Summary
Persepolis takes place during pre-revolutionary Iran
in the 1970’s.
Marjane grew up in a
household campaigning perpetually against
the Shah. Marjane is fearless while
speaking up for her admiration
for western culture, resulting in
countless calls
home and encounters
with morality police patrolling the streets.
Marjane’s
parents found their daughter was in social danger
living in Iran and sent her
abroad for school. Through her teenage
years and early twenties Marjanemoved
from one house to another
living the culture she always dreamed of.
Iranian woman
during this
time was anything but simple and Persepolis is her
journey.
Genre
Persepolis falls under multiple genres including
animated drama and biography.
Transnationalism: Course
Connections
In
American Studies 3710, Transnationalism is a topic I believe
we are trying to connect
with all movies we are analyzing.
Transnationalism is defined as “the
global forces
that link people across nations,” (Ezra and Rowden 1). These connections are strategically
placed in
films to reveal a message or make the audience feel a specific way.
In Persepolis the
movie takes place in Iran, but the language
spoken is French.Marjane
Satrapi is an Iranian girl, who is sent
abroad to become more cultured.
Though these
obvious relations to transnationalism is present throughout the entirety of the
film, it takes
the audience to certain locations of the world, andconnects them all back
to Marjane’s
true home in Iran.
Truly an Exceptional Film
I believe
this film to be exceptional because it is a hand drawn
full-length featurefilm
consisting of 80,000 drawings and 130,000
images. The crew of animation drawers
found this specific animated movie
to be difficult because of the lack of
color used.
I found
this movie to be exceptionally personal as well because
Marjane Satrapi was
a part of
the entire drawing process. Animation
artists explained how Satrapi some days would act
out scenes for
the drawers so the exact emotion could be portrayed for characters.
Politically Boundless Views
Persepolis is a movie filled with
political disturbances. It raises
multiple questions for
people familiar and unfamiliar with the
Iranian culture. This was a time of change
with the Shah’s defeat in
the Iranian Revolution in
1979.
Marjane
in Persepolis was considered a rebel with the rise in
tyranny occurring
in Iran. Marjane, along with all women of Iran, were
banned from wearing
makeup, smoke cigarettes, party with boys, etc. The revolt against these new rules
were tread lightly considering breaking the
laws resulted in jail time or death.
The
thought of my government prohibiting just females for certain
laws is eye-opening
and encourages me as a young person in my
twenties to be more cultured.
Persepolis takes place during pre-revolutionary Iran in the 1970’s.
Marjane grew up in a household campaigning perpetually against
the Shah. Marjane is fearless while speaking up for her admiration
for western culture, resulting in countless calls home and encounters
with morality police patrolling the streets.
living in Iran and sent her abroad for school. Through her teenage
years and early twenties Marjanemoved from one house to another
living the culture she always dreamed of. Iranian woman during this
time was anything but simple and Persepolis is her journey.
Persepolis falls under multiple genres including animated drama and biography.
In American Studies 3710, Transnationalism is a topic I believe
we are trying to connect with all movies we are analyzing.
Transnationalism is defined as “the global forces that link people across nations,” (Ezra and Rowden 1). These connections are strategically placed in
films to reveal a message or make the audience feel a specific way.
spoken is French.Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian girl, who is sent
abroad to become more cultured. Though these obvious relations to transnationalism is present throughout the entirety of the film, it takes the audience to certain locations of the world, andconnects them all back to Marjane’s true home in Iran.
I believe this film to be exceptional because it is a hand drawn
full-length featurefilm consisting of 80,000 drawings and 130,000
images. The crew of animation drawers found this specific animated movie
to be difficult because of the lack of color used.
Marjane Satrapi was a part of the entire drawing process. Animation
artists explained how Satrapi some days would act out scenes for
the drawers so the exact emotion could be portrayed for characters.
multiple questions for people familiar and unfamiliar with the
Iranian culture. This was a time of change with the Shah’s defeat in
the Iranian Revolution in 1979.
tyranny occurring in Iran. Marjane, along with all women of Iran, were
banned from wearing makeup, smoke cigarettes, party with boys, etc. The revolt against these new rules were tread lightly considering breaking the
laws resulted in jail time or death.
laws is eye-opening and encourages me as a young person in my
twenties to be more cultured.
