Out to own today:
Computer Chess
“How does someone get to be you?”
In 4:3 (old school) TV ratio and in black and white, mumblecore supremo, Andrew Bujalski, delivers his first comedy. And effing hilarious it is too. In the same vein as DODGEBALL, SCRUBS and BEST IN SHOW, we are given privileged access to an insular group of dorky but hugely entertaining odd bods. It is the turn of the decade, the 1980s that is, and a weekend retreat for designers of computer chess programs. Awkward and with poor social skills, I still rejoiced being in their company for 92 minutes. There is so much material gold to be mined, I mentioned to the writer-director after the screening how this could’ve been a pilot for a television show, and asked whether he planned on following up. Bujalski said if I had the money. If only Andrew, if only. [To read more, click here.]
In 4:3 (old school) TV ratio and in black and white, mumblecore supremo, Andrew Bujalski, delivers his first comedy. And effing hilarious it is too. In the same vein as DODGEBALL, SCRUBS and BEST IN SHOW, we are given privileged access to an insular group of dorky but hugely entertaining odd bods. It is the turn of the decade, the 1980s that is, and a weekend retreat for designers of computer chess programs. Awkward and with poor social skills, I still rejoiced being in their company for 92 minutes. There is so much material gold to be mined, I mentioned to the writer-director after the screening how this could’ve been a pilot for a television show, and asked whether he planned on following up. Bujalski said if I had the money. If only Andrew, if only. [To read more, click here.]
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