{"product_id":"baseball-the-movie-9781637272640","title":"Baseball: The Movie","description":"\"Finally, someone takes baseball movies seriously! Baseball: The Movie blends the passion of a fan with the rigorous analysis of a film critic to create a persuasive argument that the baseball movie matters--to baseball, to Hollywood, even to America.\" \u003cbr\u003e ​--Ben Mankiewicz, host, Turner Classic Movies \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing \u003ci\u003eField of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bad News Bears\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA League of Their Own\u003c\/i\u003e, and more: a probing and entertaining work at the intersection of pop culture and sports\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Baseball has always been a symbol as much as a sport. With a blend of individual confrontation and team play, a luxurious pace, and an immaculate urban parkland setting, it offers a sunny rendering of the American Dream, both the hard work that underpins it and the rewards it promises. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Film, America's other national pastime, which magnifies and mythologizes all it touches, has long been the ideal medium to canonize this aspirational idea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaseball: The Movie\u003c\/i\u003e is the first definitive history of this film genre that was born in 1915 and remains artistically and culturally vital more than a century later. Writer and critic Noah Gittell sheds light on well-known classics and overlooked gems, exploring how baseball cinema creates a stage upon which the American ideal is born, performed, and repeatedly redefined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Traversing history and mythmaking, cynicism and nostalgia, this thoroughly researched book takes readers on a multifaceted tour of baseball on film.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoah Gittell\u003c\/b\u003e is a culture critic who has written for publications including \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, The Ringer, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a regular film critic for the \u003ci\u003eWashington City Paper\u003c\/i\u003e and a frequent contributor to BBC. He is also a mainstay at Smithsonian Associates, where he lectures several times a year on various film topics.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Triumph Books (IL)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50603065245970,"sku":"9781637272640","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_55828c52-c429-4ef5-b304-e21845fa0922.jpg?v=1732244725","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/baseball-the-movie-9781637272640","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}