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By DAVID CHATER

THE TIMES, Wednesday, July 9, 2003

SEARCH FOR THE LOST CITY OF GOLD
The travel writer Tahir Shah leads a team to Peru in search of Paititi, the lost city of the Incas. It is enjoyable for all the wrong reasons. Shah may be a kind and thoughtful person when he is not making documentaries, but in this film he comes across as mean-spirited, self-important and deeply silly. As the expedition heads into the jungle, the going gets tougher and the likelihood of success becomes even more remote. Shah, however, perseveres stubbornly with his routine from Apocalypse Now. "I knew the ruins were close, I could feel them. And I was closing in." Yes dearie.

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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

THE TIMES, Wednesday, July 9, 2003

SEARCH FOR THE LOST CITY OF GOLD
The travel writer Tahir Shah leads an expedition in Peru in search of Paititi, the fabled lost city of the Incas.

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THE TIMES

PLAY, July 5

SEARCH FOR THE LOST CITY OF GOLD

The travel writer Tahir Shah leads and expedition in Peru in search of Paititi, the lost city of the Incas. It is enjoyable for all the wrong reasons. Shah may be a gentle and thoughtful person when he is not making documentaries, but in this film he comes across as mean-spirited, self-important and deeply silly. As the expedition heads into the jungle, the going gets tougher and the likelihood of success becomes even more remote. Shah, however, perseveres stubbornly with his routine from Apocalypse Now. "I knew the ruins were close, I could feel them. And I was closing in." Yes dearie.

 

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