Bass Pro Shop by CHET WEISE

Bass Pro Shop by CHET WEISE
A Film by
Doug Lehmann
Poni Silver
& Chet Weise

“sometimes i wonder so much about space
and what the moon would say of us”

“Bass Pro Shop by CHET WEISE” is the second film collaboration between poet Chet Weise, and filmmakers Doug Lehmann and Poni Silver. It illustrates Weise’s poem, originally published by Peach Magazine, by casting Weise as an astronaut, traveling to our moon and allowing him a different perspective on the things that surround him back home.

The poem itself is about subversion, subterfuge, exploitation, freewill, vulnerability, intolerance, Elvis, The Grateful Dead, Memphis, Nashville, and two Bass Pro Shops. The film reflects a sonic, exterior, and interior exploration into the poem’s cloud of ideas, themes, sounds, and personalities.

Chet Weise’s poetry and fiction have appeared or been anthologized in publications such as Birmingham Poetry Review, Constant Stranger: After Frank Stanford, Copper Nickel, and Peach Mag. A musician, too, Weise toured and recorded with groups The Quadrajets and the Immortal Lee County Killers‬. He was banned from Canada during 2008.

Weise currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where he is the editor at Third Man Books and plays guitar in Kings of the Fucking Sea, a band named after a book of poems.

  • Doug Lehmann
    Producer
    Mach 3, Glyn Styler, Our Town
  • Doug Lehmann
    Director
    Mach 3, Glyn Styler, Our Town
  • Poni Silver
    Director
    Mach 3
  • Chet Weise
    Writer
    Mach 3
  • Chet Weise
    Key Cast
    Mach 3
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Sci-Fi, Poetry
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 22 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 30, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Cadence Video Poetry Festival
    Seattle
    United States
    April 1, 2021
    Official Selection
  • ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    September 3, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Goner TV
    Memphis
    United States
    October 16, 2020
    Television Premiere
    Official Selection
Director - Doug Lehmann, Poni Silver