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I’m happy to see that Sony has just released the DVD of Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis,” based on Satrapi’s two-volume comic-book memoir of her experiences growing up in revolutionary Iran. If you’re among the many millions who failed to see the film, this is your chance. Watching the presentation of the Academy Award for best animated feature last February, I felt like a Joe Biden supporter at a Democratic primary debate: I knew my candidate didn’t stand a chance but I wasn’t going to change my vote. The winner, of course, was the enormously popular “Ratatouille,” a deserving honoree I suppose, though if I had to guess, I’d say “Persepolis” will have a longer shelf-life than “Ratatouille” (or Joe Biden, for that matter). And so will the memoir on which it is based. The two volumes of “Persepolis” may not... [read full story]
