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La Battaglia Di Algeri (1966)
AKAs:
The Battle of Algiers (UK) (USA)
Maarakat madinat al Jazaer (Algeria: Arabic title)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058946/
Top 250: #201
Criterion #249
http://www.criterion.com/films/248
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
# This film was shot like a documentary. It was very rarely shown in France until recently, and the torture scenes were cut in the US and UK.
# In 2003, the New York Times reported that the Pentagon screened this film for officers and civilian experts who were discussing the challenges faced by the US military forces in Iraq. The flier inviting guests to the screening read: "How to win a battle against terrorism and lose the war of ideas".
The Battle of Algiers: Bombs and Boomerangs
http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/342
Format: NTSC
DVD Size: 6.98 + 6.94 + 7.52 GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Time (main feature): 121 minutes
Color: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Sound: Arabic & French
Subtitles: English
SPECIAL EDITION THREE-DISC SET:
DISC 1: THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS
# New high-definition digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen televisions.
# Production gallery.
# Theatrical and re-release trailers.
# New and improved English subtitle translation.
DISC 2: PONTECORVO AND THE FILM
# Gillo Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth (1992): a 37-minute documentary, narrated by literary critic Edward Said.
# Exclusive 51-minute documentary on the making of The Battle of Algiers, featuring new interviews with the director, cinematographer, composer, editor, actors, and film historians.
# Five Directors (17 mins., 2004): Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone on the film's influence, style, and importance.
DISC 3: THE FILM AND HISTORY
# Remembering History (69 mins., 2004): an exclusive documentary that reconstructs the Algerian experience of the battle for independence, featuring interviews with historians and revolutionaries, including military leader Saadi Yacef.
# 'Etats d'armes' (2002): a 28-minute documentary excerpt featuring senior French military officers recalling the use of torture and execution to combat the rebellion.
# The Battle of Algiers: A Case Study (25 mins., 2004): Richard A. Clarke, former national counterterrorism coordinator and author of Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror, discusses the film's relevance with Michael A. Sheehan, former State Department coordinator for counterterrorism, in a conversation moderated by Christopher E. Isham, chief of investigative projects for ABC News.
# Gillo Pontecorvo's Return to Algiers (58 mins., 1992): the filmmaker revisits the Algerian people after three decades of independence.
DVD Studio: Criterion
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