The Article written by Ann Hornaday from the Washington Post was not really a review that she gave her opinion on the movie. She sort of layed out some key points of the movie and how they related to other things. One thing that I found interesting in the article was that the director, Pontecorvo, used non-famous actors and ones that actually faught in those battles. I think it would have been really hard for an actor to relive that but maybe Pontecorvo found that they would know the role the best being from that time.
Another interesting this that Hornaday brought up was the fact that Pontecorvo brought up both the Algerian and French side well. He portrayed them both equally and left his opinion out of it. I think he did a good job of showing both sides of the Frech army and the Algerian citizens like Ali La Pointe.
She also talks about how some people critisized how real the film was. She defends Pontecorvo by saying that it was an art with all his beautifully placed shots and space that he used. I agree with her on that. I really like all the shots he did whether it was high angle for the pont of view of the french looking down from the top of the buildings or Ali La Points close up when he was in the hide out. I think Pontecorvo did an excellent job he portraying realism and I think that's what he was going for.
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