"Persepolis" movie

This weekend, I saw the "Persepolis" movie. I did not go and see it at the Kenworthy, because I watched it on the website where you can download and watch movies for free. I know this is bad, but I love being able to watch whatever movie I want to for free.

Anyways, there were a couple of things about the movie that suprised me. One thing that I liked about the movie is that it showed Marjane's life in France. I really enjoyed that part, because it was interesting to see how Marjane's life changed once she left her oppressive life in Iran. I feel as if the book ends a little abruptly, and doesn't really provide much closure. I really enjoyed seeing the "awakening" of Marjane, because it was nice to see how her character grew and changed. I liked the book, but one thing I didn't like was that I felt that the book was more focused on Marjane's family's struggle and the opressive government rather than Marjane herself, which is something that I felt was different in the movie.

Another thing that I really liked in the movie was the narration. I know it sounds silly, but I liked the deep French voice of the narrator. I thought it was a treat to listen to. Also, I really liked the animation in this film. I loved the simple black and white pictures in the graphic novel, and I appreciate how these pictures were reproduced for the film, rather than changed or morphed into a more artistic or commercial rendition.

Overall, I really enjoyed this film. I thought that the filmmaker's did a really great job of interpretting this novel. I thought they did a good job of bringing the story and the mood and the illustrations to the screen. I really enjoyed the novel, and I think I enjoyed the film even more.

If I had only seven minutes to pitch my book or movie....

...Then I would pitch the most ridiculous, ludicrous idea on the planet, and after my pitch were accepted, then I would slowly and slyly mold it to become the project that I wanted it to be. I know this is perhaps the most dishonest approach to this assignment, but I thought I would be honest and say what I would honestly truly do. I think that my proposal would be a story about a skinny size two female terminator that walks around with multiple automatic weapons strapped to her back. She would kill people with her automatic flamethrower, and then work as a stripper at night. I would throw in a few explosions, sex scenes, and animals into the mix, and then call it a day.

After I am done doing this, I would probably mold my project into an emotional, personal piece. I think that I could sell my project, because I am quite charming and can make up insane, drool worthy ideas on the fly.

On another note, I think that watching the author's in class did change my perspective of the authors. I have read "Fight Club" before, and I had aways thought of Palahniuk as somewhat of a confident, cynical individual. Reading this short story only enforced this perception that I had before, but after watching the video of him, my perspective has changed. Palahniuk did not seem to be very confident when he was speaking, and his story was not very cynical. It was actually very touching. Also, Palahniuk delivered this story in a way that was gentle, and did not seem to be as big of an angry jackass as I had assumed. It was kind of nice in a way.