UID:
kobvindex_ZLB13777998
Format:
3 DVD-Video (ca. 121 Min.) : s/w
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1 Beih. (55 S.)
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1.85:1 ; 16:9 Widescreen
Edition:
Special ed. three-disc set
ISBN:
0780028872
Series Statement:
The Criterion collection : [DVD-Video] 249
Content:
Extras with english subtitles: Interview with director Gillo Pontecorvo (why to make a film about the Algerian revolution, about working with composer Ennio Morricone. 18 min.). Photo gallery.
Note:
Features: Disc one: The battle of Algiers: New high-definition digital transfer, enhanced for Widescreen televisions, production gallery, theatrical and re-release trailers. Disc two: Pontecorvo and the film: Gillo Pontecorvo: the dictatorship of truth (1992): a 37-minute documentary, narrated by literary critic Edward Said, exclusive 51-minute documentary on the making of The battle of Algiers, featuring new interviews with the director, cinematographer, composer, editor, actors, and film historians, five directors (17 mins., 2004): Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone on the film's influence, style, and importance. Disc three: The film and the history: Remembering history (69 mins., 2004): an exclusive documentary that reconstructs the Algerian experience of the battle for independence, featuring interviews with historians and revolutionaries, including military leader Saadi Yacef, "Ètats d'armes" (2002): a 28-minute documentary excerpt featuring senior French military officers recalling the use of torture and execution to combat the rebellion, The battle of Algiers: a case study (25 mins., 2004): Richard A. Clarke, former national counterterrorism coordinator and author of Against all enemies: inside America's war on terror, discusses the film's relevance with Michael A. Sheehan, former State Department coordinator for counterterrorism, in a conversation moderated by Christopher E. Isham, chief of investigate projects for ABC news, Gillo Pontecorvo's return to Algiers (58 mins., 1992): the filmmaker revisits the Algerian people after three decades of independence
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Orig.: Italien/Algerien, 1966
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Franz., arab. mit optionalen engl. Untertiteln
Language:
French
Keywords:
La battaglia di Algeri
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Interview
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DVD-Video
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Algerienkrieg
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Film
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DVD-Video
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Interview
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DVD-Video
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Interview
Author information:
Morricone, Ennio
Author information:
Pontecorvo, Gillo
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