It’s like going to the British Museum and seeing the Elgin Marbles-where they have a pamphlet right there that says, ‘Why is it here? Is it right?’ No, it’s not right! You stole them off the Parthenon!” Why is it in Berlin, by the way? That’s a total act of Imperialism. “And the Ishtar Gate of Babylon? That’s the greatest thing I’ve ever seen. the morning before, Gray fought jet lag by visiting no less than five landmarks in the German capital-including Hitler’s bunker, Checkpoint Charlie, the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, and Museum Island (home to The Pergamonn and Neues museums). He’s not kidding: after arriving from L.A.
“I have a weird history obsession,” the filmmaker admits during an afternoon chat at the Hotel de Rome last February, just hours before his film version of The Lost City of Z has its international premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in the luxurious Zoo Palast theater. Then again, if you’re going to turn a nonfiction book into a movie, you might want to talk to Gray.
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