Reviews of Persepolis 2007
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Wonderful film (less detail than the book) following Marji as she grows up through the turbulent Iranian 70's/80's. Loved the grandmother's words of wisdom. A unique piece of art (DVD extras show the older, time consuming method of illuatration use to make this film) ...PUNK IS NOT DED!
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Increible la historia de esta animacion, me mantuvo atrapado todo el tiempo y con muchas emociones. Me hizo pensar mucho sobre la situacion de mi pais, aunque no se asemeje mucho. La animacion es excelente al igual que la musica tremenda historia que toda mujer deberia ver, nunca se dejen reprimir.
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Marjane Satrapi grew up in Tehran and enjoyed the simple pleasures of life during the 70s: friends, music, Nike shoes...then the Islamic Revolution happened. "Persepolis" is her account of the radical changes she experienced as an adolescent and the roads she traveled looking for a place to belong.
This adult, animated film released in 2007 was directed by Satrapi and based on her graphic novels. It's not only an excellent history lesson but an honest, self-aware and often comedic commentary…
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Movie #12 - Persepolis (Iran)I agree its not literally an Iranian film, its French but its creator and its subject is all about that country. Its one of those brilliantly thoughtful and creative kind of animated movies that impresses people if they watch it but most of them don't, because they are different than the usual sweet, silly, saccharine and whimsical animated movies that they are so use to. "Persepolis" is based…
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Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel comes to life with this vision of oppression and freedom colliding in Iran.
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Loved this film from the first time I came across it by myself in my room last year or a couple of years ago in the Sundance channel on one of those days it was available on DirecTV. I just watched it in the evening until it got dark from the end of the first quarter all the way to the end. I had to sit in awe when it was done airing and say softly "that was pretty good"…
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With the beautiful animation accompanying the timely message, Persepolis's mix of humor and heartbreak makes for a genuinely well rounded film.
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What fantastic animation, and what an interesting way to express post-revolutionary Iran under the Ayatollah. The film succeeds at its best though in balancing its tone: an incredibly delicate job to be sure, but handled with extreme ease by the filmmakers.
The veracity of the dialogue and the silhouetted political executions are images that lodge themselves in your mind.
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Good story and good execution with a lovely animated style.
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Recently I read the book version of this, or at least the first part (there's two books.) And...it was good. Just kinda...good. So I decided to watch the movie just for the hell of it. And...it's also good.
To elaborate, the book was good because it had nicely rounded and fleshed out characters, in order to make you care when shit inevitably hit the fan. It took place in the Iranian Revolution, so it does rely on tragedy from a…
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An amazing film.
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Gran título, esta novela grafica de Satrapi, con un peso de historia autobiográfica interesante es un muy buen punto de vista, tanto político como religioso. Todas esas narrativas con aspectos góticos y melodramáticos tocan una parte sensible que juega entre la tristeza y la risa. Altamente recomendada esta obra.