The film was written and directed by William Azaroff and stars Amy DeBourget
with an assortment of men. Azaroff shot the film in Seattle in one 18-hour
day. "The production was charmed," he says. "From the minute
I mentioned the idea for the first time to my first film festival acceptance,
everyone wanted the project to happen and it gained a momentum of its own.
It was a wonderful film to make."
The producer is Atom Shockwave. You can watch the entire movie at the Atom
films web site. It is available in a number of different bandwidths
and for Windows Media or Real formats.
This is the girl who checks out her dates with a game of chess.
Not easy for the suitors, she appears to be a fairly competent player.
Naturally the movie has used the services of the Great Chess Phantom. This
person has dedicated his (or her – nobody has ever seen it) life to making
absolutely sure that in all chess movies produced in America – and elsewhere
for that matter – the board will unfailingly have a black square on the
bottom right-hand corner. Some people do not believe that the GCP exists, but
what are the odds of getting it wrong in every single movie?
Another thing the Great Chess Phantom does is to ensure that "Hollywood
captures" are used. These are executed by pushing the captured
piece aside, replacing it with the capturing piece and then, in a separate
action and often with a little flourish, picking the captured piece off the
board. If you are a club player you should practise this technique (instead
of the mundane lift-off-and-replace swoop). It's the only way you are ever
going to get into a Hollywood movie.
The point of the chess game – but it rarely works the way the suitor
envisions
The film is rich in symbolism, most of which we did not catch. But there are
short
reviews to help you form a judgement the CheckMating story.
