The Pool (2007 film)

18 January 2007

After American Job 1996, American Movie 1999, Home Movie 2001 and The Yes Men 2003, Milwaukeebased director Chris Smith read a story, written by Randy Russel, about a person from a graduate school in Iowa. This person, who is out running, sees a swimming pool and gets obsessed with swimming in it. He follows around the people who own the place and tries to befriend them. However, Smith clarified that the films story evolved from it in a completely different way from there. He said that though they had a draft in hand while beginning the shooting, his goal was to let the environment the actors, their experiences and observations shape the story.The film is a collaborative result of a crew that was halfbased in India and United States. The crew included producer Kate Noble, creative consultant Xavier Leplae, whose film Im Bobby was shot in the Indian state of Goa. Xaviers brother, Didier Leplae, who composed the score with Joe Wong in Milwaukee, had it arranged by a Bollywood composer, and recorded by a small orchestra in Mumbai. The film also credits independent film representative and producer John Sloss, who has handled all of his films, as being his conduit to the rest of the world, and said that it was Sloss work on his behalf that has allowed me to stay in Milwaukee. Barry Poltermann, who edited The Pool and American Movie, continued his association with Smith with this film. ........

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