Lost, the documentary that all fans of the series absolutely must watch is coming

On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary, the film that promises to reveal mysteries, backgrounds, and even uncomfortable truths about one of the most complex and followed shows of all time is coming

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For all fans and admirers of one of the most followed shows of all time, Getting Lost has arrived, the film was directed by Taylor Morden and produced by the production company Pop Motion Pictures (here is the first official trailer). Or rather, the documentary has already been released only in the Canadian and American cinema circuit, which promises not merely to celebrate, but rather to investigate, and reveal through interviews and unpublished materials all the mysteries, backgrounds, rumors, and many urban legends that have grown over the years around Lost, the show created by J.J. Abrahms that will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of its first broadcast in 2024.

In fact, if initially, the news of a release on September 22nd in streaming on the Netflix platform had circulated, at the moment the long-awaited debut of this documentary is still awaiting. So, while waiting to update you with the date of the new release, let's try to anticipate the fateful question... What is Getting Lost really about? And what does it have in store for all lovers of the series? The first documentary entirely focused on the story of Lost, both from a narrative and dramaturgical point of view and from a more strictly productive one, had already been started many years ago, in 2010. That project never saw the light of day, and yet the vast array of viewers from all over the world remained strongly in need of being able to see a product of this kind. 

Of finally being able to find a work capable of answering the many, many questions that have always remained unanswered. The idea itself is also decidedly ambitious, given that Lost is not only one of the shows that have forever changed the history of contemporary seriality but also the most complex, elusive, allegorical, and in many ways even controversial product, ready to deny itself all univocal interpretations. Essentially denying the same familiar mechanism called set up and pay off. That is, providing explanations, and arriving at the resolution of the narrative lines by providing answers that do not open even more questions. And yet, from the first reviews and the first reactions, it seems that Getting Lost is exactly what fans were waiting for.

In fact, we know that the documentary was liked by the public and critics because it does not limit itself to telling how Lost, since the very first episodes, achieved a resounding, unexpected, and unprecedented success, capable of surprising and overwhelming the authors themselves. After all, these facts were already widely known to the fans. What was striking about Getting Lost was therefore the choice not to deny the controversies, not to deny the disappointment that some felt regarding the choices made by the team of writers and showrunners. 

It will be the people directly involved, the members of the crew and the technical and artistic cast, including the most appreciated and famous interpreters of the original cast, such as Evangeline Lilly (Kate), Daniel Dae Kim (Jin-Soo Kwon), Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond), Josh Holloway (Sawyer), Jorge Garcia (Hugo) or Michael Emerson (Benjamin Linus), together of course with J.J. Abrams and his partners Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Lieber to tell us their truths from "behind the scenes". But above all, the documentary also offers an uncommon perspective: that of the fans, the listening groups, and the most enthusiastic and faithful viewers, examining and telling this adventure also from their point of view, to faithfully represent what it meant season after season to be a true "Lostie".

Source: CBR