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Post by kolchak92 on Sept 17, 2024 15:35:30 GMT
Anyone see this? An underrated little movie, from the writer of Schindler's List.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Sept 17, 2024 15:52:30 GMT
Excellent flick, it's in my all time top 25. Extremely well written and featuring excellent performances by an incredible cast. Talk about an ensemble, William H Macy shows up as a random chess dad, Laura Linney is in one scene as a teacher. It's just as much about family dynamics as it is about chess.
I love how they use the idea of Bobby Fischer as this kind of mythological figure that doesn't so much drive the narrative as it adds texture to the underlying tension. Is he still out there? Will he come back? Is this the tortured life that awaits Josh? Of course, Fischer's history of antisemitism now complicates his legacy, and thus any references to him; but if anything, it adds to the mystique and gives you more to digest when watching this film.
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