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hadrons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-04 02:30 PM
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1. I'll check it out
Edited on Wed Sep-08-04 02:32 PM by hadrons
related note; The Battle of Algiers is coming on DVD

Presentation: B&W, Wide Screen

Features: Disc 1: New high-definition digital transfer of The Battle of Algiers, supervised by cinematographer Marcello Gratti, with restored image and sound, and enhanced for widescreen televisions; 1992's Return to Algiers, with director Gillo Pontecorvo and his son; theatrical and re-release trailers; poster gallery.

Disc 2: "The Making of The Battle of Algiers, an exclusive new documentary; "The Dictatorship of Truth," a 37-minute documentary narrated by Edward Said; "Directors on The Battle of Algiers," with Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone.

Disc 3: "The Battle of Algiers and History," a new documentary featuring interviews with historians Alistair Horne, Hugh Roberts and Benjamin Stora, former FLN members Zohra Drif-Bitat, Mohammed Harbi and Saadi Yacef, and writer and torture victim, Henri Alleg; "Etats d'Armies," a 30-minute excerpt from Patrick Rotman's 3-part documentary, L'Ennemi Intime; "How to Win the Battle But Lose the War of Ideas," a conversation about the contemporary relevance of The Battle of Algiers between former National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism Richard A. Clarke, former State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Michael A. Sheehan, and Chief of Investigative Projects for ABC News, Christopher E. Isham.
Plus: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Peter Matthews; a reprinted interview with writer Franco Solinas; and brief biographies on the key figures in the French-Algerian War.
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