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  • From: John Iwaniszek <not AT hotmail.com>
  • To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Fwd: Battle of Algiers - FREE]
  • Date: 20 Jan 2005 15:12:05 GMT

grady wrote:

> This is a fucking great movie--just incredibly gripping & also
> profoundly "educational" about what goes on at the grassroots of an
> armed insurgency. By "educational" I don't mean "dry and boring,"
> either. The thing was shot verite-style, and (controversially) with
> the cooperation of one of the leaders of the Algerian guerilla
> resistance. It's an eerily realistic recreation of the actual events.
>
> Go see it tonight if at all possible:
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> Stolen Nation Film Series kicks off with a "celebration" of Bush's
> inauguration with a screening of the formerly banned and recently
> restored "Battle of Algiers."
>
> Thursday, January 20th at the North Carolina School of Science & Math,
> ETC Auditorium
> 8:15 PM, FREE
>
> Gillo Pontecorvo's 1966 classic is considered one of the most
> influential historic films about modern politics in the Middle East.
> Shot in the streets of Algiers in documentary style, the film is a
> case study in modern warfare, with its terrorist attacks and the
> brutal techniques used to combat them. The Battle of Algiers vividly
> recreates a key year in the tumultuous struggle for Algerian
> independence from the occupying French colonial forces in the 1950s.
>
> Nominated for 3 Academy Awards (Best Screenplay, Best Foreign Film and
> Best Director) and winner of the Grand Prize at the Venice Film
> Festival, this film also bears the distinction of being banned in
> France in 1965 and screened by the Pentagon prior to the invasion of
> Iraq in 2003. The Battle of Algiers is a film with astonishing
> relevance - the echoes of which can still be heard today.
>
> For more info about the movie, the trailer and directions go to:
> http://www.geocities.com/stolen_nation_film_series/
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I have heard that this movie is used by the Pentagon to train for
dealing with insurgencies. I doubt Our Leader has seen it. Maybe if
Arnold does a remake.




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