Brianna E. Hyslop

University of Texas at Austin

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Packaging Politics: The Criterion Collection and The Battle of Algiers

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Brianna E. Hyslop University of Texas at Austin

February 25, 2011
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Packaging Politics: The Criterion Collection and The Battle of Algiers politics paratexts DVD Translations and Transmissions archive Curator's Note Upon watching Gillo Pontevcorvo's The Battle of Algiers, it becomes clear where the film's s ...

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Re: Packaging Politics: The Criterion Collection and The Battle of Algiers

Helpful Observations

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Brianna E. Hyslop University of Texas at Austin

Saturday, February 26, 2011 — 1:51 am
Lisa, thank you for your observations and comments. Breaking up the title screens into two sets provides a useful way to access the film as well as its framing. I also find the assertion that the film contains "not a single frame of documentary or ...