Hindsight

Several weeks ago I casually browsed the new release of DVDs at a local Target. I should have expected some n-th edition of “Field of Dreams” to be released. This time, it was a two-disc “Anniversary Edition”. I bought it, of course.

When I was in junior high school I remember catching “Field…” on network television. I was drawn in for some reason and I thought the story was fascinating. Soon after I bought a VHS copy - at the time, DVD wasn’t a consumer format.

I also ended up getting the DVD when it was finally released on the format.

This Sunday evening, after an overtime shift, I decided to let the remastered edition run while I was computing. I found myself glancing over for long periods of time.

Field of Dreams is one of my favorite films. This latest release of the film is vivid and crisp.

Ray Kinsella is in his mid-thirties and hasn’t done “one spontaneous thing in [his] life”. So he does the unthinkable: he destroys a portion of his corn field to build a baseball field. Unexplainable things occur and he finds himself travelling to Massachusetts and Minnesota to find others who have had similar passions.

This film has always arrested me for its theme: the pursuit of one’s dreams… Dreams and the things people do to find out more about themselves and their hopes.