The battle of Algiers--excerpt. Three women, three bombs
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Original release title in Italy: La battaglia di Algeri.; Copyright notice: c1975 MacMillan Films, Inc.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; Photography: Marcello Gatti; music: Ennio Morricone, Gillo Pontecorvo; editors: Mario Serandrei, Mario Morra.; An extract from the film, Battle of Algiers, dealing with three Arab women, dressed to look like Europeans, who infiltrate the French sector of Algiers and plant bombs. Pontecorvo uses grainy film stock and cinema verite techniques to give his reconstruction of the Algerian fight for independence, the look of documentary realism.; PFA 1608-01-12668. D0004; In Italian, French and Arabic with English subtitles.; PFA 1608-01-12668. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked (Cinescan): 2005/11/10; Very good condition; light scratches CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2010/10/29 Same.
Credits
Gillo Pontecorvo (1919–2006, direction, writing, music); Franco Solinas (1927–1982, writing); M. Gatti (Marcello, camera/lighting); Ennio Morricone (music); Mario Serandrei (1907–1966, diting); Mario Morra (1935- editing); Macmillan Films
Sources
- BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits
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