Persepolis Differences Between Book And Movie

Persepolis Film and Book Comparison Persepolis the movie doesn’t really deviate from the book all too much. Except for a couple of scenes in color, which were set outside the time frame of the book, the film basically followed the book. Some scenes, for the purpose of time were likely skipped and not included in the film. For the main part, the film seemed to want to focus more on Marji’s political commentary and less on the extraneous portions of her life which sort of hurt the narrative. The first noticeable difference between the book and the film is the opening sequence. There is color in a mainly black and white film. Marji, the main character, then begins her monologue, introducing the film. The color in this scene denotes that this
Everyone was sort of a one dimensional character used to move along the story, which can’t really be blamed on Marji since the story was from one person’s point of view. In the film, however, the characters were even more one dimensional as the plot had to move on succinctly. Marji’s parents in the novel film were used simply as tools to tell the audience how the common Iranian felt about their current situation, whereas in the novel they were more real. Marji’s parents had more emotion, did things that weren’t expected, and they did things that were irrelevant; which made them more human. Another example of character cutting would be uncle Anoosh. In the film, Uncle Anoosh was a Communist who taught Marji political thought, but he mainly acted as the commentator for the Communist in Iran. After his execution, Marji gets very sad, but in the film it only seems like she has known him for a couple of days. In the novel, Anoosh’s character and his involvement with Marji are actually shown. In the novel there is a build up in the relationship between Anoosh and Marji, so that Marji’s sadness makes sense. Although the same message is conveyed in the film, there is less impact in the message than in the novel as emotional development is