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Persepolis an Animated Triumph

Posted Dec 25, 07 12:24 PM CST in Gossip,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Persepolis isn’t just a good animated movie. “It’s a small landmark in feature animation,” writes Nick Pinkerton of the Village Voice. Rendered with handcrafted charm in black and white, it tells the poignant-yet-funny story of a girl growing up amidst the Iranian revolution. But “bare synopsis doesn’t begin to convey [its] imaginative breadth,” says Newsweek’s David Ansen.

Though artistically ambitious—the Observer’s Andrew Sarris called it a hard-to-describe “mix of anime, animation, and the editing liberties of F.W. Murnau and the German Expressionists”—Pinkerton promises “there’s nothing obscure or ‘difficult’ about Persepolis. Based on the autobiographical graphic novels of Marjane Satrapi, it's out in French, with an English dub due soon. “It’s not to be missed in any language,” Ansen says.

Sources Rotten Tomatoes, Newsweek, Village Voice, New York Observer

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This undated illustration provided courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics shows Marjane, center, as she listens to Siamek, second from left, from the film "Persepolis." (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics)   (Associated Press)
Author and actress Marjane Satrapi sits for photographs Friday, Dec. 14, 2007 in New York. The movie "Persepolis," based on the novel of the same name, written by Satrapi, is a hand drawn animated work...   (Associated Press)
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