King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters

Year: 2007

Grade: B+

Country: USA

Director: Gordon

Review

funny and quirky picture in the vein of films like off the charts and spellbound. this one follows old school video game geeks and the controversy revolving around a world record donkey kong game. these are the kind of documentaries that drew me to the genre in the first place. more fly on the wall (chris smith, maysles brothers) in nature than filmed essay (greenwald, moore post big one). the end of the film shows the “good” guy winning, but brian mitchell has since reclaimed his world record so the story goes on…