Steve Gann
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Best Baseball Film Ever?
April 26th 2009 19:11
Best baseball movie ever? That is the CNN iReport assignment. To a real baseball fan that is a nearly impossible task. It would be like walking up to a parent on the street and asking which of their children is the favorite. I have many baseball films and most have been watched at least a dozen times. If I was forced with the threat of waterboarding by CNN and the Commissioner of Baseball, I suppose I would respond this way.
But first a question.
Is Field Of Dreams considered a baseball film?
The story begins with a farmer who is facing financial difficulty and coming to terms with being a parent and husband.
So could it be considered a rural family drama?
The farmer begins hearing voices.
So could this be a film dealing with schizophrenia?
The farmer faces ridicule for hearing the voices.
So could this be a film about a social outcast?
The voice instructs the farmer to build a baseball diamond in his cornfield.
So could this be a film about giving in to peer pressure?
Shoeless Joe Jackson appears in the newly constructed field.
So could it be a new age film about the afterlife?
The voices continue and direct the farmer to kidnap a famous author.
So could it be a film about how desperation pushes people into a life of crime?
He helps a long dead Dr. who never got to bat in the major leagues?
So could it be called a redemption film?
He then risks losing the farm in foreclosure to keep the field.
So could it be considered a good versus evil film?
In the end he realizes that he might have built the field for a different reason than he first intended.
So could it be considered an irony film?
To me it is all of that and probably the greatest baseball film ever made.
But first a question.
Is Field Of Dreams considered a baseball film?
The story begins with a farmer who is facing financial difficulty and coming to terms with being a parent and husband.
The farmer begins hearing voices.
So could this be a film dealing with schizophrenia?
The farmer faces ridicule for hearing the voices.
So could this be a film about a social outcast?
The voice instructs the farmer to build a baseball diamond in his cornfield.
So could this be a film about giving in to peer pressure?
Shoeless Joe Jackson appears in the newly constructed field.
So could it be a new age film about the afterlife?
The voices continue and direct the farmer to kidnap a famous author.
So could it be a film about how desperation pushes people into a life of crime?
He helps a long dead Dr. who never got to bat in the major leagues?
So could it be called a redemption film?
He then risks losing the farm in foreclosure to keep the field.
So could it be considered a good versus evil film?
In the end he realizes that he might have built the field for a different reason than he first intended.
So could it be considered an irony film?
To me it is all of that and probably the greatest baseball film ever made.
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