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OverviewField of Dreams says it all.Ostensibly, it's a film about baseball or, on a slightly deeper level-and this should be no surprise given its title-a film about pursuing your dreams.Yet it isn't really a film about baseball or dreams at all. If you read the novel on which the film is based, Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella, you discover that baseball is a metaphor for faith, specifically Christianity, and Shoeless Joe Jackson, the real-life Chicago White Sox outfielder, is something of a Christ figure. And, speaking of metaphors, the decision made by Ray Kinsella (portrayed in the film by Kevin Costner) to plow under a huge chunk of his cornfield to create a baseball diamond can be seen as a metaphor for, literally, creating a significant place in your life for Jesus.So when the voice tells Ray, If you build it, he will come, he's not really talking about Shoeless Joe Jackson.But Hollywood being Hollywood, any hint of Christianity was stripped from the story of Field of Dreams. And yet... At the end of the film, as the camera arcs up and away into the Iowa night sky, revealing streams of headlights, hundreds of cars, making their way to Ray's baseball field in pursuit of dreams of their own, suddenly the promise of If you build it, he will come seems overwhelmingly true. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David BarkerPublisher: Parson's Porch Books Imprint: Parson's Porch Books Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.136kg ISBN: 9781949888027ISBN 10: 1949888029 Pages: 108 Publication Date: 01 September 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |