Persepolis Film

I think that the film did a very good job in telling her story. It was very similar to the book but different in a few ways. I liked how they did it in cartoon form. While i was reading the book i was imagining her as she went by and saw her dead friends bracelet and when she heard those girls talking about her in the one restaurant. The imagery i got from the book was a lot like the movie and i liked that. The movie did not go in exact the exact order that the book went in but i liked how it shows her waiting in the airport and flashes back to when she was little. I feel that i was able to follow along with it easy because i had already read the book.

One thing that i did not like was that it was in french and had subtitles. I also thing that Marjane should have used her own voice. With her own voice i think that she would be able to get her actual emotions across to the viewer better. It was very funny when she sang "eye of the tiger". One thing that i found odd was that her grandma papered her breasts so much. She said she puts them in cold water or something to keep them firm and puts flowers in them. I wonder why she took so good care of them when she had to hide her whole body while in public.

Perspolis (Film Version)

As with most movies based on books, parts are left out. Even with these missing parts I still feel that the film version of the book is better than the actual book. It helped me relate to Marjane's feelings when I was able to see them more fluidly in the film. The film still had a detailed account of her life, even missing parts from the graphic novel.

The fact that the film was in French was unique. I usually don't watch foreign films so it was a breath of fresh air, and it made Marjane's story even more special. I really liked not only this movie, but the story as a whole. It was a lesson of perseverance and standing up for one's beliefs in the face of adversity.

Persepolis: The Movie

Like in the graphic novel, the film version of Persepolis depicts Marjane Satrapi as she struggled to grow up and deal with a constant bombardment of philosophies, emotions, culture and religion. At an early age she was told about the revolution and how things should be and why the way things are is wrong and how things used to be. Her father, grandmother, and uncle all filled her mind with these concepts and as Marjane grew up she became outspoken, rebellious, and independent. For lack of a better term, Marjane was a punk. In Austria she became even more independent, having to learn how to take care of herself on her own and find out how to fit in.
Marjane and her grandmother have a very close bond. Her grandmother her some of the best advice for life. Her words are wise and powerful, coming from a person who is free and independent and outspoken like her granddaughter.

Persepolis the movie

I have to admit that I didn't think that I would enjoy reading this book. Reading a comic novel seemed unusual and I do not tend to enjoy books about people telling about their native country. Regardless, my expectations were wrong. This novel was pretty interesting. Satrapi did a great job transferring her emotions to the reader. The illustrations obviously aided in this and so did her own humor. The movie made my decision even more clear that I really enjoyed this novel. The voices and facial expressions of every character helped and succeeded in the transfer of the emotions that Satrapi felt. Of course, many times movies write the movie a little differently than the novel. Therefore, some of the scenes from the novel were left out in the movie. However, some were added. The beginning and some other parts were added. Sometimes when movies do this it ruins the novel because it is so much different. However, for this movie the slight differences added to the overall awesome experience. I liked the fact that the movie looked exactly like the book. It helped add to the experience of reading the novel and helped to understand the pictures better. The only thing that I didn't like was that Satrapi did not narrate the movie as much as I expected. Other than that, there was a lot of humor throughout the movie and I laughed more than I did during the novel; the movement and the facial expressions must have aided to make this happen. The best part was, of course, Satrapi singing "Eye of the Tiger."

-Bethany Davis (Post #11)

Persepolis (Film Version)

When I normally think of movies, I imagine a popular actor playing the role along with other well known actors to fill in the other parts. Instead, Persepolis was animated in 2D and contained a cast that I particularly did not know, besides Marjane Satrapi for the singing part. I'm glad the movie was done that way and I'm glad it was done in French. I wouldn't have guessed that she could speak French so I'm glad that we watched the French language version.

Overall, there were only a few minor parts that were left out from the book. This happens in nearly all the books that are made into movies, but with those minor parts taken away, the movie still made complete sense. There was not any part that confused me, and the animation was incredibly detailed. I especially enjoyed Marjane's thoughts about her ex boyfriend that cheated on her - that part was hilarious! I really like how more detailed everything was from the book.

Pam Kawalerski
Post #12

Persepolis Movie

I enjoyed the Persepolis movie that we watched this week in class and it did a pretty good job correlating to the movie. The movie was almost exactly the same as the book, but a little more detailed. They kept the same art style for all the characters and scenery with the black and white which made it really similar to the book. Although the movie was only in 2D and black and white it was still well animated and enjoyable.

I found that the movie left out many parts of the book or details that were in the book. I guess this is like all movies that are based on books, but I would have liked to seen the movie have more scenes from the book. This was unlike any other movie based on a book that I have seen because the book already had pictures so I already had a good idea of what the author wanted me to picture, so seeing the movie didn't really make that much of a difference. There wasn't a part where after seeing the part in the movie I then got part of the story because it was already well explained. What I did enjoy about this movie was there was a lot of humor throughout it. I often found myself grinning and the facial expressions and one liners that added some comic relief to a pretty depressing story.

The Complete Persepolis (Film Version)

In the recent viewing of the film "The Complete Persepolis." The animated version was able to take Marjane Satrapi's emotions and bring them to life. The film did a good job in illustrating her behavior and helped me paint a picture of how she reacted to different situations; however, in my opinion it left a lot of crucial details out of the plot. In the film we never saw her mom coming to see her or some of the other events that brought Satrapi to life. There seemed to be a lot of missing facts that helped us understand how everything roled together. I guess this is why reading books or novels is always better than primarily consentrating on films, because of the lack of details.

I did like the way they were able to illustrate between real time (present) and the past in the film version by using color technics in the film. It was a real way of diversifying time lapse in her story. I would have liked to see Marjane Satrapi narrate the animated film. I believe it would have given the real effect on her telling the story of her life. Given the critisisms, it was a very uniqe viewing, by bringing her story to life.

Scott Swan
Post 12