“Eephus”, interview with director Carson Lund and actor Keith William Richards

May 27, 2024

Carson Lund: “I felt like there weren’t any baseball movies that really covered the particular kind of oddball community that is created within the sport”

“Eephus”, interview with director Carson Lund and actor Keith William Richards Chiara Nicoletti

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Musician, film critic, cinematographer and producer, with “Eephus“, screening at the Directors’ Fortnight 2024, Carson Lund marks his directorial debut.

As a baseball player himself, Carson Lund realizes an ode to baseball in an hangout film that, to quote the director, “is about the possibilities opened up by the game: of escape, of camaraderie, and of a deeper, more serene sense of time passing than what’s capable in the grind of a work week”

Inspired by Robert Altman and Howard Hawks focusing on ensemble centered narratives and American multi-character hangout films like Richard Linklater’s “Slacker and Dazed & Confused”, Carson Lund relies on a cast that practically lived the film.

With Lund at the premiere of the film in Cannes, actor Keith William Richards playing Ed Mortanian in the film, confirms the unique and melancholic atmosphere generated by the film.

Plot

As an imminent construction project looms over their beloved small-town baseball field, a pair of New England Sunday league teams face off for the last time over the course of a day. Tensions flare up and ceremonial laughs are shared as an era of camaraderie and escapism fades into an uncertain future.

Written by: Chiara Nicoletti

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Carson Lund William Richards

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Carson Lund

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Festival de Cannes

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