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The greatest match was in his mind.
In 1972, America was chess-obsessed. The Soviet Union used chess to demonstrate its intellectual superiority to the West, but along came a young, lone American, who demolished the Russian masters of the sport. At the height of his career, Bobby Fischer was better known than any other man in the world. Relentless press attention, political pressure and a monomaniacal focus on chess ultimately led to his undoing.
Academy Award-nominated director Liz Garbus (The Farm, Angola USA) uses the narrative tension of the 1972 match between Fischer and the defending World Champion, the Russian Boris Spassky, to explore not only the politically charged period of the early 1970s but also the nature of genius, madness and the game of chess itself.
AWARDS:
Sundance 2011 Documentary Premiere Selection
Newport Beach Film Festival 2011 Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking
Hot Docs 2011 Official Selection
What awful happened to Bobby Fischer was that he found the truth. And he could not handle it. I am sure the documentary paints him as a nut. But he was more sane than 99% of the people.
slonamu 2 months ago