Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

IMDb 10.0 2004 • 17 min • Documentary

Director

Unknown

Country

US

Plot Summary

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 .

Top Cast

Brahim Hadjadj
Brahim Hadjadj Ali La Pointe (archive footage)
Mohamed Ben Kassen
Mohamed Ben Kassen Petit Omar
Spike Lee
Spike Lee Self
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone Self
Mira Nair
Mira Nair Self