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As Brad Pitt cements his status as a frontrunner in this year\u2019s Oscar race for his performance in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood<\/i>, we decided to take another look back at his reign as prestige hottie in the 90s. After nearly missing a win on his first nomination for 12 Monkeys<\/i>, Brad Pitt\u2019s red hot persona yielded an Oscar expectation that was met with disappointing projects before Fight Club<\/i> reignited. But one of his most prominent misfires of that era was the misguided and milquetoast Seven Years in Tibet<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The film follows Pitt as mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, who becomes tutor to the young Dalai Lama before and during the invasion of Tibet. While the film fumbles in trying to generate the kind of epic period sweep that Oscar often rewards, its biggest issues lie in a narrative that indulges in cultural tourism, pacifies its true-life protagonist\u2019s Nazi associations, and offers one of the most underwhelming uses of Pitt\u2019s star persona. This week, we\u2019re looking at Pitt\u2019s ascension as 90s peak sexpot, and the Oscar year that favored another epic (you know, the boat one) and a different handsome blond actor.<\/p>\n
Topics also include the 90s pop culture obsession with the Dalai Lama (including Scorsese\u2019s Kundun<\/i> in the same year), the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival, and Pitt\u2019s shaky abilities with dialects.<\/p>\n
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