Bobby Fischer against the world
Publication Information
[New York] : Docurama Films : Distributed by New Video Group, c2011.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
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. This documentary 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.
Notes
Title from container.
DVD release of the 2011 documentary.
Bonus features: A history of chess ; The fight for Fischer's estate.