La Bataille d'Algier

I read the article from the Washington Post by Ann Hornaday. I agreed with most of the basic comments Ann said about the film. One of the quotes I liked and agreed on also was, "He's pretty confident that his side will win the battle, but he's even more confident that it will lose the war." It was pretty obvious that Col. Mathieu knoew that the Algerians were going to keep their peace and independence even after the long battle. Even though they won the battle, it was pretty pointless because they didn't even win the war on taking their independence. I really don't think Ann Hornaday missed any major important parts of the movie. I did dissagree with one part. I think that there were alot of heroes in the film, and she thinks there is none. I thought that when the Algerian women dressed up as French women was really heroic. I mean, they risked their lives for the sake of winning their freedom and the war. That's got to count for something. I also think that Ali la Pointe was heroic in the film just by being a great leader and being sneeky to try to win independence. I think that the Algerians would consider him a hero.