THE BATTLE OF algiers

I listened to the NPR news broadcast (2004) in which the man talked about how the Battle of Algiers is making a comeback. The man also talked about how the US and other countries were using this movie as a tool to aid them with their war tactics. He did think however that the US government did not fully understand the film and what they were supposed to get out of it.
I feel that this news reel should have talked about what kinds of things these government figures were looking for while watching the movie. I also think he missed a fundamental aspect of the film which is the portrayal of torture. It is obvious today that the US government still doesn’t make a connection between terrorism and the torture we are putting those in captive in Iraq through. We still torture people overseas to get answers and as one can see from the movie it usually doesn’t work and that it is inhumane. I did find the NPR talk show to be very fascinating in the fact that it brought in Pontecorvo and got his insight on the film. It was also cool that NPR brought in one of the actors who were actually there during the battle of Algiers. This added some facts and emotions to the news program.