The Lost City of Z

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The Big Picture

Came from

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David Lean: 1 line the maker said so ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): David Lean ⇒ The Lost City of Z (the maker said so: Gray, the director, speaking on the show). Gray wanted an old-fashioned English-language epic in the style of David Lean or Coppola.
    “a movie in the style almost of like David Lean or Francis Ford Coppola or something like that”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:24:31 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Amazon: 2 lines industry ×2

  1. industry (industry): The Lost City of Z → Amazon. Gray says the future is Amazon and Netflix, home viewing, and mourns the lost communal experience.
    “is a world which is Amazon and Netflix, where Essentially, you mostly watch these things at home on your 60 or 70 inch television.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:28:06 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

Adaptation: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Lost City of Z → Adaptation. Gray rejected a postmodern retelling like Adaptation, already done well, for a classical epic.
    “I had seen a kind of postmodern retelling, you know, adaptation, for example, with Nicholas Cage, which is a beautiful film”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:24:12 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

Apocalypse Now: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Lost City of Z → Apocalypse Now. Coppola's shoot ran about 270 days against Gray's four months, though Gray says four months is still punishing.
    “We were there for 4 months.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:11:43 · James Gray (0.80 sure it was them)

Brad Pitt: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Brad Pitt → The Lost City of Z. Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, the producers, sent Gray the book though nothing in his work suggested jungle fit.
    “Brad Pitt and DD Guard and Jeremy Kleiner, who are the producers of the movie, why they sent it to me”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:01:21 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

David Lean: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Lost City of Z → David Lean. Gray wanted an old-fashioned English-language epic in the style of David Lean or Coppola.
    “a movie in the style almost of like David Lean or Francis Ford Coppola or something like that”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:24:31 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

Fitzcarraldo: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Lost City of Z → Fitzcarraldo. Gray places Fitzcarraldo with Aguirre and Apocalypse Now as the famous painful jungle shoots his own film risks resembling.
    “the thing about Fitzgaraldo, which sits, you know, sort of in the firmament, along with Agira, the wrath of God, and Apocalypse Now”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:06:45 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

James Gray: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): The Lost City of Z → James Gray. Sean says the film resembles Gray's earlier work yet differs from it.
    “This is a beautiful movie that is very similar to some of your movies, but also very different.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:00:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): The Lost City of Z → James Gray. Sean says the film resembles Gray's earlier work yet differs from it.
    “This is a beautiful movie that is very similar to some of your movies, but also very different.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:00:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): The Lost City of Z → Apocalypse Now. Coppola's shoot ran about 270 days against Gray's four months, though Gray says four months is still punishing.
    “We were there for 4 months.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:11:43 · James Gray (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): The Lost City of Z → Adaptation. Gray rejected a postmodern retelling like Adaptation, already done well, for a classical epic.
    “I had seen a kind of postmodern retelling, you know, adaptation, for example, with Nicholas Cage, which is a beautiful film”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:24:12 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): The Lost City of Z → Amazon. Sean raises Amazon releasing the film as a sign of the changing industry.
    “I'm curious that you've partnered with Amazon to release the movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:26:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): The Lost City of Z → Amazon. Gray says the future is Amazon and Netflix, home viewing, and mourns the lost communal experience.
    “is a world which is Amazon and Netflix, where Essentially, you mostly watch these things at home on your 60 or 70 inch television.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:28:06 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): The Lost City of Z → Fitzcarraldo. Gray places Fitzcarraldo with Aguirre and Apocalypse Now as the famous painful jungle shoots his own film risks resembling.
    “the thing about Fitzgaraldo, which sits, you know, sort of in the firmament, along with Agira, the wrath of God, and Apocalypse Now”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:06:45 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): The Lost City of Z → David Lean. Gray wanted an old-fashioned English-language epic in the style of David Lean or Coppola.
    “a movie in the style almost of like David Lean or Francis Ford Coppola or something like that”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:24:31 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Brad Pitt → The Lost City of Z. Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, the producers, sent Gray the book though nothing in his work suggested jungle fit.
    “Brad Pitt and DD Guard and Jeremy Kleiner, who are the producers of the movie, why they sent it to me”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:01:21 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about The Lost City of Z: The part of the book that hooked Gray was Fawcett's father, an alcoholic who ruined two family fortunes.
    “And it says his father was an alcoholic who destroyed not one but 2 family fortunes.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:01:54 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about The Lost City of Z: A friend told Gray the explorer is a metaphor for directing.
    “a metaphor for movie directing”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:02:38 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about The Lost City of Z: Gray went to where Fawcett was, found it clear-cut for soybeans, and had to invent the reality.
    “And you look around and you think this is Nebraska.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:05:26 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about The Lost City of Z: On set, Gray asked about crocodiles; the producer said none, then it was a black caiman, which his editor said was worse.
    “He said, Mr. James is not a crocodile.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:08:48 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about The Lost City of Z: Shooting at night, the river rose and swamped the set within seconds; the cameraman ran with the camera over his head.
    “within 30 seconds, The biggest rush of water I have ever seen came and overtook not just the set, but all of us.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:10:24 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about The Lost City of Z: After two weeks in the jungle Gray wanted dumplings from Din Tai Fung.
    “the dumplings sent to you from Din Tai Fung with the soy sauce”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:12:30 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about The Lost City of Z: Adapting all of Grann's book would have been a 27-hour miniseries.
    “that would be a 27 hour long miniseries, maybe interesting only to me.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:23:42 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about The Lost City of Z: The first draft script ran 175 pages, about three hours.
    “I believe was 175 pages, which is very long.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:26:06 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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