Episode 16: “A Tale of Two Cities”, “The Battle of Algiers”

“I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss.”

The theme of this episode: Revolution. Join Jake and Marshall as they look at Charles Dickens’ historical fiction epic A Tale of Two Cities and Gillo Pontecorvo’s neorealist film The Battle of Algiers and examine how the two are related to each other and how they influenced Christopher Nolan while making the final chapter of his Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises.

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• The Battle of Algiers clip (with subtitles) used in episode intro (YouTube)
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