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9 P.M. (HBO) BOBBY FISCHER AGAINST THE WORLD (2011)

HBO’s summer documentary series begins with Liz Garbus’s portrait of this chess master, from his rapid rise at 15 through his 1972 match against Boris Spassky in Iceland, his withdrawal from competition and the paranoia that consumed his life. - NYTimes

Film About Bobby Fischer — Chess Champ, Fugitive, Anti-Semite — Comes to HBO Next Week [I]n 1972, with his showdown against Boris Spassky, he became an international superstar, challenging Muhammad Ali as the most famous person on the planet. That was his high point but he remained in the public eye for years after, almost as well known for his failure to defend his crown (his mental health, and confidence, rapidly slipping) as he was in winning it. The paranoid rantings began, and when he finally met Spassky again it was in Bosnia, defying an international ban –  earning a U.S. indictment and making him a wanted man. Hence: evading arrests in a return to Iceland, where he had defeated Spassky, forever, until his death in 2008 at the age of 64. .  Now, an excellent  full-length film about his wild life, Bobby Fischer Against the World, directed by Liz Garbus,  comes to HBO on June 6… Continue reading Greg Mitchell’s review, The Nation

Film About Bobby Fischer — Chess Champ, Fugitive, Anti-Semite — Comes to HBO Next Week

[I]n 1972, with his showdown against Boris Spassky, he became an international superstar, challenging Muhammad Ali as the most famous person on the planet. That was his high point but he remained in the public eye for years after, almost as well known for his failure to defend his crown (his mental health, and confidence, rapidly slipping) as he was in winning it. The paranoid rantings began, and when he finally met Spassky again it was in Bosnia, defying an international ban –  earning a U.S. indictment and making him a wanted man. Hence: evading arrests in a return to Iceland, where he had defeated Spassky, forever, until his death in 2008 at the age of 64. .  Now, an excellent  full-length film about his wild life, Bobby Fischer Against the World, directed by Liz Garbus,  comes to HBO on June 6… Continue reading Greg Mitchell’s review, The Nation