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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Pontecorvo, Gillo[Regisseur]
• Solinas, Franco[Drehbuchautor]
• Haggiag, Brahim[Schauspieler]
• Martin, Jean[Schauspieler]
• Saadi, Yacef[Schauspieler]
• Morricone, Ennio[Komponist]

Titel

The battle of Algiers : DVD Video [Bildtonträger]

Ist Teil von

• The Criterion Collection : 249 (Alle Bände)

Auflage

Special ed. three-disc set

Ort / Verlag

[S.l.] : Criterion Collection

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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
• en: 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.
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