China is notorious for being too harsh on censorship guidelines and is often accused for having double standards for Chinese and Non Chinese movies. Anything off the government stand can face the wrath of the censor board and the movie can lose a market of 1.3 billion viewers. A similar thing happened in case of Brad Pitt's Seven Years In Tibet.
The movie is a story of Austrian Heinrich Harrer who escapes from British during Second World War and finds himself safe in Lhasa (Tibet). There he meets a young Dalai Lama. The story is about seven years of ordeal far from home and family. The movie is critical of capitalist intentions and the purpose of war. Movie also raised eyebrows on the way Tibet is being treated by China. These two things ensured a ban on the movie.
Chinese Government objected to the way Military personnel were depicted. They were shown as if they have no empathy with civilians. Apart from that the positive depiction of Dalai Lama was also against Chinese tolerance. The occupation of Tibet by China is also (allegedly) shown in very dubious way. The movie appeared to be a 'Free Tibet' propaganda rather than a realistic piece of art.
Lead actors Brad Pitt and David Thewlis were prohibited from entering China... forever.
Written By: Sujoy Ghosh
No comments:
Post a Comment
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, POST COMMENTS TO TELL US WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF THIS ARTICLE,
Finding it difficult to post comments ??
type your comment in white box below and under "Comment as" Drop down list, either:
1. select "Anonymous"
OR
2. If you are logged into Google account, select your Google account from the drop-down list