The Battle of Algiers
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.
Based on: Souvenirs de la Bataille d'Alger / Saadi Yacef.
Accompanying booklet includes an essay by film scholar Peter Matthews; a reprinted interview with writer Franco Solinas; and brief biographies on the key figures in the French-Algerian War.
Special features: Disc 1: "Gillo Pontecorvo : the dictatorship of truth," a documentary narrated by literary critic Edward Said; "Marxist poetry : the making of The battle of Algiers," a documentary featuring interviews with Pontecorvo, Gatti, and composer Ennio Morricone, among others; interview with Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone on the film's influence, style, and importance; production gallery; theatrical and rerelease trailers. Disc 2: "Remembering history," a documentary on the Algerian experience of the battle for independence; "États d'armes," a documentary excerpt featuring senior French military officers recalling the use of torture and execution to combat the Algerian rebellion; "The battle of Algiers : a case study," a video piece featuring U.S. counterterrorism experts; "Gillo Pontecorvo's return to Algiers," a documentary in which the filmmaker revisits the country after three decades of independence.
disc 1. The battle of Algiers -- disc 2. History and the film.
Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader, Omar.
Vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés, and French soldiers resort to torture to break the will of the insurgents. Shot on the streets of Algiers in documentary style.
Blu-ray disc, region A, widescreen (aspect ratio 1.85:1); mono.
Requires Blu-ray player.
Contents: Souvenirs de la Bataille d'Alger.
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SERIES
Criterion collection
249.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Arabic and French dialogue, with optional English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2011]
Year Published: 2011
Description: 2 videodiscs (121 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Blu-Ray
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781604654608
1604654600
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Pontecorvo, Gillo, 1919-2006.
Solinas, Franco, 1927-1982.
Saadi, Yacef, 1928-
Haggiag, Brahim.
Martin, Jean, 1922-2009.
Kerbash, Samia.
Paletti, Ugo.
Gatti, M.
Morricone, Ennio.
Casbah Films.
Igor Film.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Jabhat al-Taḥrīr al-Qawmī -- Drama.
Battaglia di Algeri (Motion picture)
Torture -- Algeria -- Drama.
Terrorism -- Algeria -- Drama.
Autonomy -- Drama.
Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Drama.
Kasbah (Algiers, Algeria) -- Drama.
War films.
Historical films.
Documentary-style films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.