| This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algiers (1966), released in 2004. An in-depth look at the Battle of Algiers through the eyes of five established and accomplished filmmakers; Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, Oliver Stone, Julian Schnabel and Mira Nair. They discuss how the shots, cinematography, set design, sound and editing directly influenced their own work and how the film's sequences look incredibly realistic, despite the claim that everything in the film was staged . | |
| Release Date: | Aug 01, 2004 |
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| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | algeria, north africa, film critic, algerian war (1954-62), battle of algiers, anti-colonialism, djazair, independance war, la bataille d'alger |
| Production Companies | The Criterion Channel |
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Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: May 07, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Brahim Hadjadj | Ali La Pointe (archive footage) |
| Mohamed Ben Kassen | Petit Omar |
| Spike Lee | Self |
| Oliver Stone | Self |
| Mira Nair | Self |
| Steven Soderbergh | Self |
| Julian Schnabel | Self |
| Gillo Pontecorvo | Self |
| Name | Job |
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| Nicholas Blair | Director of Photography |
| Gary Bradley | Editor |
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| Peter Becker | Executive Producer |
| Kim Hendrickson | Producer |
| Abbey Lustgarten | Producer |
| Jonathan Turell | Executive Producer |
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