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A painfully shy young computer programmer (Patrick Riester) attracts the interest of a swinging older couple (Cyndi Williams and Chris Doubek). The twin threads of “spiritual” exploration and cybernetic innovation imply an unspoken and implicit hidden connection.
Aug 1, 2013 · Computer Chess: Directed by Andrew Bujalski. With Kriss Schludermann, Tom Fletcher, Wiley Wiggins, Patrick Riester. A 1980s-set story centered around a man vs. machine chess tournament.
- (4.9K)
- Comedy
- Andrew Bujalski
- 2013-08-01
Jul 18, 2013 · Here's a movie by nerds, for nerds, and about nerds. Set in the early 1980s, it claims to be a doc about a convention held to pit rival computer chess programs against each other. If you see it, as I did, without any advance knowledge that it's a spoof, the (limited) fun comes in how soon it takes you to realize you're being put on.
The ingenuity of Andrew Bujalski's beguilingly brilliant Computer Chess—a mumblecore masterpiece focused on a early 1980s computer programming competition entirely set in a drab middlebrow motel—is that every facet of this stuttering film hints at the untapped creative hotbed of innovative potentiality that thrives in the nascent stage of ...
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- Computer Chess
- Andrew Bujalski
Jun 18, 2013 · In 1980, four computer nerds engage in a weekend tournament to design unbeatable computer chess software, in acclaimed writer-director Andrew Bujalski's funny, offbeat and nostalgic evocation...
- 2 min
- 54K
- TIFF Originals
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Jul 22, 2013 · “Computer Chess” is set in and around an isolated roadside hotel, circa 1980, where computer programmers gather for a tournament that pits their chess programs against each other.