Next Screening:
15th October 2007
The Park Hotel, Diss
Film Starts 8pm
Members £3 Non-Members £4 Students £2 (under 21)
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast: Jean Martin, Brahim Hadjadj
When the Pentagon showed this film in 2003, they publicised it as ‘How to win the battle against terrorism and lose the war of ideas’. It is a study of how both the Algerian nationalists and the French army became dehumanised by war. For Algeria read Iraq.
Film Starts 8pm
Members £3 Non-Members £4 Students £2 (under 21)
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (15)
Origin: Italy/Algeria (Subtitled)
Year: 1966
Running Time: 121 mins
Director: Gillo PontecorvoCast: Jean Martin, Brahim Hadjadj
When the Pentagon showed this film in 2003, they publicised it as ‘How to win the battle against terrorism and lose the war of ideas’. It is a study of how both the Algerian nationalists and the French army became dehumanised by war. For Algeria read Iraq.
Within the tradition of Italian neo-realism – location filming and casting non-professional actors – Pontecorvo blurs the edges of fiction and documentary, creating a masterpiece with Oscar nominations in two successive years.
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