Released:
2004-08-01

Overview:
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 .

Director:

Runtime:
0h 17min

Genre:
Documentary

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