tra layer of sensuality to the film , making explicit the intimidating task faced by both the filmmaker and the hero of his tale . Shot in painterly fashion by Darius Khondji on 35mm with nary a pixel of CG visible , The Lost City of Z has a timeless feel , with Gray steadfastly avoiding any intrusive camerawork to deliver a film that oozes craft and class from every sprocket of its negative . David Lean would seem a clear visual influence , but thematically it owes much to
the work of Philip Kaufman . Z is something of a British prequel to Kaufman ’ s space-race drama The Right Stuff , explorers like Fawcett the astronauts of their day , and it boasts the same sense of wonder and nostalgia for a time when there was still something left to discover on the sphere we call home . There ’ s an explicit nod to the Kaufman penned Raiders of the Lost Ark when Fawcett and his son ( Tom Holland ) are seen emerging over a hill , pursued by angry tribesmen , while the