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Computer Chess (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Andrew Bujalski

Written By:
Andrew Bujalski

Actors:
Kriss Schludermann ..... ADVANTAGE Member
Tom Fletcher ..... DEEP SPEED Member
Wiley Wiggins ..... Beuscher
Patrick Riester ..... Bishton
Kevin Bewersdorf ..... Cameraman
Gene Williams ..... MONSIEUR D'ECHECS member
Jim Lewis ..... John
Cole Noppenberg ..... CAPA X Member
Myles Paige ..... Papageorge
Gerald Peary ..... Henderson
James Curry ..... Carbray
Bob Sabiston ..... McVey
S. Kirk Walsh ..... Hotel Clerk
Daniel Metz ..... Reini Urban
Stephen Wheeler ..... Panel Skeptic

Synopsis:

A boldly intelligent ensemble comedy with a feel and atmosphere that surpass easy comparison, Computer Chess takes place in the early-1980s over the course of a weekend conference where a group of obsessive software programmers have convened to pit their latest refinements in machine-chess and the still-developing field of artificial intelligence (AI) against an assembly of human chess masters. Computer Chess is a portrait not only of the crazy and surreal relationships that come to pass between the abundance of characters who participate in the weekend event (and among whose ranks include Wiley Wiggins, the revered indie-game developer and star of Richard Linklater's classic Dazed and Confused), but of the very era of early computing itself - and of the first, rudimentary video games - and (if that weren't enough) of the hopes and insecurities that persisted through the film's "retro" digital age into the present-day - that semi-virtual, hyper-social, maybe-kind-of-dehumanised landscape that, let's face it, is our very own era. If that still weren't enough: it's also one of the wittiest, most shift-and-cringe-in-your-seat, and entirely LOL-hilarious movies of recent times.

Set over the course of a weekend tournament for chess software programmers thirty-some years ago, Computer Chess transports viewers to a nostalgic moment when the contest between technology and the human spirit seemed a little more up for grabs. We get to know the eccentric geniuses possessed of the vision to teach a metal box to defeat man, literally, at his own game, laying the groundwork for artificial intelligence as we know it and will come to know it in the future.

The fourth feature film from the brilliant and maverick American filmmaker Andrew Bujalski, whose previous works include Funny Ha Ha (the early '00s film that arguably kicked-off the so-called "mumblecore" movement of American independent cinema), Mutual Appreciation (an acclaimed comic portrait of love and longing in the Brooklyn indie music scene), and Beeswax (which among its principals starred Alex Karpovsky, the filmmaker and actor who has gone on to renown for his own comedy features and his role in Lena Dunham's Girls). With its radical retro video aesthetic and wry rumination on digitality and where-we-are-today, Computer Chess is a far-reaching and ambitious benchmark for the modern American cinema.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 08 April, 2014.