The battle of Algiers = La bataille d'Alger
by
Pontecorvo, Gillo, 1919-2006, film director, screenwriter, composer.
Title
:
The battle of Algiers = La bataille d'Alger
Alternate title
:
Bataille d'Alger
Author
:
Pontecorvo, Gillo, 1919-2006, film director, screenwriter, composer.
Solinas, Franco, 1927-1982, screenwriter.
Saadi, Yacef, 1928-2021, film producer, actor.
Haggiag, Brahim, actor.
Martin, Jean, 1922-2009, actor.
Kerbash, Samia, actor.
Paletti, Ugo, actor.
El Kader, Fusia, actor.
Canevari, Sergio, production designer.
Serandrei, Mario, 1907-1966, editor of moving image work.
Morra, Mario, 1935- editor of moving image work.
Gatti, M. (Marcello), director of photography.
Morricone, Ennio, composer.
Said, Edward W., narrator.
Lee, Spike, interviewee.
Nair, Mira, interviewee.
Schnabel, Julian, 1951- interviewee.
Soderbergh, Steven, 1963- interviewee.
Stone, Oliver, interviewee.
Rotman, Patrick, filmmaker.
Isham, Christopher, interviewee.
Clarke, Richard A. (Richard Alan), 1951- interviewee.
Sheehan, Michael A., interviewee.
Matthews, Peter, writer of added commentary.
Kapil, Arun, writer of added commentary.
Casbah Films, production company.
Igor Film, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Series
:
Criterion collection ;
Series Number
:
249.
Summary
:
The film is considered one of the most influential political films in history, by Gillo Pontecorvo. 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, etc. Shot on the streets of Algiers in documentary style, the film is a case study in modern warfare, with its terrorist attacks and the brutal techniques used to combat them.
Audience
:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
General Note
:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.
Based on a true story by Saadi Yacef.
Special features: Disc 1: Production gallery; Theatrical trailers. Disc 2: Gillo Pontecorvo : the dictatorship of truth (documentary of the director presented by literary critic Edward Said); Marxist poetry : the making of The battle of Algiers; Five directors (interviews with filmmakers Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone on the film's influence, style, and importance). Disc 3: Remembering history (documentary on the Algerian experience of the battle for independence); "États d'armes" (documentary excerpt featuring senior French military officers recalling the use of torture and execution to combat the Algerian rebellion); A case study (program featuring U.S. counterterrorism experts Christopher Isham, Richard A. Clarke, and Michael A. Sheehan); Return to Algiers (documentary in which the filmmaker revisits the country after three decades of independence). Booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Peter Matthews, a reprinted interview with cowriter Franco Solinas, and biographical sketches of key figures in the French-Algerian War by political science scholar Arun Kapil.
Contents
:
disc 1. The film -- disc 2. Pontecorvo and the film -- disc 3. The film and history.
Physical Description
:
3 videodiscs (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (35 pages ; 18 cm).
Genre
:
Foreign films.
War films.
Political films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Films in French.
Geographic Term
:
Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Drama.
Author(s)
:
Pontecorvo, Gillo, 1919-2006,
Solinas, Franco, 1927-1982,
Saadi, Yacef, 1928-2021,
Haggiag, Brahim,
Martin, Jean, 1922-2009,
Kerbash, Samia,
Paletti, Ugo,
El Kader, Fusia,
Canevari, Sergio,
Serandrei, Mario, 1907-1966,
Morra, Mario, 1935-
Gatti, M. (Marcello),
Morricone, Ennio,
Said, Edward W.,
Lee, Spike,
Nair, Mira,
Schnabel, Julian, 1951-
Soderbergh, Steven, 1963-
Stone, Oliver,
Rotman, Patrick,
Isham, Christopher,
Clarke, Richard A. (Richard Alan), 1951-
Sheehan, Michael A.,
Matthews, Peter,
Kapil, Arun,
Added Corporate Author
:
Casbah Films,
Igor Film,
Criterion Collection (Firm),
Publisher
:
The Criterion Collection,
Publication Date
:
2013
1966
ISBN
:
9781604657722
9786315151668
Publication Information
:
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
Call Number
:
DVD BATTLEO
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