Archive of films Computer Chess / Computer Chess

Computer Chess is set in the 1980s at a man-versus-computer chess tournament. The film is a comedic and philosophical examination of the relationship between ideas and technology and of the absurdity accompanying innovation.


Synopsis

Filmmaker Andrew Bujalski graduated from Harvard’s film school and started making very personal 16 mm features shortly after his graduation. The critically-acclaimed films Funny Ha Ha and Mutual Appreciation marked Bujalski as a major new film talent. A few years later he headed to Austin, Texas and immersed himself in the town’s film scene, where his next four features would be shot. Computer Chess, a comedic and philosophical examination of the relationship between ideas and technology – and the absurdity accompanying innovation – may be Bujalski’s most formally ambitious film. Set in the 1980s at a man-versus-computer chess tournament, it is the only feature to be shot on the Sony AVC-3260 “tube” camera, the short-lived device that spanned the film-to-video transition.

Holly Herrick

About the director

Andrew Bujalski

Andrew Bujalski (b. 1977, Boston, Massachusetts, USA). Selected filmography: Funny Ha Ha (2002), Mutual Appreciation (2005), Computer Chess (2013), Results (2015), Support the Girls (2018)

Contacts

The Film Sales Company
165 Madison Avenue, suite 601, NY 10016, New York
United States of America
Tel: +1 212 481 5020
Fax: +1 646 274 0923
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.filmsalescorp.com

Please accept Marketing cookies to watch the video

About the film

Color, Black & White, Blu-ray

Section: Made in Texas: Tribute to Austin Film Society
   
Director: Andrew Bujalski
Screenplay: Andrew Bujalski
Dir. of Photography: Matthias Grunsky
Editor: Andrew Bujalski
Art Director: Michael Bricker
Producer: Houston King, Alex Lipschultz
Production: Computer Chess LLC
Cast: Patrick Riester, Myles Paige, James Curry, Robin Schwartz, Gerald Peary
Sales: The Film Sales Company
   
www: www.computerchessmovie.com

Guests

Andrew Bujalski

Film Director

Matthias Grunsky

Director of Photography


YouTube

© 2024 FILM SERVIS FESTIVAL KARLOVY VARY, a.s. [email protected] +420 221 411 011 All contacts

AccommodationsAccommodations Festival Pass, tickets, reservationsFestival Pass, tickets
HistoryHistory ContactsContacts
Archive of filmsArchive of films KVIFF TalksKVIFF Talks
Industry Days Programme 2021Industry Days Programme KVIFF Eastern PromisesKVIFF Eastern Promises
VideogalleryVideogallery PhotogalleryPhotogallery
ContactsContacts Posters of the 57th KV IFFPosters of the 57th KV IFF
HistoryHistory Festival GuideFestival Guide