as a long time fan of marjane satrapi and her graphic novels, i was very excited to see her new animated film, persepolis, based on her two books of the same name. when jordan and i saw it was playing saturday as part of the denver film festival, we quickly purchased a pair of tickets.
i highly recommend this film, which like its printed predecessors uses simple drawings to convey the rather serious (although often simultaneously hilarious) story of marjane and her family in iran during a time of regime change and war. there is an english version of the film, but i suggest seeing it in its original form (in french) with catherine denueve as the voice of the mother. the english version may be good too, with sean penn and iggy pop providing voices, but i always prefer to see films in their original language. plus, french is fun to imitate even if you sound like a fool attempting the proper accent.
I love drawings like this. They aren't all frilly, but they get the point across. There is also something gothic about it. Like Daria, do you remember that cartoon??
P.S. yes, a Snoopy glass is perfect!!
Posted by: Bobbypin Bandit | November 20, 2007 at 01:10 PM
It looks great!I will tell Lesley-Ann to keep an eye out too.This really seems up her alley!thanks for sharing!xoxo
Posted by: dees | November 20, 2007 at 01:24 PM
Wow, it's a movie?! Cool! I hope I get to see it sometime around here...I love those books. I'll have to do some internet searching to see if it's playing anywhere.
Posted by: Julia | November 20, 2007 at 05:22 PM
OOO lalalalaa, Sounds good, but the venue sounds just as charming!! xoxooxo Happy Gobbling!!
Posted by: A Fanciful Twist | November 20, 2007 at 07:14 PM
oh. i'm going to have to find it.... thanks for the tip
Posted by: lisa s | November 20, 2007 at 07:49 PM
Very cool! Thanks for the recommendation! I love artsy films like these! I'll have to check it out!
Posted by: Blaze | November 21, 2007 at 12:21 AM
I love that you're a fan of graphic novels, such fun! Sounds like an interesting one to watch, thanks.
Posted by: cruststation | November 21, 2007 at 02:37 AM
Thank you for the recommendation! It looks amaziiiiing!!! Never heard of the artist before, that's bad isn't it...
I love french, and indeed it's so much fun imitating the accent (even if you sound like a fool hehe)!! But the English one sounds like fun aswell! Iggy pop as voice... hmmm interesting...
Have a nice week Risa!!! Thank you for your sweet comment on my weblog
Posted by: Les | November 21, 2007 at 02:48 AM
Same here - fan of Ms Satrapi and had heard about the films reception at Cannes, but what really got me was reading the interview in the latest issue of Bust. It looks great and I can't wait to see it.
Posted by: Sonya | November 21, 2007 at 09:20 PM