By total coincidence, I watched the movie "The Battle of Algiers" last week when the Tunisian revolution ran its rapid course. I received the movie through my Netflix subscription. I use the subscription to watch foreign films that would not otherwise be available to me. I had always read references to this film as the standard for political theme movies that have the feel of a documentary. In supporting on line materials for the Criterion collection of classic films, modern day artists Iron and Wine and James Franco list "The Battle of Algiers" in their top 10 films.
This film was made approximately 5 years after the Algerian fight for independence from France was concluded in 1962. Although the film did not use any stock footage of the Algerian revolution, it certainly gave the feeling that the viewer was watching the real events that unfolded only a few years before.
No comments:
Post a Comment