Pros:
Brilliant moviemaking for a 1966 movie with some intelligent writing and poignant scenes, like the one where a gang of 8-10 year olds attack a tall, old junkie/alcoholic.
The series of scenes where Ali le pointe is inducted into FLN. Interesting rationale.
The conversation between Matthieu and press on revolutionary warfare and its different stages and a more similar exchange between Ali le pointe and Ben M'Hidi
Storytelling, for instance the scene where it starts from a woman staring at mirror to her
ending up planting a bomb!
Contrasting among revolutionaries - people who follow an ideology and have a plan of action
and those who are just hooligans acting on baser instincts and dying to bear arms, but faithful.
Cons:
Actually I'm being picky here when I say the acting in certain scenes were a little outdated,
like this one where an innocent Arab is chased on the streets of Kasbah and arrested.
It is hard to not notice, when the whole movie was around terrorism - its rise and fall, why
the makers scurried through the insurrection, the next phase in a revolutionary warfare in the last 2 or so minutes like a footnote. For some reason, it didn't create any impact on me.
Couldn't stop reminding myself that its a 1966 movie - I don't know if thats really a con.
Quotes:
"Acts of violence don't win wars. Neither wars nor revolutions. Terrorism is useful as
a start. But then, the people themselves must act. That's the rationale behind this
strike: to mobilize all Algerians, to assess our strength."
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