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| "Persepolis" twists a few turbans | |
| 2007-05-23 | |
| A biting animation about a young girl's life under Iran's ayatollahs screened at Cannes Tuesday despite protests from Tehran of Western bias. "Persepolis", one of 22 films competing for the festival's top award, is based on the eponymous comic-book series by Iranian Marjane Satrapi. "I like the film better than the books," Satrapi told AFP. The movie offers a child's eye look at Iran from the age of eight, just as the Shah is about to be evicted by the Islamic regime still in place today. And if the critics' enthusiastic response is borne out, the black-and-white feature -- jointly directed by Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud -- could have a good shot at the coveted Palme d'Or to be awarded Sunday. Iran has slammed it as "an unreal picture of the outcomes and achievements of the Islamic revolution"
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| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #6 It is so tragic that parts of Iran a very civilized and modern, yet they are ruled by primitive thugocrats. It is hard to imagine the anguish of westernized and educated secular Iranians, and people like the upper class Zoroastrians, surrounded by ignorant and murderous brutes. It is a zoo with the people inside the cages being guarded by animals. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-05-23 22:04 |
| #5 When the light comes on, the roaches scatter. "For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness." Matt 23:27 |
| Posted by: doc 2007-05-23 10:59 |
| #4 LOL, Zen. A nice summary. ;-) |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-05-23 03:26 |
| #3 So, what you're saying is that Islam is a gigantic mental hamster wheel? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-23 02:29 |
| #2 Zen, rather not. The circular and cognitively disonant mental gymnastics one has to endure as halal compliant muslim squeeze out any leftover mental capacity conductive to cognition. For untold multitudes in time and space, it's a trap they are unable to escape. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-05-23 02:23 |
| #1 art classes (where "nude" models wore chadors) Only in Islam. With so many mental gymnastics that Muslims must undergo to satisfy the multifarious dictates of halal conduct, you'd think by now they would all be intellectual giants instead of this world's biggest collection of microencephalic psychopaths. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-23 02:09 |