The premise is a documentary about a showdown between two Donkey Kong players who are battling for the world record score on the old-school video game. But, as in the retelling of most great duels, this story is not about the fight itself, but about the people involved. Who knew there is an authority which tracks these scores (all-volunteer, of course) and they are trusted to verify that no rules were broken, no video game computer chips were tinkered with etc. ? Yes, they do sit and watch video taped games -- by the boxful. Wow. Oh yeah, and the founder is a folk singing, transcendental mediation guru who lives in Iowa. The hero of this story lives in Redmond, which gives this a little home town flair. I am so glad someone thought to put a camera on these guys.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
King of Kong
We missed this at SIFF, but were so excited to see it. The Holubs recommended it and we had seen some pretty incredible previews. 
The premise is a documentary about a showdown between two Donkey Kong players who are battling for the world record score on the old-school video game. But, as in the retelling of most great duels, this story is not about the fight itself, but about the people involved. Who knew there is an authority which tracks these scores (all-volunteer, of course) and they are trusted to verify that no rules were broken, no video game computer chips were tinkered with etc. ? Yes, they do sit and watch video taped games -- by the boxful. Wow. Oh yeah, and the founder is a folk singing, transcendental mediation guru who lives in Iowa. The hero of this story lives in Redmond, which gives this a little home town flair. I am so glad someone thought to put a camera on these guys.
The premise is a documentary about a showdown between two Donkey Kong players who are battling for the world record score on the old-school video game. But, as in the retelling of most great duels, this story is not about the fight itself, but about the people involved. Who knew there is an authority which tracks these scores (all-volunteer, of course) and they are trusted to verify that no rules were broken, no video game computer chips were tinkered with etc. ? Yes, they do sit and watch video taped games -- by the boxful. Wow. Oh yeah, and the founder is a folk singing, transcendental mediation guru who lives in Iowa. The hero of this story lives in Redmond, which gives this a little home town flair. I am so glad someone thought to put a camera on these guys.
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