Seven Years in Tibet is orientalism which focusing on Tibetan religion and history. The orientalism plays out in opposites rescue paradigm, western authority over the East, and the justification of that authority. The movie recounts of the story of Heinrich Harrer's years in Tibet and actually parallels the history of Tibet-focused orientalism. When Harrer first enters the country, he exhibits the behavior of a commanding father to the Tibetans childlike state. The Tibetans are depicted as innocent primitives without social graces, guile, or education. Harrer is an Aryan, hardly tolera…
