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Chess Poem

Jul 18, 2016

0h 3m

★ 10.0

Overview

Short film interpretation of Jorge Luis Borges poem Ajedrez. Narrated in Chinese. Features the Wei Yi Immortal game against Lazaro Bruzon. Originally created as an assignment for Werner Herzog's online class on film making (one room, two actors, one character must get what he wants from the other, a chase.)

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Black

Fabio Arciniegas

White

Gabrielle Tsai-Arciniegas

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