The Adventures of Chester: DVD Rec of the Week

If you like this blog, you'll probably enjoy watching this:

The Battle of Algiers, produced only three years after the end of the French-Algerian War, is an excellent little study in the phases of a counterinsurgency, and quite a learning tool to boot. Moreover, its style is incredibly realistic. When coupled with a reading of Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice it almost makes for a small little course in counterinsurgency, especially for those (like probably everyone reading this) who have been inundated in the headlines of the past three years and can readily draw comparisons to current news and practices.

The Criterion Collection edition also includes two full discs of special features, most of which looked interesting, though I didn't have time for them.

There's more background about the film at Wikipedia's entry.

Posted by Chester on September 26, 2006 7:08 PM to The Adventures of Chester