Bobby Fischer Against the World
United States 2011, 90 mins
Director: Liz Garbus
Director: Liz Garbus
Acclaimed documentarian Liz Garbus (GIRLHOOD) gets inside one of the most fascinating and controversial minds of the 20th century, weaving previously unseen archive material with talking heads' retrospection to tell the amazing story of chess prodigy Bobby Fischer.
As both a teenage United States Champion and a Cold War icon, following his headline- grabbing World Championship win over Soviet grandmaster Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer's rise to fame was as sensational as his fall from grace following years of accelerated paranoia and anti-Semitic political statements.
Capturing the drama of this unlikely and enigmatic pop-culture phenomenon, BOBBY FISCHER AGAINST THE WORLD is at once an uplifting rags-to-riches story and a suspenseful fugitive drama.
