Review of Seven Years in Tibet (1997) by Bill C — 10 Sep 2010
Brad Pitt is Heinrich Harrer a driven Austrian mountain climber. Pitt?s characters intense focus on reaching his goals places the rest of his life as inconsequential his wife, child and his fellow climbers.
As a point of reference Austrian look down on Germans (the worlds generally accepted most meticulous and driven people) as kind of careless and not very motivated. Found that out the hard way when I married and Austrian wife.
A memorable role where Brad Pitt is acting outside his comfort zone and he excels. David Thewlis plays Peter the leader of his climb and On and Off friend. While climbing Mt. Nanga Parbat they are arrested by British Indian forces and placed in a prisoner of war camp when WWII breaks out.
Pitt rebuffs the escape plans of his fellow mountaineers instead relying on his own plans and goes it alone which repeatedly get him caught. The finally escape but their only hope is to cross-over into neutral Tibet.
After being rejected at the border, they finally make it across holding a picture of the Dali Lama and claiming they want to worship him. The story really begins there Pitt befriends the Lama who his both surprisingly young, interested in modern technology and very wise.
The seven years there gradually teach Pitt to loose his hard driven edge and gain perspective on his life. They leave Lassa on the take over of Tibet by the Chinese and spend the last month of the war in the POW camp where they began.
This review of Seven Years in Tibet (1997) was written by Bill C on 10 Sep 2010.
Seven Years in Tibet has generally received positive reviews.
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