Tag: Chess
Computer Chess (2013) Andrew Bujalski mumblecored again, into an ’80s tournament between the newest chess-playing computer terminals. Hotel o’ Geeks. ADVENTURES! “Have you ever taken LSD?” Smart, so smart. Surrealism. Or is it? If you like chess, programming or thinking, see this film. If you like film, see this film. If you film, see this […]
At first glance, Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess looks like a documentary filmed in the early ’80s. Then, you realize… This could be this year’s best new film. See chess software programmers spend several days in a crappy hotel. There’s a Swiss-style chess tournament: “We get to know the eccentric geniuses possessed with the vision to teach […]
