Tells you more or less everything you need to know about national liberation movements, and how cycles of violence come to define them. I find it morbidly funny that after reading up about the 'Staircase to Terror' theory that most of this film takes place on them. Such an analogy can just as easily be applied to governments: despite displaying reason the French are clearly the villains here. Torture becomes rationalized, as does collateral damage. Need I spell out any recent parallels?
Almost a purely objective piece of film. There is rarely any emotion displayed between characters, most of their reasoning is based on ideals, or trying to apply logic to wartime events. The real emotion is found when you look at the two masses of people as a collective persona. The colonialist pragmatism and the revolutionaries passion both swelling and diminishing during the tide of events. The art direction & the direction stand out in depicting the urban chessboard that was Algiers.
This movie is what all political movies should aspire to. It is coldly apolitical while being deeply invested in the events it covers at the same time.
Movies today often strive for "grit" and "realism," which usually translates to desaturated colors and an epileptic cameraman. The Battle of Algiers, on the other hand, could only be more real if it were a documentary. It deals with an ugly struggle for independence in an evenhanded and brutally honest way. This came out only a few years after Algeria gained its independence, and it shows.
A really quality movie that kind of blends nonfiction documentary with some individual stories acted out by pros. I found it interesting because of the complete lack of information that Americans are given on world events like this.
I find it strange how many people are saying that this film is "even-handed" and that Pontecorvo isn't choosing sides. It seems pretty clear to me that while the insurgents are shown as doing some awful things, the film is clearly siding with the Algerians. As well it should, if you ask me. I suppose what people mean by even-handed is that it doesn't needlessly demonize specific persons like a film like, say, Schindler's List does. Instead it looks at the broader conflict.
No other word to describe this but flawless. Everything about this is incredible. Pontecorvo doesn't point any fingers which makes it more remarkable as at times it could be mistaken for a documentary. Still it remained compelling all the way through.
Pontecorvo fills his humanistic account of the Algerian war for independence with faces, faces of Algerians and faces of French, faces moving through the tangled streets of Algiers. This stylistic choice serves as a strong reminder not to get caught up in the simple action of the story, but rather to remember the human cost of oppression and revolution. The film's complexity deepens with each successive viewing, a testament to the its openness and its avoidance of simple polemics.
cezayir bagimsizlik savasi, terorizm, sokak catismalari, fransa, cezayir, grev, asker, (cezayirli gerillalarin silahli mücadelesini anlatiyor. ilk yöntem kendi yasalari koymak ve uygulamak, taraftar kazanmak ve karsi olanlari belirlemek. uyusturucu ve fuhus yasagi. ikinci yöntem medeni kanun uygulamasi; evlilik düzenlemek. üc sialahli saldirilar; polisleri öldürmek, fransizlarin bomba patlatmasi üzerine ayni sekilde karsilik verilmesi. dört; toplu grev... tüm gerilla liderleri yakalanir.
Well crafted film from Pontecorvo who smoothly switches between film and documentary style, never taking sides in the brutal battle for the city of Algier. You never sympathise with any of the characters and that works out well, cause instead you get a thrilling and unsentimental account of the bloody revolution. Watch this over Hors la loi any day, cause even if you dont know anything about the conflict it doesnt matter since its quite educational as well...
This is a film that tells a true story of a violent point in history (what points in history AREN'T violent?), and it does so in broad strokes. The emotional core isn't in the lives of individuals, but in the overarching tumult and violence of another of history's bloody revolutions. The episodic documentary nature adds to the film's broad vision. I appreciate how Pontecorvo avoids making the French into faceless villains. As much as any historical piece can, this movie tells it like it is.
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