The movie Persepolis was more like a synopsis of the book. I felt that because it was more focused on Marjane, there was less focus on the characters that really made an impact on her. So in this movie the characters that she thought made the greatest impact in her life got time in the movie. I felt the side characters had the best pearls of wisdom and the best examples of what was going on in Iran. The comic book portrayed Marjane learning about love through experience through friends and her own experience help make the connection that the Iranians are real people, because these trials and experiments with love are emotions that all humans have.
Because of this is thought the movie Persepolis was bad. Movie goers will leave with the sense that they had just watched a cartoon about an Iranian girl, as opposed to the greater revelations experienced in the comic book. The comic book was better due to the depth of the character development and the messages portrayed were stronger in the comic book. The idea that one must educate one’s self was an idea I felt unrepresented. The comic book portrayed Marjane redefining herself through educating herself in both Iran and in Austria. I thought this message was a universal idea that was necessary for everyone to hear and understand.
Douglas Domingo
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