Trevor Hildenberger, Cinephile

[Edgy MD]

Turns out the Sidewinder is an absolute reelhead. His apparent fallback job if baseball didn't turn out was going to be film criticism, and he says almost nothing stupid in this https://www.screenslate.com/articles/mets-trevor-hildenberger-americas-two-favorite-pastimesthis profile of a man and his film jones.

I became most interested in film in my sophomore year. I was having a hard time picking a major. I was finding my way, as a nineteen year old does. In an English class we read Children of Men, and then we had to watch the movie and write about how a scene related to the book. So I wrote about that famous scene, the six-or-seven minute long one take. I really enjoyed writing that paper, it was something that I could sink my teeth into, and I didn't lose interest — which was new for me at the time. My professor at the time said, “This is actually a pretty good paper, you did a good job. Have you ever thought about studying film, or taking a film class in general?” That summer I took a film history class — and from there I started watching more and more movies, started a little DVD collection, started going to Rasputin in Berkeley and buying ten DVDs for ten dollars. I would spend a lot of my time off the field and away from my friends watching films — trying to catch up, just having a good base of classic films. Summer of 2011, I watched a lot: I took a Spielberg class, I took a Kubrick class, and I loved ‘em. I wrote my thesis on comparing Hayao Miyazaki and Steven Spielberg's choices in filmmaking — both medium and narrative and themes and how growing up post-World War II world influenced their lives and their work.

Apparently, at Berkeley, even the jocks have to study and declare a major and stuff.

[bmfc1]

Good find and I'd like to read more but the link just goes to a picture.

[Edgy MD]

Sorry. Late posting. Link fixt.



https://www.screenslate.com/articles/mets-trevor-hildenberger-americas-two-favorite-pastimeshttps://www.screenslate.com/articles/mets-trevor-hildenberger-americas-two-favorite-pastimes

[bmfc1]

Worth reading and he's someone to root for. Thanks for posting the article.

[G-Fafif]

More time to watch movies for Trevor Hildenberger, who's been DFA'd.

[bmfc1]

This can be turned into the "Memories of" thread as he is now with the SFG.

[Frayed Knot]

He'll be sure to watch VERTIGO while he's there.

[Edgy MD]

This can be turned into the "Memories of" thread as he is now with the SFG.

We all deserve a memories thread.