posted 8 years ago by CurzonStreet
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Now that the film as a premiere date (NYFF Oct. 15th), the critics are starting to get excited. The Guardian UK includes The Lost City of Z as a possible Oscar contender

Writer/director James Gray is a favorite among critics, but so far his films have failed to convince Academy members of his talent behind the lens.

The Lost City of Z, which recently nabbed the closing night slot at the New York film festival, appears to be his biggest and most mainstream effort to date, by telling a true story about British military man (Charlie Hunnam) who embarks on a decades-long search for a lost city deep in the Amazon during the 1920s. But knowing Gray, his epic is probably anything but conventional.

Nice words from their critic, Nigel Smith.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/10/oscars-2017-predictions-movie-reviews-film-festival-favorites
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[–] politicidal 8 years ago

It's about time.

What's missing in movies is same as in society: a good sense of work ethic and living up to ideals.

[–] FourthYear 8 years ago

I've been stoked for this ever since reading the book, which is a great read. I'm hoping this film tells the complex story... and I'm REALLY curious to see what it insinuates/ points to for explanation.

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[–] CurzonStreet 8 years ago

This movie is the hot ticket at the NYFF. Besides the premiere on the 15th, due to the demand for tickets, they've added 5 additional screenings, and they're all sold out. There's some standing room only tix left. No other film at the festival is even close to this kind of excitement.

The Toronto Sun has an article about the big films that TIFF missed out on, and includes TLCOZ.

TIFF 2016: The 7 films that got away

When a whopper escapes the hook, a fisherman laments the big one that got away. When the Toronto International Film Festival misses out on an important film for its lineup, Piers Handling shrugs it off as a case of “business-as-usual” — however frustrating it must be.

“No festival, including Cannes, gets everything it is looking for,” Handling tells the Toronto Sun in an exclusive interview. “It’s impossible!”

Handling, who is TIFF’s president, CEO and one of the festival’s 21 programmers, is sanguine this year even though he missed out on major titles such as Ron Howard’s Inferno, Gavin O’Connor’s The Accountant, Tate Taylor’s The Girl on the Train, James Gray’s The Lost City of Z, Derek Cianfrance’s The Light Between Oceans, Martin Scorsese’s Silence and any number of other mainstream films — such as Scott Derrickson’s Doctor Strange — that could do big business, or generate Oscar buzz, or both.

They also have the trailer.
http://www.torontosun.com/2016/09/09/tiff-2016-the-films-that-wont-be-at-the-festival
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