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  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. craft (craft): Fitzcarraldo → Burden of Dreams. A documentary about the making of Fitzcarraldo, which Sean names.
    “Yeah, Bird of Dream, sure.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:07:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Burden of Dreams → Fitzcarraldo. The documentary is funny but mortifying because people died making the film.
    “people got killed making that move”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:07:06 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)