Stars: Theeradej Wongpuapan, Ratnamon Ratchiratham | Written and Directed by Ping Lumpraploeng
I have been very excited about seeing The Pool for a long time. The poster and initial images I saw were impressive and I have always loved the idea of movies set in one small location. Whether it be Phone Booth, Man On A Ledge, Ryan Reynold’s in Buried or genre movies like Pontypool and Exam. Even my favourite movie, The Breakfast Club, could be included in the same niche genre.
So a guy stuck in an emptied swimming pool with a crocodile had me jumping for joy…
That sounds like a pretty small idea for an hour and a half movie but do not worry, writer and director Ping Lumpraploeng has a lot of ideas to fill the time. Almost every one of these ideas are ways to torture the lead character Day, played by Theeradej Wongpuapan.
I have been very excited about seeing The Pool for a long time. The poster and initial images I saw were impressive and I have always loved the idea of movies set in one small location. Whether it be Phone Booth, Man On A Ledge, Ryan Reynold’s in Buried or genre movies like Pontypool and Exam. Even my favourite movie, The Breakfast Club, could be included in the same niche genre.
So a guy stuck in an emptied swimming pool with a crocodile had me jumping for joy…
That sounds like a pretty small idea for an hour and a half movie but do not worry, writer and director Ping Lumpraploeng has a lot of ideas to fill the time. Almost every one of these ideas are ways to torture the lead character Day, played by Theeradej Wongpuapan.
- 7/28/2020
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Occasionally, artists experience a creative low point in their careers, usually linked to a personal crisis or a feeling of being stuck. In an interview with HollywoodChicago Thai director and actor Ping Lumpraploeng states it was this kind of crisis which inspired his script for “The Pool”, a blend of drama and thriller. He considers the situation of the characters, while certainly exaggerated, a reflection of his feelings ten years ago, but also his drive to escape this emotional dead end. Given the personal connection of the story, Lumpraploeng decided, as with many of his other films, to focus on a minimal setting and the internal struggles of his characters faced with an extreme situation.
Even though he has been working for many years within the film industry, the job of art director Day (Theeradej Wongpuapan) has not become less demanding. Indeed, the opposite is true, since,...
Even though he has been working for many years within the film industry, the job of art director Day (Theeradej Wongpuapan) has not become less demanding. Indeed, the opposite is true, since,...
- 12/8/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The 9th edition of Paris International Fantastic Film Festival (Pifff) has unveiled the full Programme. Pifff will opens doors on the 11th of December and will run until the 17th, presenting more than 30 movies – including some interesting Asian titles – and lots of guests.
In the Pifff Team’s words: “This year, the festival is longer, better, stronger; diversified like never before. Bypassing preconceived concepts of classification, and engaging in the exploration of little known movies. Looking forward to our 10th birthday, we invite you to a taste of our 9th birthday cake. It will be generous and tasty. Promise.”
All The Asian Movies And Guests In Pifff
Official Competition
“Super Me” by Zhang Chong
“Vise” by Yasuhiko Shimizu
“Vise” by Yasuhiko Shimizu
Out of Competition
“Bullets of Justice” by Valeri Milev
“Gundala” by Joko Anwar (Indonesia – 2019)
“Jallikattu” by Lijo Jose Pellissery
“Ride Your Wave” by Masaaki Yuasa
“The Pool” by...
In the Pifff Team’s words: “This year, the festival is longer, better, stronger; diversified like never before. Bypassing preconceived concepts of classification, and engaging in the exploration of little known movies. Looking forward to our 10th birthday, we invite you to a taste of our 9th birthday cake. It will be generous and tasty. Promise.”
All The Asian Movies And Guests In Pifff
Official Competition
“Super Me” by Zhang Chong
“Vise” by Yasuhiko Shimizu
“Vise” by Yasuhiko Shimizu
Out of Competition
“Bullets of Justice” by Valeri Milev
“Gundala” by Joko Anwar (Indonesia – 2019)
“Jallikattu” by Lijo Jose Pellissery
“Ride Your Wave” by Masaaki Yuasa
“The Pool” by...
- 11/25/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Chicago – Season Nine of Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema (Apuc) celebrates Thailand and the Philippines this week, and starts off with the tense thriller “The Pool” (Thailand), on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019 (7pm) at the AMC River East 21 Theatre. Director Ping Lumpraloeng will appear on behalf of the film. For more info and tickets, click here.
“The Pool” involves a couple stuck in the desolated title location that is twenty feet (six meters) deep … they’re stuck without food/water, a ladder or a way out, and somehow need to survive. To make matters more challenging, an unfriendly amphibian is teetering on the brink of joining them. “The Pool” is Ping Lumpraplerng’s fourth film, and features Thai superstar Ken Theeradeth Wonpuapan, who returns to big screen for the first time in nine years. It won the Critic’s Prize at the 2019 Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.
Apuc continues with Ping...
“The Pool” involves a couple stuck in the desolated title location that is twenty feet (six meters) deep … they’re stuck without food/water, a ladder or a way out, and somehow need to survive. To make matters more challenging, an unfriendly amphibian is teetering on the brink of joining them. “The Pool” is Ping Lumpraplerng’s fourth film, and features Thai superstar Ken Theeradeth Wonpuapan, who returns to big screen for the first time in nine years. It won the Critic’s Prize at the 2019 Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.
Apuc continues with Ping...
- 10/2/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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