I liked the Battle of Algiers because it didn't necessarily provide a point of view to side with and it showed that both sides did equally bad things during the war.
The New York Times article concentrated mostly on connecting the movie to current events and morality and left out details of the movie. It talked about many of the themes brought up by the movie about torturing as well as defeating terrorists. The article showed that even if you win the battle but ultimately lose the war just because they didn't have the people on their side. It kept mentioning how the pentagon used the movie to help analyze how to fight terroristic wars and gorilla tactics. Another movie made about the battle of Algiers was compared to this movie and it showed how this one was allot more partial than the other one was.
Over all I think the article focused a little too much on the ideas from the movie and not enough on what the movie was actually about. It was an in complete analysis.
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