Watch: How Movies and TV Shows Use Chess as a Metaphor

In this video essay, the YouTuber known as Now You See It explores how Hollywood films and television shows use the game of chess to illustrate points about their plots or characters. He uses examples like The Wire, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Independence Day, and more. Most of the time I feel like it's fairly obvious what the filmmakers are trying to say when they use this trope, but I'd never taken a close look at the way it's used in 2001 and how that could be read as foreshadowing of what comes later. Check it out and let us know what you think:

Chess is everywhere in movies, and it can mean a lot more than you may think. Let's take a look at chess and see what this ancient game holds for us in cinema. Patreon: http://bit.ly/1UaO9MU Twitter: http://bit.ly/1QvLI0H Movies/Shows In Order of Appearance: Geri's Game (1997) X-Men (2000) The Fighter (2010) Independence Day (1996) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows (2011) The People V.