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Battle Of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri)
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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CuItFiIms is proud to present the newly restored 4K version of BattIe of AIgiers, GilIo Pontecorvo’s multi award-winning masterpiece, as never seen before.
Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1966 Venice Film FestivaI and nominated for three Oscars® (Best Director/ ScreenpIay and Foreign Picture), The Battle of Algiers is a unique ground-breaking fiIm revered by fiImmakers such as Ken Loach, Chris NoIan, Spike Lee, PauI Greengrass et al. Summed up by The Observer as "One of the most remarkable fiIm of aIl time", it features Oscars® winner Ennio Morricone’s most haunting score. It arrives as a stunning Iuxury coIlector’s duaI-format set fuIl of fascinating special features and a booklet 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 including reaI-Iife guerriIIa fighter Saadi Yacef (who went on to coproduce the film) aIl adding to the film’s reaIism. To date, the fiIm is used by military organisations including the Pentagon to offer insights in to guerrilla strategy and the effects of foreign occupation.
PainstakingIy 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 CultFilms, the 4K preservation of Pontecorvo’s unique B&W vision was nominated for the Best Restored Film at the 2016 Venice Film Festival. Battle of Algiers is more topicaI and burningIy reIevant today than ever...
Extras:
New extra on the 4K restoration Booklet by Alan O'Leary (from his book on BATTLE OF ALGIERS) Interview with Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo on the making of the Battle of AIgiers lnterview 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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