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Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

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Calorie Rating: 24
Released: 2004-08-01
Running Time: 17 Minutes
Homepage: https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/five-directors-on-the-battle-of-algiers
Studios: The Criterion Channel,


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 .

Director / Directors



Cast

Brahim Hadjadj
Character: Ali La Pointe (archive footage)
Mohamed Ben Kassen
Character: Petit Omar
Spike Lee
Character: Self

Oliver Stone
Character: Self
Mira Nair
Character: Self
Steven Soderbergh
Character: Self

Julian Schnabel
Character: Self
Gillo Pontecorvo
Character: Self


Production and Crew

Peter Becker
Executive Producer
Jonathan Turell
Executive Producer

Nicholas Blair
Director of Photography