![]() ![]() The personal view on the repercussion of the Islamic repression is way better than this kind of big exposes. It may be true but it seems a little bit simple and even cliché sometimes (see for instance the history of the Shah for all audiences). On the other side, the political scenes and historical point of view that supposedly are the goal of the movie seem to me a little less good than the family or personal souvenirs. ![]() You really have the feeling that she relates all this events to praise their memories and who they were. The best parts of it are all about her personal relations, with her grandmother or her uncle. But if the memories could be easily told alone in front of a blank paper, isn't it harder to be true and sincere when you are surrounded by a all animation crew ? That's the great achievement of the movie : to be true to the comics and therefor, to the life of Marjane. "Persepolis" deals with the life, and especially the youth of Marjane Satrapi, in Iran, during the reign of the Shah and the Islamic revolution. That's the originality of this movie, which is the adaptation of a autobiographical graphic novel by its very author. I believe thatan entire nation should not be judged by the wrongdoings of a few extremists.It's quite unusual for a writer to adapt its own book to the screen, especially when it's a comic-book (well, Frank Miller's done it, but that's another story), and especially when it's an autobiographical comic book. This is why writing Persepolis was so important to me. As an Iranian whohas lived more than half of my life in Iran, I know that this image is far fromthe truth. Since then, this old and great civilization has been discussed mostly inconnection with fundamentalism, fanaticism, and terrorism. The Shah stayed onthe throne until 1979, when he fled Iran to escape the Islamic revolution. Mossadeq was overthrown and the Shah, whohad earlier escaped from the country, returned to power. In 1953, the CIA, with the help of British intelligence,organized a coup against him. In retaliation, Great Britain organized an embargo on all exportsof oil from Iran. In 1951, Mohammed Mossadeq, then prime minister of Iran, nationalized theoil industry. Reza Shah was sent into exile and was succeeded byhis son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was known simply as the Shah. But Reza Shah, whosympathized with the Germans, declared Iran a neutral zone. The West,particularly Great Britain, wielded a strong influence on the Iranian economy.During the Second World War, the British, Soviets, and Americans asked RezaShah to ally himself with them against Germany. Reza Shah decided tomodernize and westernize the country, but meanwhile a fresh source of wealthwas discovered: oil. In the twentieth century, Iran entered a new phase. Yet the Persian language and culture withstood these invasions.The invaders assimilated into this strong culture, and in some ways theybecame Iranians themselves. Because of its wealth and its geographic location, it invitedattacks: From Alexander the Great, from its Arab neighbors to the west, fromTurkish and Mongolian conquerors, Iran was often subject to foreigndomination. Iranwas referred to as Persia - its Greek name - until 1935 when Reza Shah, thefather of the last Shah of Iran, asked everyone to call the country Iran. ![]() He established what became one of the largestempires of the ancient world, the Persian Empire, in the sixth century B.C. it was laterdestroyed by Cyrus the Great. TheMedes founded the first Iranian nation in the seventh century B.C. The word "Iran" was derivedfrom "Ayryana Vaejo," which means "the origin of the Aryans." These peoplewere semi-nomads whose descendants were the Medes and the Persians. The immense Iranian plateau where they settled. ![]() N the second millennium B.C., while the Elam nation was developing acivilization alongside Babylon, Indo-European invaders gave their name to ![]()
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