Film programme 2020

Video Games: The Movie (2014)

Section: 2020: Back to the Future-Science Is Science

Directed by: Jeremy Snead

United States of America, 2014, 105 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, 6

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A documentary chronicle of the meteoric rise of video games from nerd niche to multi-billion-dollar industry. Offering a colorful history of the video game, from Pong and Space Invaders through Super Mario Bros. and Zelda to Call of Duty, Halo and Grand Theft Auto, this survey features a Who’s Who of video game icons and pioneers as it traces the evolution of a whole new form of interactive entertainment – the consoles, the joysticks, the bits and the bytes.