Persepolis

Context: Social, Political & Historical...

• Middle east
• Gender
• From the context of an insider not an outsider
• Originally a comic book (adaptation)
• Humor integrated throughout
• Growing up in teen years with no family
• Propaganda (seeing it from a students point of view)
• Civilian in a war zone
• Animated documentary like 'Waltz with Bashir'
• Melancholy not depressing
• History repeating itself
• She is related to the last emperor of Iran
• Finding her identity
• A French production

Willis O'brien

Willis O'brien is most famed for his involvement in "The Lost World", "King Kong" and "Mighty Joe Young" he also worked with Ray Harryhausen at a few points in his career. He primarily made models with metal skeletons covered with latex skins and primarily employed the technique of Rear Projection in his movies. 

Ray Harryhausen

Ray Harryhausen was born in 1920 and in 1942 he enlisted in the army and started work on propaganda films for them. He then started work in Hollywood in the 1960's, he was displeased as at the time Hollywood didn't allow hands on film making; each person had to stick to the role they were given within the industry. Ray Harryhausen is most known for his work on "Jason and the Argonauts", "The 7th voyage of Sindbad", "One million years BC"and "Clash of the Titans". Perhaps one of his most famous accomplishments is the skeleton fight scene from "Jason and the Argonauts", the scene took 4 and a half months to complete and Harryhausen was responsible for every frame of animation in that scene and in the whole film. He inspired many of today's filmmakers such as Peter Jackson, James Cameron and Steven Spielberg.