The game of Tetris is based on a simple concept — continually rotating and moving falling blocks to complete and clear horizontal rows for as long as possible — but there’s so much more to its back…
The game of Tetris is based on a simple concept — continually rotating and moving falling blocks to complete and clear horizontal rows for as long as possible — but there’s so much more to its backstory than most people know.
For the post-screening panel discussion, director Jon S. Baird was joined by screenwriter Noah Pink, actor Taron Egerton and the people who inspired the film: video game salesman Henk Rogers and software engineer Alexey Pajitnov. Moderated by the film festival’s director, Claudette Godfrey, the conversation began with the screenplay and how Pink discovered the story.
“I was like, ‘All right, yeah, sure.’ Sorry, Gregor, but that’s how I felt,” Pink said. “And then, literally, a month later, I got a call from our other producer, Matthew Vaughn, who called me on the phone, and he’s like, ‘I just have a question for you, Noah: Why the fuck hasn’t anyone made this movie?’ I was like, ‘Well, maybe it could be you.’ He’s like, ‘It’s going to be me,’ and he did.”
In addition to these virtual meetings, the universal themes depicted in the script helped Egerton connect with the character. During the panel, he explained that the film’s story boils down to two friends and how their shared bond for gaming breaks down geographic and ideological barriers. “Because that’s what happened in reality — that’s what actually happened,” Pajitnov said. “First of all, we were really estranged. But later on, we [realized] that we’re both doing the same [thing], that we are colleagues, that we love games. We designed the game, we became friends and we’re still friends.”
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