Block Cinema (Northwestern University) – Thursday, 7pm
In an unexpected but
appropriate finale for the spring calendar at Block, this program of 20
short clips, commercials, and promotional films about Major League
Baseball and its personalities from the past is a welcome beginning to
summer. Featuring historic home runs (Willie Mays' 511th, 1966), World
Series highlights (NYG vs. CLE, 1954), Gillette Razor endorsements
(Phil Rizzuto, Gil Hodges, 1954), and what can only be a foreshadowing
of Nancy Reagan (Baseball vs. Drugs, 1972), the sport’s former position
as a national pastime and microcosm of American society will be on
display. David Filipi, film and video curator at
Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, will be on hand to
host the show, and one can only hope that he'll elaborate on the
significance of playing hooky to take in a game and sitting on your
porch, cold one in hand, listening to Bob Eucker narrate another
Brewer's loss. (1934-1972, approx. 75 min total, Video) JH - Cine-File.info
