Persepolis Screening Report

                                                                      Persepolis

Summary 

The meaning behind this animated film is finding your true self and not being ashamed on where you come from. Persepolis is about an Islamic girl trying to find herself during the Islamic Revolution.  Marjane is always outspoken in this film, she made it very clear to everyone on her personal opinions. I think she wanted to fit in with Islamic traditions but needed to get out and find herself if that meant experiences other cultures other than her own. Marjane was being decultured in her own country, she needed to get out and explore better opportunities.

Genre?

            Persepolis is an animated biographical film based on a novel. It is rare to see an animated full film based on real life stories or major historical events. Marjane throughout the film is having to deal with two worlds, and she has no clue how to really go home and be happy, as she can no longer relate.

Do you think this film is both third and accented cinema?

          This defiantly falls under accented cinema because of how Marjane was an outcast. She went through so many changes in this film due to diaspora. At the beginning of the film Marjane felt so positive and knew she wanted to be a leader. When she came back into her country Iran she didn’t have any motivation to do anything or cared about her future. Iran had also become war-torn and this film was because of that I believe third cinema. 

What makes this film exceptional?

            This film was very interesting because of the entertainment culture such as the music and movies references. The setting was more based in the seventies with an upcoming in punk rock music. It was a symbolization of sex, drugs and rock n roll. The emotions in this film was also very clear and straight forward as well. The drawings were very artistic and detailed to express the emotions these characters had. The colors (or lack there  also I think make you focus more on the depth of the film's dialect unlike say Avatar which