Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
You haven't made a good movie (or written a good book) until your work is denounced by an entire country. Iran denounced the film version of Persepolis in 2007. Congratulations, Marjane. (Source.)
Despite Iran's problems, Satrapi will always defend her country. She did so in the New York Times in 2005. And how else would she give her opinion but graphic novel style? (Source.)
Persepolis might be in black and white, but that doesn't mean Iran is. In 2013, photographer Afra Pourdad did a photo shoot in Iran for FSHN magazine to show just how colorful the place is. (Source.)
Marjane loved punk rock when she was growing up. Iggy Pop is a punk rock god, so it's pretty awesome that Marjane got to cast Iggy Pop as the voice of Uncle Anoosh in the English-language dub of the Persepolis movie. (Source.)