Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

August. 01,2004

Rating：

6.4

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Algeria Film Critic North Africa

Trailer Synopsis Cast

This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algiers (1966), released in 2004. An in-depth look at the Battle of Algiers through the eyes of five established and accomplished filmmakers; Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, Oliver Stone, Julian Schnabel and Mira Nair. They discuss how the shots, cinematography, set design, sound and editing directly influenced their own work and how the film's sequences look incredibly realistic, despite the claim that everything in the film was staged .

Brahim Hadjadj as Ali La Pointe (archive footage)

Mohamed Ben Kassen as Petit Omar

Spike Lee as Self

Oliver Stone as Self

Mira Nair as Self

Steven Soderbergh as Self

Julian Schnabel as Self

Gillo Pontecorvo as Self

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