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Region 4 Winners and Losers

Region 4 Winners and Losers

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Battle of Algiers, The (Battaglia di Algeri, La)R1

    The UK Region 2 release is in 1.78:1 and is full of film artefacts, plus the soundtrack shows signs of wear and tear. The extras are limited to an interview with Pontecorvo and a photo gallery containing about 100 production stills.

    The US Region 1 release comes from Criterion and basically blows the opposition away. It comes in a three-disc set that comprises the film-specific extras found on the Region 4 plus:

  • Featurette-Gillo Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
  • Making of Documentary-Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
  • Featurette- Directors' comments from Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh and Oliver Stone
  • Featurette-Remembering History
  • Documentary Excerpt-Etats d'armes
  • Interview-A Case Study
  • Booklet-A 56 page booklet with essays and interviews

    With what seems to be a sharper transfer, and over three hours of extras in addition to those on the Region 4 plus a substantial booklet, the Region 1 is a clear winner.