Sunday, December 16, 2007

Persepolis graphic novel makes it to big screen!

Yeah, Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis is being released as an animated film! Based on her graphic novels, Persepolis takes place in pre- and post-Shah Iran. It's a very humanizing look at another part of the world. You realize, yet again, that people are the same all over.

NPR has a short audio segment on the release, which won at Cannes earlier this year. The books are among my favorites, so I'm really looking forward to seeing this!