{"id":3359,"date":"2015-07-16T19:40:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T19:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/?p=3359"},"modified":"2016-06-26T07:35:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T07:35:45","slug":"%e3%80%8e%e3%82%a2%e3%83%ab%e3%82%b8%e3%82%a7%e3%81%ae%e6%88%a6%e3%81%84%e3%80%8f%e3%80%80%e7%9b%a3%e7%9d%a3%ef%bc%9a%e3%82%b8%e3%83%83%e3%83%ad%e3%83%bb%e3%83%9d%e3%83%b3%e3%83%86%e3%82%b3%e3%83%ab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/en\/archives\/3359","title":{"rendered":"The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo (1966)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The Battle of Algiers <\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/134274127\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nDir. Gillo Pontecorvo, Algeria\/Italy, 1966, drama, music by Ennio Morricone<\/p>\n<p>From Wikipedia<\/p>\n<div>\n<strong><em>The Battle of Algiers<\/em><\/strong> (Italian:\u00a0<em>La battaglia di Algeri<\/em>;\u00a0Arabic:\u00a0\u0645\u0639\u0631\u0643\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0632\u0627\u0626\u0631\u200e;\u00a0French:\u00a0<em>La Bataille d\u2019Alger<\/em>) is a 1966\u00a0war film based on occurrences during the\u00a0Algerian War (1954\u201362) against the\u00a0French government in North Africa, the most prominent being the titular\u00a0Battle of Algiers. An Italo-Algerian production, it was directed by\u00a0Gillo Pontecorvo and shot on location. The film, which was shot in a\u00a0Rossellini-inspired newsreel style\u2014in black and white with documentary-type editing\u2014is often associated with\u00a0Italian neorealism cinema.<\/p>\n<p>The film has been critically celebrated and often taken, by insurgent groups and states alike, as an important commentary on urban guerrilla warfare. It occupies the 48th place on the\u00a0<em>Critics\u2019 Top 250 Films<\/em> of the 2012\u00a0Sight &amp; Sound poll<sup> <\/sup>as well as 120th place on\u00a0<em>Empire<\/em> magazine\u2019s list of the 500 greatest movies of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria gained independence from the French, a matter which Pontecorvo portrays in the film\u2019s epilogue. The film concentrates on the years between 1954 and 1957 when the guerrilla fighters regrouped and expanded into the Casbah, which was met by French paratroopers attempting to regain territory. The highly dramatic film is about the organization of a guerrilla movement and the methods used by the colonial power to contain it.<\/p>\n<p>A subject of socio-political controversy, the film wasn\u2019t screened for five years in France, where it was later released in 1971.<sup> <\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In spite of its status as the classic among the classics all over\u00a0the world, it has been out of circulation in Japan for decades. \u00a0In 1966, it was\u00a0awarded the Golden Lion at Venice, ranked #1 on Kinema Junpo in Japan, and\u00a0banned in France (for many years). Then\u00a0in 2003, it was screened for the Special Operations Command at the Pentagon. You will know the reason if you see the film. This screening was\u00a0made possible with the generous support from the world-wide (outside of Italy) rights holder of the film. Do not miss it!<\/p>\n<p>Crew:<\/p>\n<dl id=\"attachment_3595\">\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gillo-Pontecorvo.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Gillo-Pontecorvo\" src=\"http:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gillo-Pontecorvo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Director: Gillo Pontecorvo<\/p>\n<p>Screenplay: Franco Solinas and Gillo Pontecorvo (Based on <em>Souvenirs de la Bataille d&#8217;Alger<\/em> by Saadi Yacef)<\/p>\n<p>Music: Ennio Morricone<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Cast:<\/p>\n<p>Brahim Hadjadj as Ali La Pointe<\/p>\n<p>Jean Martin as Colonel Mathieu (only professional actor)<\/p>\n<p>Saadi Yacef as Saadi Yacef (Djafar)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reception:<\/p>\n<p>Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival<\/p>\n<p>3 Academy Awards Nomination for Best Screenplay (Gillo Pontecorvo and Franco Solinas) and Best Director (Gillo Pontecorvo) in 1969. and Best Foreign Language Film in 1967.<sup> <\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Kinema Junpo ranking #1 (Japan, 1966)<\/p>\n<p>Best Film of 1967 by Cuban critics<\/p>\n<p>The United Churches of America Prize (1967)<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, the movie was ranked sixth in <em>Empire<\/em> magazine&#8217;s &#8220;The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in \u65e5\u672c\u8a9e.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-moie","4":"has-more-link","5":"post-3359","7":"format-standard","8":"has-post-thumbnail","9":"category-2015-feature-films"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3359"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3812,"href":"https:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3359\/revisions\/3812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unoportartfilms.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}