Carson Lund made Eephus, the best baseball movie in recent memory

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Photo: Daniel Speer (Maximum Fun)

This week on Bullseye, we talk to Carson Lund, director of the new slice-of-life baseball film, Eephus.

It’s set in a small New England town in the ’90s. The film takes place over the course of one day. Two rec league baseball teams meet up to play a game in a place called Soldier’s Field. This field will be torn down the next day to make way for a public middle school. So, it’s the last game on the field, and for some of the older players, it’s likely their last game ever.

It’s a stunning and poignant film. Baseball can burn slowly. To quote one of the players from the film: “One moment, you’re looking around for something to happen and then – poof – it’s over.”

Carson Lund talks to Bullseye about representing downtime in baseball, how precious baseball season is in New England, and rejecting the grand finale you might expect in a movie about a sport.

Poster: Music Box Films

In this episode...

Jesse Thorn

Host

Kevin Ferguson

Senior Producer

Jesus Ambrosio

Producer

Richard Robey

Maximum Fun Producer

Daniel Arón Speer

Video Editor

Hannah Moroz

Maximum Fun Production Fellow

Guests

Carson Lund

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