Watched this movie. It was meh! One time watch. Watch it if you if it is free or you can spend time on something else.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Freedom has a price!
Its was a Friday evening and I got lost in a book. Sipping home brewed ice tea, I finished the book "The Complete Persepolis". It is a biography of Marjane Satrapi in the form of a comic.
The childhood of a girl with the Iranian Revolution as the backdrop, her personal revolt against new regime,her move to Venice as a teen and back, her marriage and post divorce life make an interesting read. Rather it be pure prose or a biography penned page after page, the comic approach does a great job in keeping the reader visually and intellectually involved through the roller coaster. The black and white illustrations complements her story.
The strong foundation of a woman laid by her parents in a conservative country that has archiac/sexist laws, sees her through all her tumulus teen years. An identity crisis coupled with little gestures that are made in defiance against regime are very insightful of the problems that women face and yet is inspiring. It is sad, it is hilarious, it is revealing, it is a story in ways one can relate to.
It is worth a read.
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