HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Iran Hostage Crisis, Marjane Satrapi, Iran Air
Document Summary
Satrapi talks about the difficulties of creating persepolis. Since there are gaps in between pictures, we are able to focus on each picture individually. Satrapi, in creating the film, wanted to counteract the stereotypes of iran that were prominent in france. She wanted to represent the generation of iranians who were born in the. One of the iranian characters in the film was an outcast because of his clothing, and everyone assessed him as a foreigner he got tired of it and dressed by europeans. He would be in company of europeans and not be noticed for an hour, yet once they find out that he was persian, they would say. Marjane satrapi is positioning iran in two extremes: the orientalist stereotype (horseman with spear) and the more recent stereotype of. Iranians who take americans hostage, being pissed at the west etc. The iran hostage crisis officially ruptured relations between the united states and iran.
