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Ourselves, Our Robots: Thin Line between Human and Robot

Computer Chess

Andrew BUJALSKI

USA2013 92min HD Both

Synopsis

Set over the course of a weekend tournament for chess software programmers circa 1980, Computer Chess transports viewers to a nostalgic moment when the contest between technology and the human spirit. We get to know the eccentric geniuses possessed of the vision to teach a metal box to defeat man, literally, at his own game and will come to know it in the future.

Diretor

Andrew BUJALSKI

He has written and directed the films Funny Ha Ha(2003), Mutual Appreciation(2005) and Beeswax(2009) which gained film critic’s compliment. He has also worked as a screenwriter-for-hire and a teacher of film production at Boston University and the University of Texas.