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Sunday, May 28, 2006
SIFF 2006: Wordplay
Nine-tenths of making a good documentary film is in how well you edit and construct it. Worldplay was initially Liz's suggestion, but a good one: a documentary that looks at the designers and players of the New York Times crossword puzzle, including the championship crossword competition. It suffered from a couple of overly-indulgent moments, one semi-political statement that really had no bearing whatsoever on the rest of the film, but delivered a tightly-constructed and enjoyable documentary certainly worth checking out.
Surely it's okay to be indulgent once in awhile. ;) As someone who has done crosswords since my youth, I loved seeing a potentially dry subject told in an entertaining way. I was even lucky enough to grab a 30 minute interview with Merl Reagle about Wordplay and crosswords in general.
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