{"id":656,"date":"2008-09-05T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-05T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2008\/09\/05\/chris-smiththe-pool-opens-to-acclaim-in-nyc\/"},"modified":"2008-09-23T18:32:21","modified_gmt":"2008-09-23T23:32:21","slug":"chris-smiththe-pool-opens-to-acclaim-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2008\/09\/05\/chris-smiththe-pool-opens-to-acclaim-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"~CHRIS SMITH\/’THE POOL’ opens to acclaim in NYC !!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"poster<\/p>\n

‘THE POOL’ – WINNER – SPECIAL DRAMATIC JURY PRIZE – SUNDANCE 2007
\nfrom the DIRECTOR of AMERICAN MOVIE & THE YES MEN – CHRIS SMITH
\nBluemark Presents: ‘THE POOL’ – 2 WEEKS ONLY – SEPT 3-16 , 2008 – FILM FORUM
\nsee: FILM FORUM\/THE POOL !!<\/a><\/p>\n

also opening nationally !!<\/em> in 30+ theaters – so, check your local listings !!
\nsee: HIT – SCREENINGS !!<\/a><\/p>\n

. . . the film has an excellent<\/em> website, check it out: ‘THE POOL’\/OFFICIAL WEBSITE !!<\/a>
\nwhere you can check out, all the rave reviews – and, they are all – right on !!<\/p>\n

and, where you can also view the trailer & hear some of the film’s lovely music: ‘THE POOL’\/THE TRAILER !!<\/a><\/p>\n

‘THE POOL’ had its NYC launch screening at the FILM FORUM, this past WED SEPT 3, 2008
\nThe after party was at STEAK FRITES.<\/p>\n

\"Pool
\non the way in, we meet B.J. of the Brooklyn band – Parts & Labor
\nyou can check out Parts & Labor on: myspace !!<\/a><\/p>\n

\"John
\nJOHN RIEPENHOFF greets guests. John was a Production Assistant on ‘The Pool’ – he did post production work. He said he started working on the project, right when they got back from India.
\nHe is wearing a MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL (art fair) T Shirt.<\/p>\n

\"Pool
\nthe film’s poster was designed by SCOTT CLARIDGE & it also looks like he did the graphic art embellishments on the film’s official website, with simple, yet striking effects.
\nsee: ‘THE POOL’\/OFFICIAL WEBSITE<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Pool
\ndetail, ‘THE POOL’ – poster by SCOTT CLARIDGE.
\nThe use of what looks to be cut-out paper elements – seamlessly integrated into the hi-resolution film still – is not only visually striking, yet downplayed just right – but also an excellent metaphor for the film itself – with combines a moving fictional narrative with the accuracy of a documentary. <\/p>\n

\"Pool
\na theater lobby photo of ‘THE POOL’ Director – CHRIS SMITH
\nPhoto by ROBIN HOLLAND.<\/p>\n

\"Pool
\nCHRIS SMITH in a candid moment – at the FILM FORUM, just before his newest feature, a fictional narrative – vividly shot on location in Goa, India – ‘THE POOL’ – screened. <\/p>\n

\"Pool
\nat ‘THE POOL’ after party: CHRIS SMITH, the film’s director, co-writer & cinematographer !!; KATE NOBLE, the film’s producer; JOE WONG who co-wrote the film’s enchanting musical score; and graphic designer, SCOTT CLARIDGE who did the film’s poster and website design elements.<\/p>\n

\"pool
\n . . . . producer – KATE NOBLE.<\/p>\n

\"pool
\nBARRY POLTERMANN – the film’s editor. <\/p>\n

\"pool
\nRANDY RUSSELL – the film’s co-writer.
\nA short story of his, set in IOWA !! – was the original inspiration for Chris Smith’s cinematic tale, ‘The Pool’ – filmed and set in Goa, India. <\/p>\n

\"pool
\nJOE WONG. He said that a Bombay orchestra – an “old Bollywood orchestra” – made up of “mostly 70 and 80 year-old musicians” – performed the musical score, which he and DIDIER LEPLAE wrote for ‘THE POOL’ . A lot of the sound track has an authentic sound from the Goa region. It has a lot of Portuguese influence as well as regional Panjim elements.<\/p>\n

\"pool
\non the right – DIDIER LEPLAE – co-author of the musical score – ‘THE POOL’.
\nand yep, that’s local artist – well known to many of the downtown crew here – JAMES FRANKLIN – on the left.<\/p>\n

\"pool
\nCHRIS THOMPSON – he went to India with ‘THE POOL’ crew – where he was assistant editor & production co-ordinator. <\/p>\n

\"pool
\nat left, CHRIS SMITH !! his camera work on the film – which he also directed and co-wrote – was intense and really infused the film with a vividness of place – and – yet let the story reveal itself – very lyrically.
\nPHOTOS: NANCY SMITH <\/p>\n

. . . some stills from the film – ‘THE POOL’ – directed by CHRIS SMITH & produced by KATE NOBLE.
\nNOTE: ALL IMAGES COURTESY: ‘THE POOL’\/OFFICIAL WEBSITE<\/a><\/p>\n

\"pool
\nJHANGIR BHADSHAH, AYESHA MOHAN and VENKATESH CHAVAN – ‘THE POOL’.
\n(one of film’s crew at the after party told us – the youngest actor – JHANGIR BHADSHAH – really did use – the money he earned from the film – to go to school, when the production ended.) <\/p>\n

\"pool
\nmeeting up in the park – 2 boys & a girl – from very different classes. ‘THE POOL’<\/p>\n

\"pool
\nVEKATESH CHAVAN, as the pool admirer, and NANA PATEKAR, as the pool’s owner – who never uses the pool.
\n(we were also told NANA PATEKAR is a major actor in his native India, a fact – of which we have no doubt – and that, the reason the film plays out with such authenticity is that many of the details, that the actors, in passing conversation – revealed to the filmmakers about their own true lives – was incorporated into the screenplay. . thus VEKATESH CHAVAN really was kidnapped by a stranger, and held captive for 3 days, before he managed to escape – and NANA PATEKAR – had a son who tragically drowned, when he was just 2 years old.<\/p>\n

FILM FORUM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘THE POOL’ – WINNER – SPECIAL DRAMATIC JURY PRIZE – SUNDANCE 2007 from the DIRECTOR of AMERICAN MOVIE & THE YES MEN – CHRIS SMITH Bluemark Presents: ‘THE POOL’ – 2 WEEKS ONLY – SEPT 3-16 , 2008 – FILM FORUM see: FILM FORUM\/THE POOL !! also opening nationally !! in 30+ theaters – so, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}