like i said before, comic book movies are hard to do. and its not often that the writer of the book actually wants a movie in the first place! sometimes they are afraid that the movie wont live up to the source material. thankfully "Persepolis" is directed by Marjane Satrapi, who, also wrote the book. The animation looks just like the book and has a similar feel.
Since this is an animated film, it really was not hard hard to stray from the source material. characters are themselves and you didn't have to go pick from stockpiles of actors to find one you could slop up and turn into someone else. and i think this is the correct path to take with a film like Persepolis. With a voice cast featuring iggy pop, sean penn, and gena rowlands, this french film really pushed its american release. it was even nominated for "best foreign language film" (golden globes). it was up against the fantastic "ratatouille" for best animated film. and runner up to a disney movie is as close as you will ever get to winning. the plot is not hard to understand, its a coming of age story set in iran during the islamic revolution, she goes to france, she comes back home, she grows up, etc.
is the animation annoying? someone asked me this one time... its in black and white. the majority of the movie is in black and white because ALL of the comic book was in black and white, and again, this film has stuck very close to its source material so to not disturb the die hard fines of the book! all i have to say is wow. thank you! so many times comic book movies stray from where they came from but this one is pure panel to screen. so do i love this movie? yes! i love everything about this film. it was the main reason i became so interested in the islamic revolution. i was learning about how it must have been going through it and not just what happened. and for that this film gets my perfect 5 rating.
DVD SPECS:
this DVD is a great release with some added bonus features. the main feature is in english with the american voice crew. there are two featurettes on the making of the film, and animation scene comparisons with commentary by the director. the only let down in the special features department is the main feature commentary, which is only on for about 5 or 6 scenes of the whole movie.
RATING:
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- leatherman
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