THEME EXPLORATION

baseball bat

11 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
I Will Buy You
I Will Buy You
1956 · Masaki Kobayashi
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
Bad News Bears
Bad News Bears
2005 · Richard Linklater
One Run Elmer
One Run Elmer
1935 · Buster Keaton
Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament
Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament
1968 · Kon Ichikawa
Kill the Umpire
Kill the Umpire
1950 · Frank Tashlin
Come Rain or Come Shine
Come Rain or Come Shine
2001 · Spike Lee
Casey at the Bat
Casey at the Bat
1946 · Jack Kinney
The Giants
The Giants
1972 · Nagisa Oshima
On the Edge of Their Seats
On the Edge of Their Seats
2020 · Hideo Jojo
Sugar
Sugar
2008 · Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Barry Levinson USA

His film 'The Natural' (1984) uses the baseball bat as a mythic symbol of redemption and power central to its narrative about an aging player's comeback.

 David Lynch USA

Lynch frequently employs baseball bats as instruments of sudden, brutal violence that expose the darkness lurking beneath American suburban innocence.