The posts in this weblog are mainly about history, heritage, language, art, and culture of Persia (that is named Iran since 1934). Persia is, therefore, equal to Iran, and Persian is equal to Iranian. Note that Persian is a nationality not an ethnicity. Pars (or Fars) is the major ethnicity in Persia but there are also Persian Kurds or Arabs. Similarly, the official language in Persia is Persian (Farsi is the local name and may not be used internationally). For more details please read my posts.
"300" is almost ready, "Cyrus" not yet!
* Also available in Persian language
The film "
300", based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller, is a retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. Facing insurmountable odds, their sacrifice inspire all of Greece to unite.
There is, however, still no sign of the film "
Cyrus," which is going to retell the beauty of the Persian Empire and the order of Human Right at that time, about which I wrote in a previous post in Persian (
Cyrus the Great). I hope this film comes out soon. Great actors and actresses are going to play there, such as Sean Connery, Ben Kingsley, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Jackman, Ralph Fiennes, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Edward Norton, Laurence Fishburne, Live Tyler, Robert Downey jnr, ...
Labels: Art, Persian history