A documentary about Tibet.
The staggering landscapes of this mountainous land are captured beautifully as director Dirk Simon picks apart contradictions within Tibetan society. Philip Glass, Thom Yorke and Damien Rice provide terrific musical accompaniment.
Simon's willingness to give ear to Chinese defenders of the occupation diffuses the issues rather than clarifies them, and swells an already overlong running time. The music by Philip Glass is the most annoying I've heard in any documentary this year.
There is much that is interesting here, although the film lacked an international context for discussion, particularly any comparison with Burma.
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