La bataille d'Alger : The battle of Algiers /
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 cafš, and French soldiers resort to torture to break the will of the insu...
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | Arabic French |
| Language Notes: | Arabic and French dialogue, with English subtitles. Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
2011.
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| Edition: | Blu-ray special ed. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ;
249. |
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| Summary: | 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 cafš, and French soldiers resort to torture to break the will of the insurgents. Shot on the streets of Algiers in documentary style. |
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| Item Description: | 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. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (55 pages ; 19 cm.) |
| Format: | Blu-ray disc, region A, widescreen (aspect ratio 1.85:1); mono. Requires Blu-ray player. |
| Awards: | Venice Film Festive, Golden Lion, 1966; International Film Critics Award, 1966; City of Venice Award, 1966. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Marcello Gatti ; editors, Mario Serandrei & Mario Morra ; music, Ennio Morricone & Gillo Pontecorvo ; production designer, Sergio Canevari. |
| ISBN: | 9781604654608 1604654600 |