Slog - Comments on See Persepolis

Comment by Bauhaus

Bauhaus — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:07:24 -0800

The glory of Persopolis lies not only in its stunningly attractive black & white animation, but in its ability to show the tyranny of Iran's Islamic revolution and the mental horror of adolescence with equal dynamism.

Comment by Julie

Julie — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:18:55 -0800

I, too, loved it. Thought the first part did a perfect job of showing what the revolution must have been like from an eight year old's point of view. Definitely one of my recent favorites...

Comment by captain underpants

captain underpants — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:21:37 -0800

for sure. best movie i've seen in a long time.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:32:29 -0800

Persepolis was great - my son loved it and so did I and all my friends - highly recommended.

Comment by donte

donte — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:40:06 -0800

Persepolis is a wonderful film, accomplishing what the entirety of Wikipedia never could in conveying how the revolution really affected people.

Comment by arduous

arduous — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:52:31 -0800

Persepolis was robbed in the foreign film category!! Stupid Oscars.

Comment by Josh Feit

Josh Feit — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:54:33 -0800

@5,
A fiction book that was published in the late 80s or early 90s, Women of Deh Koh, did an excellent job talking about the Iranian revolution from the perspective of everyday people as well. Check it out, if you can find it:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1510/is_n75/ai_12291919

Comment by Jeff Stevens

Jeff Stevens — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:12:53 -0800

In case you missed Marjane Satrapi's crazy funny appearance on The Colbert Report, le voila:

http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=148508

She's so cool...

Comment by pencil riot

pencil riot — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:34:51 -0800

Well I've already seen it, but if I didn't, I totally would the second I found out Will, his son and his friends loved it.

Comment by don't break the oath

don't break the oath — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:04:36 -0800

I went into this film expecting to like it, left loving it, and woke up the next morning thinking it was the best movie I had seen in a long time.

Comment by SeMe

SeMe — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:45:24 -0800

Great film, great book. It shows the betrayal of socialists and other iranian marxists by the islamists. it shows again, who really over-threw the Sha and how this minority gained power. it happened in palestine, it happened all over. the lefties were offed. revolution betrayed.