Pichitas: A Documentary Film About Costa Rican Pool Players

OK, here's a YouTube playlist that includes all three parts of my documentary film Pichitas, in sequence. I reference this movie in an earlier "PoolSynergy" post. It's really quite annoying that YouTube only allows videos that are 10 minutes long or shorter. Neither does is offer any convenient way to link these shorter films together. I'm going to research this further and see if I can find some better way to upload this film.

Be that as that may, Pichitas was created (by me) in 1992. It was shot on Super8 film in San Jose, Costa Rica. I lived there for about three years during the late 1980s. The pool hall featured in the film is known as "Center Pool." Like all great rooms, it was upstairs. It had about 30 tables -- including some 10 footers. At the time it was about the coolest place I had ever seen. I pretty much lived there between 1986 and 1988. Sadly, it's changed locations and I'm not sure it even exists any more.


-- R.A. Dyer