Synopsis
At the American Computer Chess Convention, enthusiasts gather to pit their programs against other computer chess programs and human players in a tournament for a grand prize of $7500.
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Cast
- Patrick RiesterBishton
- Myles PaigePapageorge
- James CurryCarbray
- Robin SchwartzShelly
- Gerald PearyHenderson
- Wiley WigginsBeuscher
- Kriss SchludermannADVANTAGE Member
Recommendations
- 100
Slant Magazine
A movie which sits at the nexus between spoken and written language, the latter mostly of the programming variety. - 91
IndieWire
Computer Chess excels at conveying the frustrations of feeling trapped by forces beyond one's control, the complexities of humanity irresolvable by any neat code. - 91
The A.V. Club
What’s more, it’s fun, generating pleasure not from canned jokes or clichéd plot twists but simply from a sense of unhindered freedom. - 90
The Dissolve
Computer Chess may seem like a novelty item, but it’s that and more, accumulating insight and substance without ever losing the fun of being a lark. - 90
Village Voice
So far the funniest, headiest, most playfully eccentric American indie of the year, Bujalski's perceptive avant-garde comedy...teases out unanswered existential and behavioral questions about mankind's curious obsession with artificial intelligence and automation. - 90
The New York Times
Peculiar and sneakily brilliant. - 80
The Guardian
Bujalski really has pulled off something extraordinary here. - 80
Time Out
What’s past is prescient, and what it all means is beside the point. Let’s just say Bujalski has made a prankishly out-of-time movie about that other AI: mankind.
