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Computer Chess

Directed by Andrew Bujalski

Release: 2013
Runtime: 92
Country: U.S.
Language: English
Director: Andrew Bujalski
Writer: Andrew Bujalski
Producer: Houston King, Alex Lipschultz

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.

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"Close to perfect."

– Amy Taubin, Film Comment

"An extraordinarily inventive and richly textured period piece."

– Richard Brody, The New Yorker

"A funny, low-key look at nerd culture."

– Hugh Hart, Wired

"Computer Chess could be a new Doctor Strangelove. Hilarious and brilliant."

– Nathan Renaud, Accréds

"About as perfect a rendering of the era as you could ask for. Bujalski really has pulled off something extraordinary here. As an act of cultural archeology, I can think of few better."

– Andrew Pulver, The Guardian

"An endearingly nutty, proudly analog tribute to the ultra-nerdy innovators of yesteryear."

– Justin Chang, Variety

"Funny and poignant, it's also a witty satire on technology and how today's cutting-edge will be tomorrow's quaint kitsch."

– Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times

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Patrick Riester as Peter Bishton in Computer Chess, a film by Andrew Bujalski.
Wiley Wiggins as Martin Beuscher and Patrick Riester as Peter Bishton in COMPUTER CHESS, a film by Andrew Bujalski.
Andrew Bujalski, director of COMPUTER CHESS.

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Technical Info

  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Color: B&W

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Alamo Drafthouse DTLA Los Angeles 1694232000September 9, 2023
Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan New York 1694232000September 9, 2023
Alamo Drafthouse New Mission San Francisco 1694232000September 9, 2023
Alamo Drafthouse Sloans Lake Denver 1694232000September 9, 2023
Alamo Drafthouse Wrigleyville Chicago 1694491200September 12, 2023
Enzian Theatre Maitland 1699070400November 4, 2023
Metrograph New York 1691726400August 11 - August 13, 2023
Museum of the Moving Image Astoria 1683864000May 12, 2023
Screen Door Microcinema Tampa 1692417600August 19, 2023