i borrowed this movie from one of my colleague like... MONTHS ago but never got around watching it... was initially attracted by the unique art style and animation... but after watching it, i would say, this movie is truly a gem to me because it opened my eyes and mind toward Iran and Iranians...
when i was a kid, all i knew about iran, iraq and kuwait was, they were always at war... and they were muslim countries... and all the women there wore head scarves and they're probably so poor by the war that they didn't know what was happening outside their own misery... i can remember the images in the news... its some desert looking place... always with military men... ruined buildings... and the most famous person at that time was sadam hussein...
but thanks to persepolis, i have a chance to look at a very different iran through the eyes of the author, Marjane Satrapi... i don't want to include any spoilers here so..
after watching the movie, i feel that the media is really very powerful... it is powerful at revealing the truth and it is also powerful at concealing the truth... some people manage to bring their story out and tell it to the world, but i guess an even greater number of people have to go on silently while the world look upon them through TV screens and newspapers... misunderstood...
do you really believe in what the news tells you? i had a debate with my parents about this and they said "if you don't believe in the news, what else can you believe in??"
even with the internet, news are being filtered in some countries... not to mention some people who intentionally circulate false information through blogs and emails.. its really hard to control the information we receive through all these media...
ok.. now for some happy bloggin :D
starrywicked is coming KL tomorrow!!! yay!! (^Y^)/ and we're gonna DO sungai chilling on thursday... weeeee.... can't wait for the shopping session and the back to nature session...