Well this really resonated with what is currently going on in the world. It’s amazing how much we’ve changed as human beings while also staying exactly the same. There are so many great sequences here; the scene where Ali is assigned to assassinate the cops, when the bombs are planted, when the two guys lower the bomb in the basket, the ending,— there are so many. They aren’t even really strung together too cohesively, but that’s kind of the point. It makes it feel like you are right there. I need to explore more Italian Neo-Realist films. It’s amazing how much they were able to accomplish practically in 1966 regarding the effects. I kept jumping around from being on the Algerians’ side to against them to back to them multiple times, which is also a great line the film toes. Morricone’s score is also superb. I love Tarantino repurposed it for INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS.
