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Carson Lund Pitches ‘Eephus’ as a Universal Tale on Change, Aging and Loss
Carson Lund pitches Directors’ Fortnight pic ‘Eephus’ as tale of aging, loos and change.
American helmer Carson Lund uses the baseball diamond as a deeply cinematic space in his feature debut, “ Eephus.” The esoteric title is the name of one of the game’s rarest pitches. As a player himself, Lund brings an intimate understanding of how the game feels on the ground, which is essentially a constant push-pull between sudden bursts of action and sustained periods of repose. “Recreational baseball just happens to be my main extracurricular endeavor, and I see it and other activities like it as essential respites from the relentless profit-seeking thrust of our lives under late capitalism, which drives us into isolation from one another,” he says.
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