Movie: Chess Poem

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Fabio Arciniegas
Fabio Arciniegas

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Gabrielle Tsai-Arciniegas
Gabrielle Tsai-Arciniegas

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    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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    2016-07-18

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