TY  - ADVS
AU  - Canevari,Sergio
AU  - Clarke,Richard A.
AU  - El Kader,Fusia
AU  - Gatti,M.
AU  - Haggiag,Brahim
AU  - Isham,Christopher
AU  - Kapil,Arun
AU  - Kerbash,Samia
AU  - Lee,Spike
AU  - Martin,Jean
AU  - Matthews,Peter
AU  - Morra,Mario
AU  - Morricone,Ennio
AU  - Nair,Mira
AU  - Paletti,Ugo
AU  - Pontecorvo,Gillo
AU  - Rotman,Patrick
AU  - Saadi,Yacef
AU  - Said,Edward W.
AU  - Schnabel,Julian
AU  - Serandrei,Mario
AU  - Sheehan,Michael A.
AU  - Soderbergh,Steven
AU  - Solinas,Franco
AU  - Stone,Oliver
ED  - Casbah Films
ED  - Criterion Collection (Firm)
ED  - Igor Film
TI  - La bataille d' Alger: the Battle of Algiers 
T2  - Criterion collection
SN  - 1604657723
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - [Irvington, NY]
PB  - The Criterion Collection
KW  - Algeria
KW  - History
KW  - Revolution, 1954-1962
KW  - Drama
KW  - Algiers (Algeria)
KW  - Feature films
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Fiction films
KW  - Political films
KW  - War films
N1  - Based on a true story by Saadi Yacef; Originally released as a motion picture in 1966; 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; disc 1. The film -- disc 2. Pontecorvo and the film -- disc 3. The film and history; Production designer, Sergio Canevari ; edited by Mario Serandrei and Mario Morra ; director of photography, Marcello Gatti ; music, Ennio Morricone and Gillo Pontecorvo; Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader, Omar; MPAA rating: Not rated
N2  - 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
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