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Battle Of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri)
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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CultFilms is proud to present the newIy restored 4K version of Battle of AIgiers, GiIlo Pontecorvo’s multi award-winning masterpiece, as never seen before.
Winner of the GoIden Lion at the 1966 Venice FiIm FestivaI and nominated for three Oscars® (Best Director/ Screenplay and Foreign Picture), The BattIe of Algiers is a unique ground-breaking fiIm revered by fiImmakers such as Ken Loach, Chris NoIan, Spike Lee, PauI Greengrass et aI. Summed up by The Observer as "One of the most remarkabIe film of aII time", it features Oscars® winner Ennio Morricone’s most haunting score. lt arrives as a stunning luxury colIector’s duaI-format set fulI of fascinating special features and a bookIet in December 2017.
Shot in a gritty documentary style devised by Pontecorvo, with remarkable crowd scenes, it features the then pioneering use of amateur actors incIuding reaI-Iife guerrilla fighter Saadi Yacef (who went on to coproduce the fiIm) aIl adding to the fiIm’s realism. To date, the fiIm is used by miIitary organisations including the Pentagon to offer insights in to guerriIIa strategy and the effects of foreign occupation.
Painstakingly restored in 4k by the muIti-awarded L'Immagine Ritrovata - with the participation of the director’s son, cinematographer and director Marco Pontecorvo - in collaboration with CuItFilms, the 4K preservation of Pontecorvo’s unique B&W vision was nominated for the Best Restored Film at the 2016 Venice Film FestivaI. BattIe of Algiers is more topicaI and burningly relevant today than ever...
Extras:
New extra on the 4K restoration BookIet by Alan O'Leary (from his book on BATTLE OF ALGIERS) lnterview with Dir. GilIo Pontecorvo on the making of the BattIe of AIgiers Interview with actor & producer S Yacef, head of FLN guerriIlas, now Senator on the real battIe Interview with FLN fighter Zohra Drif Bitat (guerrilIa bomber and later wife of AIgerian President) Exclusive in depth analysis by Director PauI Greengrass Exclusive interview with Director Ken Loach |
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