Battle for Algiers seems like a very valuable piece of cinematography. In certain scenes, we see symbolism either showing the French as powerful oppressors or the Arabs as dangerous rebels. For example, when the French commander arrives to Algiers, we see him as a powerful and scary figure since most of the shots show him from a low angle.
As I was watching the movie, I couldn’t help to find certain elements of the French New Wave. Long tracking shots, a low budget feel, the use of people who weren’t actors, etc. these are all qualities that made part of the French New Wave.
Regarding The Stranger, I couldn’t find any similarities. In The Stranger, we see Algiers as a regular society with the occasional murder. Battle for Algiers shows a nation in pain and suffering because of the French. It doesn’t look like the Arabs had any privileges, not even have the freedom to go to the beach. I think Camus chose to show Algiers as a peaceful society so he could show Meursault as the real society.
As for Epictetus’s Handbook, I don’t think it has any relationship with Battle for Algiers. (Unless the movie turns into a philosophy lesson, or in later chapters, The Handbook talks about how to blow up a French restaurant.
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I disagree. I think Epicetus has much to do with the film. Soon, we will see the torture scenes.
Why does everybody in your class know about French New Wave?
we took film and society class with miss lawrynowics (dont really know the spelling) last semester... it was kind of fun...
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