Talk:The Battle of Algiers (film)

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[edit] 1960s screening in Argentina

someone like to explain how a film scripted in 65 and released in 66 was shown beginning in 63?

"By 1963, cadets at the (then infamously well-known) Navy Mechanics School (ESMA) started receiving counter-insurgency classes aided by the film The Battle of Algiers." Qleem 16:07, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out confusion. The source (Horacio Verbitsky) actually says: "Soon after Gardes met Roussillon, the cadets at the Navy Mechanic School were also introduced to the world of counter-revolutionary warfare. In one of their courses they were shown The Battle of Algiers..." The courses started in 1963, but Verbitsky doesn't say which year exactly they were shown that film. Tazmaniacs 18:58, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] redir from Battle of Algiers

I have just added the content from Battle of Algiers and redirected that page here. The DVD Box cover, subtitles, and IMDB all give the English title with the article "The." Andrew Levine 02:47, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Trying to get citations (citations needed)

Article says:

According to the Defense Department official in charge of the screening, "Showing the film offers historical insight into the conduct of French operations in Algeria, and was intended to prompt informative discussion of the challenges faced by the French."

This is tagged with a "citation needed." The best I can come up with is CNN anchor Richard Roth saying: "We mentioned the movie had a screening already at the Pentagon. A Defense Department spokesman said the film offers historical insight into the conduct of French operations in Algeria and does prompt discussions on the challenges faced by the French." (from transcript at [1] scroll to about halfway) I'm not even sure how to identify the particular DoD spokesman. WSU ENG 3040 W2006 21:27, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Music

This is partly for my own information and partly for the musical section. Who does the vocal song(s). I am speaking specifically about the Spanish? song played in the club before the bombing. It doesn't seem to be in the credits anywhere. --gren グレン 21:51, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] From an angry critic

Why not just remove the whole article? Its generalisations are questionable; it talks about 'narrative style' (?); it is wrong about Mathieu and General Massu; its references to Eisenstein, verite and neorealism are glib and questionable; I'm fed up seeing its waffle in lazier student essays. It references NOTHING. Why not just disallow ANYTHING that is unreferenced? That might help. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.129.130.77 (talk • contribs) 02:43 February 11, 2007.

Could you be more specific about the exact problems? Then we can fix them. Cop 633 01:29, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I added a few references but it still needs more. Cop 633 15:01, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was Move. There's some history merging to be done as well since the content here has evolved in three different places. I'll resolve double redirects but leave the subsequent redirect to Battle of Algiers to someone else. —Wknight94 (talk) 01:07, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

The Battle of Algiers → The Battle of Algiers (film) — Based on the recent Torture during the Algerian War article, there seems to be people using "Battle of Algiers" to refer to the actual political struggle over Algiers during the Algerian War of Independence - this of course is the subject of the film (which is NOT a documentary). Adding "(film)" would make clear that the article is about the film, not real events. The current redirect setup redirects to The Battle of Algiers (film) to The Battle of Algiers - the logic of which escapes me. Is the semi-fictional film of the event superceding the actual event itself? —Bwithh Join Up! See the World! 09:05, 17 February 2007 (UTC) copied from WP:RM Bobblehead 06:06, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Survey - in support of the move

  1. Move. The Battle of Algiers really took place and is the object of a French Wiki fr:Bataille d'Alger article (while fr:La Bataille d'Alger (film)... ) Tazmaniacs 06:12, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
  2. Support and change The Battle of Algiers to a redirect to Battle of Algiers. A random sampling of the links that come to this page indicate that the Algerian War of Independence is the intended link for a significant portion of the links coming here.--Bobblehead 06:57, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Survey - in opposition to the move

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