In this Gilles Carle feature documentary on the game of chess, the international chess match is cast as a classic Western shoot-out. Three chess greats dominate the film: Russia’s Anatoly Karpov; Victor Korchnoi, a Russian defector; and American Bobby Fischer. Chess aficionados Camille Coudari and Fernando Arrabal analyse the personalities and strategies of the players and comment on the interplay of politics and chess. Voice and narration by Bondfield Marcoux; editing by Yves Leduc; photography by Pierre Letarte, Thomas Vamos. (Awards: Montreal; San Francisco)
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ACMI Identifier
015852
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Canada - Montreal - Awards
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Thought and thinking
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Thought and thinking
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Feature films → Feature films - Canada
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Thought and thinking
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Chess
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Games
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports - Psychological aspects
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)