Persepolis

Thus far, Airbag Radio has been strictly a music blog, but in light of the greatness that is Persepolis, it seems appropriate to break with tradition and make a non-music film recommendation. Persepolis is both a visually stunning and deeply emotional animated film. The story comes from an autobiographical graphic novel of the same name and takes place in war-torn Iran during the 1980's and 90's. The character development of the film is particularly impressive, as the viewer quickly identifies and relates to each character as a human, rather than a whimsical cartoon character. Both the struggles of the family in the film and the harsh realities of the situation in Iran, open the viewer's eyes to new understandings of this time in our history. We highly recommend this film and in our humble and limited experience this is could be said to be the greatest animated feature of all time.