Film: Persepolis
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:35 pm
anyone see it yet?
Going tonight, I'm excited.
anyone see it yet?
Going tonight, I'm excited.
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Film: Persepolis
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anyone see it yet?
Going tonight, I'm excited.
Film: Persepolis
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:53 pm
The books are amazing. Imagine the film is okay at least.
Film: Persepolis
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:13 pm
steve wrote:The books are amazing. Imagine the film is okay at least.
I'll letcha know, I am a huge fan of the books as well.
I was under the assumption that there were only two but a French girl I work with tells me there are a part three and four available.
Have you read all four? It seems like it's all covered in one and two, I don't know what three and four would be about.
Film: Persepolis
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:22 pm
ok, scratch that about parts three and four.
from what I gather It was released in three parts in Europe but in two parts in the US, the US part two contains both European parts two and three.
from what I gather It was released in three parts in Europe but in two parts in the US, the US part two contains both European parts two and three.
Film: Persepolis
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:18 pm
I believe it was originally four parts in France, with the first two in book one and the second two in book two for North America.
The books were really great. When I first picked them up I had trouble getting myself to stop reading them. Skipped a could classes to just keep going through.
I thought the movie was really good as well. I prefered the books, but the style of animation in the film worked really well. The story was by and large preserved, though a few of the episodes in the book I especially enjoyed were cut. Marjane Satrapi had a great deal of input in the film, and kept it true to the nature and quality of the books.
Not crap.
The books were really great. When I first picked them up I had trouble getting myself to stop reading them. Skipped a could classes to just keep going through.
I thought the movie was really good as well. I prefered the books, but the style of animation in the film worked really well. The story was by and large preserved, though a few of the episodes in the book I especially enjoyed were cut. Marjane Satrapi had a great deal of input in the film, and kept it true to the nature and quality of the books.
Not crap.
Film: Persepolis
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:50 pm
Really good. Smart, moving and entirely lacking saccharin.
NOT CRAP.
NOT CRAP.
Film: Persepolis
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:00 pm
Being half Iranian myself, I loved the books when I read them and was happy that there was finally a good honest representation of an Iranian's personal experience that became popular in the US media, to kind of even out the bullshit and demonizing a little.
I felt that it was very easy to connect with Satrapi's character (Iranian or not) and I think that is why the books have done so well. I really want to see the movie, but haven't found the time yet. I hope they did it justice.
I felt that it was very easy to connect with Satrapi's character (Iranian or not) and I think that is why the books have done so well. I really want to see the movie, but haven't found the time yet. I hope they did it justice.
Film: Persepolis
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:22 pm
Adam I wrote:Really good. Smart, moving and entirely lacking saccharin.
NOT CRAP.
I agree, very enjoyable film.
I recommend everyone who has a chance go check it out, I can't imagine anyone not liking it, fan of the books or not.
Film: Persepolis
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:18 am
Fantastic books - didn't even realise they'd made a film.
Marjane Satrapi is great. I highly recommend "Poulet Aux Prunes" if you get the chance, it's a lovely little tome about music and suicide. Yay!
Edit: the title in English is "Chicken with plums."
Marjane Satrapi is great. I highly recommend "Poulet Aux Prunes" if you get the chance, it's a lovely little tome about music and suicide. Yay!
Edit: the title in English is "Chicken with plums."
wikipedia wrote:Chicken with Plums (Poulet aux prunes in the original French version) is a graphic novel by Iranian author Marjane Satrapi. The original French language version was published in France in 2004, and the English version was translated and published in 2006. The book narrates the last eight days of the life of Nasser Ali Khan, a relative of Satrapi's, in November 1958 in Teheran. Nasser Ali, whose favorite meal had been his mother's recipe for chicken with plums, was a renowned musician who played the tar, but who, very depressed, chose to lie down and let himself die.
Chicken with Plums won the Best Album Award (Prix du Meilleur Album) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2005.
Film: Persepolis
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:39 am
I would like to see this.