predictable

How refreshing: using chess as clear-cut sign of lunacy. Never made that connection until now...

Lousy short, if you ask me. Neither original nor crafty.

i saw this on susan polgar's blog yesterday. interesting piece of movie making.

craaaaaappppppp!

craaaaaappppppp!

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Even this is better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKcZwPb7C3k

As always in these films the chess positions reveal that they know nothing about the game.

Queen to Play was one movie I liked that depicted chess. It had none of normal cliches like

1) Players trash talking opponents during the game.
2) Players missing checkmate in one.
3) Players with very little material suddenly beating opponents (And they look surprised doing it, so it was only an accident that they won and not sacrifical attacks)

From a chess perspective: clichéd.

From a psychological perspective: clichéd and probably nonsense. (It's questionable whether it even exists as typically depicted in the movies. The Myth of Multiple Personality Disorder.)

From a movie perspective: meh. (Nothing special, predictable, a bunch of close-ups and then the end.)

A very nice short story. The camera shots going back and forth between the two players basically tell the whole story. The final shot of the lady, with a sad face, is very touching.

For all the critics, try telling a short story in 6 minutes.

it's just an imaginative take - a short story. I cannot understand the criticism. nice acting. an interesting piece of work. The film is not about chess really. It's more about this guy and he has a problem and this lady who feels concern for him. Maybe she even lost on purpose to cheer him up.They could have played poker for all you know. It's a short story made with effort. That's all that counts. It's the writer's imagination that has been picturised well. Definitely effort has gone into the movie - whatever it is. Best of luck to Aydemir.

I make this short film (kasparov tribute) some days ago...hope you will enjoy ! :)

I've enjoyed it! Congratulations to Navarro Aydemir and to the actors! Good luck for their future projects!