Computer Chess (2013)

Directed by

Andrew Bujalski

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

10

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 111 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of computer enthusiasts gather for a weekend tournament in the early 1980s to see which of their chess programs is the best. The film follows the quirky interactions among the programmers and their machines.

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What happens

Computer Chess is a 2013 independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Andrew Bujalski. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, and subsequently screened at such festivals as South by Southwest and the Maryland Film Festival. It is Bujalski's second black-and-white film, and was shot with analog video cameras. It is more improvisational than his previous films, with only an eight-page treatment for a script. Bujalski also cast nonprofessional actors who were knowledgeable in computer technology. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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