I had been on the lookout for Searching For Bobby Fischer for quite some time. Despite its excellence, it is remarkably difficult to come by a copy of this movie- especially at a half decent price. For the longest time, the cheapest copy I could locate was selling for over $60 which seemed a bit steep, especially since I'd picked up my original VHS copy from a $5 bin. But last week I checked it out on Amazon, as I'm wont to do every couple of months, and saw that they had the DVD on sale for less than $30. Still a little more than I wanted to pay, but easier to justify in my frugal heart. So here it is, along with my old VHS tape.
I've gradually been replacing my collection of VHS movies with DVDs/Blue Rays because 1) I fear my elderly VCR will crap out one of these days, and 2) I'm afraid the tapes themselves will eventually break down. And I want physical copies of movies I love, especially now that the creepy studios- like Disney- are going back and stealth editing films to remove anything they consider "problematic". I'm not having my favourite movies carved up by some prissy, tasteless hack... hence the physical copies. I had been on the lookout for Searching For Bobby Fischer for quite some time. Despite its excellence, it is remarkably difficult to come by a copy of this movie- especially at a half decent price. For the longest time, the cheapest copy I could locate was selling for over $60 which seemed a bit steep, especially since I'd picked up my original VHS copy from a $5 bin. But last week I checked it out on Amazon, as I'm wont to do every couple of months, and saw that they had the DVD on sale for less than $30. Still a little more than I wanted to pay, but easier to justify in my frugal heart. So here it is, along with my old VHS tape. Searching For Bobby Fischer is an adaptation of the book by the same name, written by Fred Waitzkin, father of real life chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin. Of course, they're not physically searching for Fischer, the wacko... er, eccentric... chess genius but rather the excitement and mystique he brought to the game, and took with him when he abruptly disappeared. As 8 year old Josh tries to navigate the stressful world of competitive chess, he learns a lot about chess, himself, and human nature. And, in the end, he learns that he doesn't have to remake himself in the mould of Bobby Fischer to become a champion.
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