I found a video of a NPR interview with Marjane Satrapi. The first question asked relates a specific frame in the graphic novel – when the girls are playing with their veils and having childlike banter about them. Satrapi describes her interaction with the veil as a child saying that she and her friends did play with it. However, she wouldn’t be allowed in school without it and women weren’t allowed out of the house without it. Satrapi points out how women are able to show more hair today and the veil isn’t as long as it used to be. The video mixes pictures from the graphic novel with clips and still frames from the movie. I haven’t seen the movie, but just from this video, I’ve noticed that the artwork is different. The older women are longer in size and their lines are more curved (more complex). I believe this is because they aren’t limited to frames.
The interview also discusses who were the “guardians of the revolution” which Satrapi says were the army, police, and people who dressed as rangers who made order. Hearing Satrapi discuss this makes the story of Persepolis more real to me. While I know it’s a graphic novel based on her life and actual, historical events, the medium of it being portrayed through a graphic novel makes it seem less real to me. Hearing Marjane Satrapidiscuss the graphic novel and having it be accompanied by images makes it easier for me to remember that this is HER story and the events are true.