Keith & the Movies
The Cinema Cynic | Well, someone has to be!
Description: Thoughts on Cinema and Filmmaking
Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo Written by Franco Solinas Story by Franco Solinas and Gillo Pontecorvo – Based on Souvenirs de la Bataille d’Alger by Saadi Yacef Produced by Antonio Musu and Saadi Yacef Main Cast: Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef, Brahim Haggiag, Tommaso Neri and ensemble. Cinematography by Marcello Gatti Edited by Mario Morra and Mario Serandrei Music by Ennio Morricone and Gillo Pontecorvo
The Battle of Algiers (1966) was one of the greatest films I had NEVER seen. Now, The Battle of Algiers (1966) is one of the greatest films I have EVER seen. I’m embarrassed to admit that I had, for some unknown reason, not found the time to watch it. But wow, the “best films of all time” lists it appears on are NOT wrong. For sure, I don’t always get on with the critics’ list released by respected publications such as Sight and Sound , nevertheless with this incendiary work of cinema I am in total agreemen
The Battle of Algiers (1966) is set during a particularly brutal period of the Algerian War of Independence which occurred between 1954 and 1962. It is not a conflict I am too familiar with historically, nonetheless, I am aware of the desire by the Algerian National Liberation Front to decolonize themselves from French rule. Their demands were rejected by French leaders, thus the Algerian people took to the streets to wage a guerrilla campaign against both civilian and military targets.
Keith & the Movies
The Cinema Cynic | Well, someone has to be!