{"product_id":"baseball-the-movie-hardcover","title":"Baseball: The Movie - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNoah Gittell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Sayles\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eprobing and entertaining work at the intersection of pop culture and sports\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47344239018233,"sku":"9781637272640","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/sPnqFqo_ZM9781637272640.webp?v=1769729408","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/baseball-the-movie-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}