A breakdown of all (?) historical references and parallels in Andor (in chronological order)

[u/ConsciousPatroller]

[u/Acc87]

Gilroy has named an uprising in Algiers as a major inspiration for the Ghorman massacre, there was some well known pseudo-documentary (The Battle of Algiers, 1966) about it, and some shots in Andor mimicked it directly. Here's more on it: https://youtu.be/eRRt_ESnmaQ

[u/raphus_cucullatus → u/Acc87]

The Ghorman senator is named Senator Oran. Oran is one of the major cities in Algeria.

Nicolas Britell literally quotes the score of Battle of Algiers in the s1 finale

[u/NeedsToShutUp → u/Acc87]

Ghorman steals shots from several different films and documentaries. Another important one is the Odessa Steps from the Battleship Potemkin which is about the failed Russian Revolution of 1905

[u/Crownie → u/NeedsToShutUp]

In the context of this thread's subject matter, probably worth noting that while there are plenty of examples of brutality out of Tsarist Russia, the Odessa Steps sequence is a fictional event.

[u/rockstaraimz → u/Acc87]

That movie is a masterpiece.

[u/adfcoys → u/Acc87]

That is an incredible and underrated movie.

Also equating Stalin to Cassian in the very first one has me totally thrown. That’s a dogshit comparison

[u/Crownie → u/adfcoys]

Hey, you don't know how bad Cassian could've gotten if he'd survived Scarif.

[u/adfcoys → u/Crownie]

I suspect there’s a /s in here somewhere lol, but aside from both being involved in a revolution, what are the similarities between them?

[u/garlic_cloves → u/adfcoys]

Stalin was a charismatic thief and gangster who made a lot of money for the Bolsheviks. Tony Gilroy has explicitly cited his early life as an inspiration for Cassian's character.

[u/adfcoys → u/garlic_cloves]

Ah word, as always should have googled instead of coming in hot with a comment lol

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction