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    The Egotism of Explorers in <em>The Lost City of Z</em>

    <em>The Atlantic</em> looks back on the key film scenes of 2017, this time a moment in James Gray’s odyssey of expedition and failure in the Amazon rainforest.
    by David Sims Dec 13, 2017 3 minutes
    Source: Amazon Studios

    Over the next month, The Atlantic’s “And, Scene” series will delve into some of the most interesting films of the year by examining a single, noteworthy moment and unpacking what it says about 2017. Next up is James Gray’s The Lost City of Z. (Read our previous entries here.)

    is a film about the siren song of the unknown—the chance that just around every bend of the Amazon River could be evidence of a forgotten civilization, or even better, its ancient capital, a place of

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