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Skyscore

http://www.afisha.ru/movie/170164/review/146402/

12 years 2 months ago

nicolaskrizan

ruthless and fair

http://beyond1001movies.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/backtrack-la-battaglia-di-algeri-1965/

9 years 6 months ago

It's a very well-made film, but I found it quite a struggle to watch because I found all the characters on both sides to be utterly vile. Also, despite claims of even-handedness, the film takes an insidious pleasure in showing the Algerians outwitting and killing the French cops and soldiers, while the French victories mostly happen off-screen.

10 years 7 months ago

Joris B.

The only thing that dissapointed me was Ennio Morricone's score. After ''A Fistful of Dollars'' and ''For a Few Dollars More'' I expected a bit more from him.

13 years 9 months ago

wowwee123

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyZAi61-KqE

Checked 10/25/2019; 3/16/2020 - link still works (ignore (2) downvote(s))

7 years 1 month ago

badblokebob

I’m sure it’s been very influential, and must’ve been significant at the time, and it certainly generates some degree of enduringly-relevant insight into these kind of political situations... but I also found it kind of monotonous and, consequently, dull.

4 years 1 month ago

epp

Still exceptionally present.

12 years 6 months ago

lauli

wow

12 years 8 months ago

Vladirov

Great movie!

13 years 11 months ago

Fluegi

Very realistic and powerful.

3 months 2 weeks ago

Neville

Think of the wider more contemporary context: the decline of a politically-correct West, and the rise not of independent post-colonial democracies but of Islamic Jihad and Islamist ambitions for global empire. The new imperialists take the place of the old. The atrocities of recent years put these older battles in the shade. In 1966 the Sartres, Godards and Pontecorvo's did not see this coming. The result is a surprisingly innocent film as seen from nearly fifty years later.

11 years 7 months ago

the3rdman

Very good for exploring the ambiguities of violence in the Algerian war, but tends to simplify the conflict by ignoring some the divisions within the opposing parties. Still a great film.

12 years 1 month ago

Buksemannen

Brilliant.

12 years 5 months ago

valters

quality cinema

12 years 10 months ago

monty

Though the casual viewer may think the print used was rather poor, you will have to take into account that the director intentionally damaged the reels to trick the viewer into believing it was archival footage from that period. Due to this, there's plenty of visible speckles and other kinds of print damage but that is how it's supposed to look.

7 years 4 months ago