An unequalled and unparalleled masterpiece of world cinema has not lost one bit of its power or relevance in its fourth decade. Writer and director Gillo Pontecorvo's staggering film is so authentic that it feels more like a documentary than a drama. Anybody curious about how terrorists/liberators and military/oppressors operate should watch this film. The film set during the French occupation of Algiers (1954-57) where the locals start to organize and defy the oppressors that ended with France's withdrawal of Algiers in 1962. This important film still inspires and warns of dangers in any country where there's a thin line between appearing to be liberators such as in Afghanistan or oppressors such as in Iraq. YRCinema's coverage of films on DVD.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
The Battle of Algiers
An unequalled and unparalleled masterpiece of world cinema has not lost one bit of its power or relevance in its fourth decade. Writer and director Gillo Pontecorvo's staggering film is so authentic that it feels more like a documentary than a drama. Anybody curious about how terrorists/liberators and military/oppressors operate should watch this film. The film set during the French occupation of Algiers (1954-57) where the locals start to organize and defy the oppressors that ended with France's withdrawal of Algiers in 1962. This important film still inspires and warns of dangers in any country where there's a thin line between appearing to be liberators such as in Afghanistan or oppressors such as in Iraq. YRCinema's coverage of films on DVD.
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