You knew that with the recent passing of Chess legend Bobby Fischer, another bopic movie on his life would be soon coming. Yes there was already a movie made with his name on it (Searching For Bobby Fischer) but that’s not really about him… biopics are all the rage (to be honest, I generally really like them as long as they’re not about musicians for the most part). And there is no denying that Bobby Fischer is one hell of an interesting character.
Yes, the man was a Chess god. But he was also extremely controversial… hated the United States… seems to have hated jews… for from most accounts was something of a whack job. A REAL movie on his life would be fascinating… but this is Hollywood so it appears we’re going to get a polished up shiny happy version instead called Bobby Fischer Goes To War, which will apparently just focus on his famous victory over Boris Spassky in the World Chess Championship in 1972. But there is much more to the man than that as our friends over at RopeofSilicon point out:
Fischer recently passed away and one thing that was overlooked by most media outlets and only mentioned in passing was Fischer’s comments, anti-Semitic rants and an eccentric and reclusive nature. Well, I can only wonder if the following audio (At the bottom of this post) will be featured in Macdonald’s movie or if it will be completely ignored and will champion Fischer as a chess hero or the man he really was.
Included below is a short video of Bobby Fischer. I have to warn you, about half way through the video an interview with Fischer plays that was recorded just after 9-11. It’s terribly offensive and quite frankly shocking. I think a movie on the life of this man would be riviting… but not a Hollywood glamorized version that doesn’t look at all the dimensions of the man.
