Doc Summer Series: Bobby Fischer The World Cons
All this summer, featuring HBO documentary in its ranks, so all this summer, we will consider them.
On the one hand, makes sense to create a documentary about Bobby Fischer, he was a child prodigy, chess champion, and a madman. All of these can add up to remarkably compelling narrative. On the other hand, Fischer undoubtedly a relic of another time, if 15 minutes of fame had been artificially stretched beyond their breaking point as a nation obsessed with him when he was with the failures.
On the one hand, makes sense to create a documentary about Bobby Fischer, he was a child prodigy, chess champion, and a madman. All of these can add up to remarkably compelling narrative. On the other hand, Fischer undoubtedly a relic of another time, if 15 minutes of fame had been artificially stretched beyond their breaking point as a nation obsessed with him when he was with the failures.
Bobby Fischer against the world, filmmaker Liz Garbus monumental pieces together a good documentary, which is just a little 'boring.
The doctor did a fantastic job of telling the story of Fischer's life that consists mostly of Fame, emblematic of a party to become world champion, and a pathetic fall down on the paranoia and death. Yes, it is an incendiary figure who helped start a crazy giant chess in the United States during a period when any struggle between the Soviets and the Red Cross, white and blue would be a sensation. It is also true that it was frustrating (and it may be interesting for some). Unfortunately, Fischer is not very convincing from his achievements, is a cultural marker that has maintained a place because he refused to play by the rules, not because I had something profound to say.
Garbus seems to anticipate this and loads the film with fascinating figures discuss their rocky friendship with the champion to try to give their real life context.
One of the triumphs of history has delivered a film where tension ratchets sport almost immediately. Imagine if Miracle placed his haunting final match at the beginning of the second act, instead of minutes before the credits. The effect is well known and creaky, announcing a story beyond what Fischer is best known for.
This story never comes to pass, although most of the championship game is described by the figures that were there (instead of showing a lot of games) is an interesting article that buoys the film and book some of its best moments.
Ultimately, the game against Boris Spassky chess titan looks so much more important than Fischer. It 's more a legend than he, because it was a time when hard work and natural ability between the American Soviet chess machine. This is Rocky IV, except no one was close enough to Fischer, was wrapped in a giant flag.
The film's success Fischer leaves completely open to interpretation. This is a damaged child tantrum and fearing the possibility of loss. It is the first child star pushed too hard for a mother unbalanced. It is a national hero who has proved wrong the ruskie. It's a sad old man, abandoned and rejected by his country. It's all or nothing like that, but it is undoubtedly a symbol more than man. The media and the fear that eventually won the final, reducing it to a flat image and paste your own story about him, no matter what he really felt.
The latter part of Doc must have been hard to do given that Fischer fell off the map altogether. When he came, he was playing a minor battle that has lost a penalty in the United States. He was a man without a country, and his bitterness fueled paranoia that had developed inside him since the '70s. He bought several sheets of tin, openly mocked the U.S. on 9 / 11 and finished his legacy in a room directly opposite the nadir reached him as a chess enthusiast.
It is a staggering figure, and someone must have received mental help long before it's too late, but there is enough here to realize animated doc Fischer. The result is a story told from the outside, one of speculation and criticism. This is the film version of old men sitting around a campfire trying to remember why they were so convinced of something that happened four decades ago.
It's a film enjoyable with some really creative and interstitial interviews with interesting people, but the central character is not as interesting as perhaps the world thought. This is perhaps the ultimate poetry of his life, but in fact a piece of dark matter otherwise fascinating
