Comments on: ‘The Breadwinner’, ‘Persepolis’, and the Power of Animation https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/11/17/the-breadwinner-persepolis-and-the-power-of-animation/ Animation News, Reviews, Interviews, Podcasts & Videos! Tue, 21 Nov 2017 09:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 By: Rachel Wagner https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/11/17/the-breadwinner-persepolis-and-the-power-of-animation/#comment-36746 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 09:01:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=47049#comment-36746 In reply to Marielle.

Yeah Window Horses is a great film!

]]> By: Jonathan J. North https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/11/17/the-breadwinner-persepolis-and-the-power-of-animation/#comment-36672 Sat, 18 Nov 2017 20:22:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=47049#comment-36672 In reply to Jordan Briskin.

I didn’t say it in my article, but Pocahontas was on my mind as I wrote last few paragraphs. It had so much potential, but they made some serious mis-steps, and it really shows. But filmmakers seem to be getting better at thinking about how to accurately depict other cultures. You listed some great, recent examples, but the farther back you go, the fewer and fewer you find. There have been several good examples these last few years, so I really hope this trend continues! 🙂

]]> By: Jonathan J. North https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/11/17/the-breadwinner-persepolis-and-the-power-of-animation/#comment-36671 Sat, 18 Nov 2017 20:13:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=47049#comment-36671 In reply to Marielle.

Interesting! Thanks! I’ll have to look into that one!

]]> By: Marielle https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/11/17/the-breadwinner-persepolis-and-the-power-of-animation/#comment-36670 Sat, 18 Nov 2017 19:48:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=47049#comment-36670 Another cool animated film to learn about Iran is Window Horses!

]]> By: Jordan Briskin https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/11/17/the-breadwinner-persepolis-and-the-power-of-animation/#comment-36648 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 15:54:00 +0000 http://rotoscopers.com/?p=47049#comment-36648 As a man of mixed Persian ancestry (on my father’s side), I can tell you that PERSEPOLIS was a rather personal viewing experience for me; it really opened my eyes to a view of Iran that I hadn’t really known up until recently.

And I agree, animation is the perfect medium by which to introduce Westerners to other cultures, although I hasten to add that some attempts at this (COCO, PERSEPOLIS, MOANA, KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS, and THE BREADWINNER, among others) are better at portraying non-Western cultures in a more accurate and non-biased way than others (the well-intentioned, yet very flawed, POCAHONTAS leaps to mind).

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