Chasing Ghosts

USA, 2007, 93 min

Directed By: Lincoln Ruchti
Producer: Michael Verrechia
Executive Producer: John Panichello
Cinematographer: Lisa Wiegand
Editors: Eddie Brega, Lincoln Ruchti
Music: Alex Carlson

In 1982, Life magazine gathered a group of obsessive, top-scoring and mostly awkward guys and crowned them the kings of the arcade. But when these underdogs became cocky champions, jealousy and competition ate them up like so many tiny yellow dots. As these lords of the joystick reunite, Lincoln Ruchti’s cheeky documentary pays homage to the classic games of yore while the fellows wax bombastic about inventing rapid-fire moves, playing Asteroids for eight straight days and those spiritual moments when they and the game became one. More ...

Preceded By:
Game Over
USA , 2006, 2 min
Directed By: PES
Ordinary household items pay tribute to the videogames of the past.

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