Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel‚ Persepolis‚ is an autobiography about her life during the Iranian Revolution and war. The film version of Persepolis is quite similar‚ however‚ the intention of the film is slightly different than the book. The book has many detailed panels that tell more of a dramatic story of Marjane’s life‚ while the film is less dramatic and detailed. The graphic narrative Persepolis uses black and white comics to tell the story of Marjane’s life. The drawings in the pictures
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Character Analysis Charlotte Gainsbourg played the role in film antichrist as “SHE”. The characters in the film are never given names‚ except Nick‚ who act as the son of the couple. As her personality fits the character she is portraying‚ in the year 2009‚ Gainsburg won the award for being the Best Actress at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival for the said film. The film opens with a stunning black and white‚ slow-motion where the lead “she” and “he” make love in the shower while their unattended
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Things are often most memorable when they are graphic. If one sees something disturbing or shocking‚ it is very common for that thing to become stuck in that person’s head for a while‚ the image of it permanently ingrained in their head. This is especially true in the authentic coming of age story that is Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi. In the graphic novel Persepolis‚ Marjane Satrapi effectively uses graphic images to demonstrate the themes of revolution‚ religion‚ and loss of innocence.This first
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At one of the lower social standing in Middle Eastern culture‚ the Iranian government uses many methods to keep women from climbing up the proverbial social ‘ladder’. The degradation of women through the entirety of Persepolis is seen when the author highlights how the rights of women are slowly taken away and the obvious superfluous reasoning behind it. Early on in the novel‚ it is decreed that all women must wear veils in order to‚ “protect women from all the potential rapists” (Satrapi 74). The
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Personal Troubles and Public Issues in Persepolis Marjane Satrapi’s novel Persepolis is an in depth look at Marjane’s child hood in Iran. Throughout the novel Marji faces many public issues which directly relate to her personal troubles. While Marji was growing up she witnessed the relinquishment of the Shah’s regime‚ The Islamic revolution and the Iraq v Iran war. Her novel covers an eight year span‚ from the ages six to fourteen. Even though the novel begins when Marji is only six years old she
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The graphic novels Persepolis 1 and Persepolis 2 are graphic autobiographical novels that describe the life of Marjane Satrapi who also happens to be the author. The change of setting between Iran and Austria‚ her development and the strong political views she holds constantly put her in an emotional distress. She is a brave and strong women who lived through the Iranian revolution in 1979 but dared to stand up to the Islamic regime and express her views. This is a very dangerous act and it could’ve
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twenties and early thirties‚ were considered “movie brats.” These new directors Some of the more famous were Francis Ford Coppola‚ Stephen Spielberg‚ and George Lucas; all of whom had an intense awareness of film history‚ worked with quotations and remakes‚ and created extremely successful films. With an influx of new directors‚ it seemed fit that they would take over the industry entirely. However‚ director Robert Altman‚ born around twenty years earlier and being significantly older than his “movie
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Sun is a heavily decorated tale of a family striving to survive in a late 1950’s South Side‚ Chicago. It was the first play written by an African-American to ever reach the renowned halls of Broadway. It’s translation into a film won it praise at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival‚ and is also a Tony Award winning Best Musical (1973). Walter Younger‚ a father and husband at best‚ struggles to define himself as one person with set traits as he chops and changes back and forth from disappointments and triumphs
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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
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screening schedules fdcp cinematheque‚ davao city Date JULY 19 (FRIDAY) ALWAYS-Sunset on Third Street – 3 (142 mins) JULY 20 (SATURDAY) WANKO – The Story of Me‚ My Family and My Dog (123 mins) Brave Story (111 mins) JULY 21 (SUNDAY) ALWAYS-Sunset on Third Street – 3 (142 mins) Fukushima Hula Girls (100 mins) JULY 22 (MONDAY) Brave Story (111 mins) Light Up Nippon (90 mins) JULY 23 (TUESDAY) Haru’s Journey (134 mins) ALWAYS-Sunset on Third Street – 3 (142 mins) JULY 24 (WEDNESDAY) Brave Story (111
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