Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers (2004)
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 .
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Brahim Hadjadj
as Ali La Pointe (archive footage)
Brahim Hadjadj (إبراهيم حجاج) (January 31, 1934 - March 8, 1996) was an Algerian actor. His career began with the film "The Battle of Algiers" (1966), directed by the Italian Gillo Pontecorvo. The 32-...
Mohamed Ben Kassen
as Petit Omar
Mohamed Ben Kassen is an Algerian actor. He plays the role of Little Omar in the cult film "The Battle of Algiers" by Gillo Pontecorvo (1966) with Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Rouiched......
Spike Lee
as Self
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American filmmaker and actor. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contempo...
Oliver Stone
as Self
William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director and screenwriter. Stone became known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam...
Mira Nair
as Self
Mira Nair (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian film director and producer based in New York. Her production company is Mirabai Films.
She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University. Her d...
Steven Soderbergh
as Self
Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14, 1963) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. A pioneer of modern independent cinema, Soderbergh later drew acclai...
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