Talk:Persepolis (film)

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Contents 1 News 2 U.S. Release Date? 3 Iranians are not the same as "Iranian nation" 4 Erroneous information 5 English dub? 6 Limited Screenings in Tehran

[edit] News

I thought it best to start this as it debuts on Wednesday and was already generating some heat from within Iran and might get more news as things progress and it'd be easier to update things with a live entry rather than catch up later. You can keep an eye on developments here (Emperor 00:15, 22 May 2007 (UTC))

I am adding an article by an Iranian émigré, Marjane Satrapi et sa Bridget Jones voilée. Although it is in French, the criticism is important as the article suggests, with considerable evidence, that Marjane Satrapi is not a real opponent to the régime in Tehran and, indeed, that the mullahs' opposition to the movie was feigned. Asteriks 08:52, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Bottom line is they are just blogs and don't meet the criteria for WP:RS so you can't add that information without a better source. Especially, as the claims are controversial. (Emperor 12:21, 15 July 2007 (UTC))

[edit] U.S. Release Date?

When was it announced that the United States Release Date would be 8/8/08? Someone cite a source please? Inkan1969 20:21, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I can't find the above date on any websites either but IMBD has 25 December 2007 as the release date: [1] Avigon 22:43, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Iranians are not the same as "Iranian nation"

The article-writers nationalist bias shows from the interpretation of the quote. To dedicate the film to "Iranians" is not exactly the same as to dedicate it to the "Iranian Nation". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.193.188.216 (talk) 19:39, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Erroneous information

The film's timespan is much larger than the Iranian revolution, it follows the girl until she's 21.

Wow, this film is slightly critical of Islam (or so it seems to be) and it didn't get bombed off the face of the planet?? Amazing!! Scorpionman (talk) 04:38, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

It is critical of religious fundamentalism in general, not Islam. Big difference. Zazaban (talk) 02:51, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I've deleted a section because it violated WP:V and WP:NPOV-the title of the section alone - "Controversies and Political Errors" should give some idea why...it basically made claims that events depicted in the film were incorrect because they depicted contentious matters in a way that was asserted as incorrect, but no citation was given. Per the Burden of Evidence Policy (WP:PROVEIT) this is being deleted until it is provided with respectable citations Oscillon (talk) 07:15, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] English dub?

The article implies that the US release is dubbed into English, but I just saw it tonight in Baltimore and it is in French and subtitled. Is there more than one US release? --Jfruh (talk) 05:13, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Limited Screenings in Tehran

The article referenced states that "rare screenings [were held] to small but fascinated audiences". This means that there was more than one screening and does not suggest that the audience was "a selective group" as edited by Balthazarduju. Therefore, I'm reverting it back to the correct paraphrasing from the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.152.137.167 (talk) 07:20, 11 March 2008 (UTC)