Field of Dreams is a 1989 American sports fantasy drama film written and directed by Phil Alden Robinson, based on W.P Kinsella’s 1982 novel Shoeless Joe.
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The film stars Kevin Costner as a farmer who builds a baseball field in his cornfield that attracts the ghosts of baseball legends, including Shoeless Shoe Jackson and the Chicago Black Sox.
The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was nominated for three Academy Awards.
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What was the message in Field of Dreams?
One of Field of Dream’s central themes is fatherhood and parent-child issues. Ray Kinsella’s main regret in life is his relationship with his father, who he would antagonise after he constantly pushed him to be great at baseball.
When young and naive, it is difficult to look at one’s parents as real people with flaws and dreams instead of authority figures and caretakers.
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