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.Many films, going as far back as the silentera, have had tangential chess scenes.Some of the more outstandingexamples were covered in a series of articles done years ago by FrankBrady for Chess Life (I think in the early 80 s, though I m not sure).Inmost movies where chess is included, the chess is quite ridiculous, sowe have to rely on the cinematic qualities of the film for aesthetics.For example, in the remake of The Thing (which has become a kind ofcult film), there is a scene where Kurt Russell is playing against acomputer.There s a split second cut to his face, and then back to thescreen, and the second position has zero to do with the first position, asif the film had jumped to warp drive and gone through a worm hole.Kurt Russell smiled impishly when I later asked him about it.JohnCarpenter, the film s maker, went on as if no question had been askedat all  and I even liked the film.If I had to pick out one film with agood chess position it would be the James Bond flick From RussiaWith Love.In an opening scene the filmmakers present a famous setupfile:///C|/Cafe/Bruce/bruce.htm (5 of 6) [10/23/2001 8:01:57 PM]The Q & A Wayfrom a Spassky-Bronstein game and end with the real moves.Copyright 2001 Bruce Pandolfini.All Rights Reserved.Most of Bruce Pandolfini's books are available at The Chess CafeOnline Store.]Yes, I have a question for Bruce![The Chess Cafe Home Page] [Book Reviews] [Bulletin Board] [Columnists][Endgame Studies][The Skittles Room] [Archives] [Inside Chess][Links] [Online Bookstore] [About The Chess Cafe] [Contact Us]Copyright 2001 CyberCafes, LLC.All Rights Reserved."The Chess Cafe®" is a registered trademark of Russell Enterprises, Inc.file:///C|/Cafe/Bruce/bruce.htm (6 of 6) [10/23/2001 8:01:57 PM] [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]