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[Fred Stutzman <fred AT metalab.unc.edu>]

Criterion just issued a superb 3-DVD edition of the film featuring a wealth 
of contextual materials.  Highly reccomended, though it is quite expensive. 
Visart or Netflick it.


On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, James Hepler wrote:

> Shame it's only playing tonight.
>
>
>
> --- John Iwaniszek <not AT hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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/
> > > -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
> > alt.music.chapel-hill --
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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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