By that measure, it’s not difficult to see at a glance what prompted indie filmmaker Andrew Bujalski to make Computer Chess, which is set in an unspecified year that looks to be roughly ’80 or ...

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“Computer Chess” is set in and around an isolated roadside hotel, circa 1980, where computer programmers gather for a tournament that pits their chess programs against each other. The action ...

Appropriately set in the early ’80s (shortly before 1984, to fit its technophobic theme), “Computer Chess” takes place at a conference in which nearly everyone believes the future has ...