There might also be the matter of where one's sympathies lie. In George's initial comment about the bombing scene, his point of view seemed to rest with the victims, people's fates:
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In the bomb scenes in Algiers, you don't follow anyone in the place. You don't see a person get up, start to walk out, get called back by a friend, etc. You don't see someone on the outside start to go in, look at their watch, try to decide whether they have time to go in or not. Regardless of whether those people got blown up or not, there would be suspense. But what you see instead is a bomb planted. You know it's going to go off. Everyone in the place is just sitting there (or dancing or whatever). The film does not lead you to believe for one second that anyone in that room isn't going to be blown up. Yes, the explosion is delayed, and that creates a certain tension. But without bringing anyone's fate into uncertainty (in the world of the film), it's not nearly as suspenseful as it could be.
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Well, this may not be the PC thing to say, but I
wanted these bombs to go off, and for me, the stake was the success of the mission. Suspense came from hoping no one would foil the plan.
Settlers, the ultimate beneficiaries of any occupation, are not innocent bystanders (an expression that is thrown around far too often by those with the luxury of an overwhelming force) in my book...
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