Battle of Algiers How does the film make the audience sympathetic to the Algerians
I thought it would be relatively easy to write about the films efforts to make the audience sympathetic for the Algerian people. To aid my efforts, I opted to go online to learn a little more about Algiers attempts to free themselves from France. As I was browsing around, I found several references to the film, which not only aided my argument, but also strongly opposed the singular feeling of compassion towards the Algerians. The article also suggested that the film presents cause for sympathy towards the French at this time of revolution. I found this amazing until I read an article that better explained other films depiction of Algerian liberation in comparison to "Battle of Algiers. ... But the most celebrated film about the Algerian war, Pontecorvos The Battle of Algiers, is a striking exception. Not only does it depict both sides of the conflict with objectivity and detachment, and both its Algerian and French victims with equal sympathy, it also refuses to moralise about the methods used by the French in suppressing the terrorism of the FLN" (